Seeded no 3 behind edberg and lendl and with four years since he last held the norman brookes challenge cup wilander wasn t really viewed as a serious contender as australian open 1988 kicked off at its new venue flinders park.
Mats wilander 1988 australian open.
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Grand slam finals singles.
1 tennis player from sweden.
Stefan edberg was the two time defending champion but lost in the semifinals to wilander.
Mats wilander file photo the year of 1988 was a spectacular one for swedish tennis especially for the male players.
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Third seeded mats wilander defeated pat cash 6 3 6 7 3 7 3 6 6 1 8 6 in the final to win the men s singles tennis title at the 1988 australian open.
In 1988 cash reached the australian open final for the second consecutive year and faced another swede mats wilander.
6 3 6 7 3 7 3 6 6 1 8 6.
This is a list of the main career statistics of swedish former professional tennis player mats wilander whose career ran from 1980 until 1996.
It was the first men s singles final played at the new melbourne park venue on hard court and wilander won in a four and a half hour encounter taking the fifth set 8 6.
Born 22 august 1964 is a former world no.
Jan 1988 australian open melbourne australia 3 hard pat cash.
Graf would go on to win the golden slam all of the majors and the olympic gold in one year.
Coming into the us open the first three grand slams of the year were all won.
Watch the 1988 australian open final between mats wilander and pat cash.
From 1982 to 1988 he won seven grand slam singles titles three at the french open three at the australian open and one at the us open and one grand slam men s doubles title at wimbledon.
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Win 28 23 mar 1988 lipton championships.