Ivan Lendl

American Born 1960 188 cm Right handed
Head to heads vs John McEnroe (36)vs Jimmy Connors (35)vs Stefan Edberg (27)vs Mats Wilander (22)vs Boris Becker (21)vs Andres Gomez (19)

Match log

1994

US OpenHard, August
R64LBernd Karbacher4-6 6-7(5) 0-1 RET
R128WNeil Borwick7-5 6-2 6-3
SchenectadyHard, August
R16LChuck Adams6-7(5) 4-6
R32WRodolphe Gilbert0-6 6-2 6-3
New HavenHard, August
R16LMarc Rosset7-6(6) 4-6 4-6
R32WJonas Bjorkman6-4 7-6(3)
R64WDavid Rikl6-4 6-2
Cincinnati MastersHard, August
R32LDavid Wheaton6-7(5) 0-2 RET
R64WJaime Yzaga6-1 6-3
Canada MastersHard, July
R16LWayne Ferreira3-6 2-6
R32WWally Masur6-0 6-0
R64WLuiz Mattar6-4 6-1
WashingtonHard, July
R16LDavid Wheaton6-2 3-6 6-7(8)
R32WOliver Gross6-2 6-4
Roland GarrosClay, May
R128LArnaud Boetsch4-6 3-6 4-6
Coral SpringsClay, May
QFLMark Woodforde3-6 4-6
R16WMats Wilander6-3 4-6 7-5
R32WRobbie Weiss6-2 6-3
Hamburg MastersClay, May
R64LKarsten Braasch1-6 4-6
MadridClay, April
QFLThomas Muster6-2 3-6 0-6
R16WGuillaume Raoux6-2 6-0
R32WJuan Luis Tati Rascon6-3 6-1
Hong KongHard, April
SFLPatrick Rafter3-6 4-6
QFWGreg Rusedski3-6 7-5 6-3
R16WAndrei Olhovskiy6-3 3-6 6-1
R32WAlbert Chang6-3 6-4
Tokyo OutdoorHard, April
QFLHenrik Holm7-5 1-6 2-6
R16WJonas Bjorkman7-6(8) 7-6(7)
R32WSebastien Lareau6-1 6-4
OsakaHard, March
R16LLionel Roux3-6 3-6
R32WThomas Shimada6-2 6-1
Miami MastersHard, March
R64LJan Siemerink6-3 5-7 6-7(5)
PhiladelphiaCarpet, February
R16LJonathan Stark3-6 RET
R32WPatrick McEnroe6-4 4-6 6-4
DubaiHard, January
QFLMagnus Gustafsson6-4 2-6 1-3 RET
R16WAndrei Cherkasov6-4 6-2
R32WCarsten Arriens6-1 6-2
Australian OpenHard, January
R16LPete Sampras6-7(5) 2-6 6-7(4)
R32WPaul Haarhuis4-6 6-2 6-2 6-4
R64WRichey Reneberg5-7 6-2 6-2 6-2
R128WGreg Rusedski6-4 7-6(4) 7-5
Sydney OutdoorHard, January
FLPete Sampras6-7(5) 4-6
SFWTodd Martin6-4 6-2
QFWRichey Reneberg7-6(2) 4-6 6-3
R16WJamie Morgan6-3 7-5
R32WMats Wilander6-2 6-1

1993

AntwerpCarpet, November
R32LBrett Steven3-6 6-1 1-6
Paris MastersCarpet, November
R64LDavid Wheaton3-6 5-7
Tokyo IndoorWon the titleCarpet, October
FWTodd Martin6-4 6-4Won the title
SFWPaul Haarhuis3-6 6-4 7-6(5)
QFWBoris Becker6-3 1-6 7-6(2)
R16WAlexander Volkov6-7(1) 6-2 6-4
R32WTommy Ho6-3 6-4

Ivan Lendl

No one had beaten John McEnroe all year when Ivan Lendl faced him in the 1984 Roland Garros final, and after two sets nothing suggested anyone would. Lendl kept looping the ball, kept running, and won 3-6, 2-6, 6-4, 7-5, 7-5, a first major at the fifth final after four defeats. The wall broke. His 8 Grand Slam titles run three at Roland Garros, three at the US Open and two Australian Opens, inside a record eight straight US Open finals from 1982 to 1989.

Lendl made preparation the point. Scheduled fitness blocks, a rebuilt diet, blood tests and daily conditioning, a proto-professional regime the modern tour later adopted wholesale, and it carried him to 270 weeks at No. 1 and 95 career titles. Wimbledon stayed out of reach: two finals, seven semi-finals, even a skipped 1990 Roland Garros to practise on grass. He settled the account as a coach, steering Andy Murray to the 2012 US Open and, in 2013, Britain's first Wimbledon men's title in 77 years.