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1989 Player's Canadian Open – Men's Singles
Ivan Lendl was the defending champion. Lendl successfully defended his title, defeating John McEnroe 6–1, 6–3 in the final. Seeds # Ivan Lendl (champion) # John McEnroe ''(final)'' # Andre Agassi ''(semifinals)'' # Tim Mayotte ''(third round)'' # Kevin Curren ''(third round)'' # Jay Berger ''(semifinals)'' # Miloslav Mečíř ''(second round)'' # Yannick Noah ''(second round)'' # Guillermo Pérez Roldán ''(second round)'' # Goran Ivanišević ''(first round)'' # Glenn Layendecker ''(first round)'' # Andrew Sznajder ''(quarterfinals)'' # Kelly Evernden ''(third round)'' # Todd Witsken ''(second round)'' # Richey Reneberg ''(third round)'' # Jimmy Arias ''(third round)'' Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 See also * Lendl–McEnroe rivalry The Lendl–McEnroe rivalry was a tennis rivalry between Ivan Lendl and John McEnroe, who met in 36 matches between 1980 and 1992. Their head-to-head is 21–15, favoring Lendl. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Lendl
Ivan Lendl (; born March 7, 1960) is a Czech-American former professional tennis player and coach. Widely regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time, he was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 270 weeks ( fourth-most of all time), and finished as the year-end No. 1 four times. Lendl won 94 career singles titles, including eight majors (three each at the French Open and US Open, and two at the Australian Open) and seven year-end championships. He was runner-up at a further eleven majors and contested a record eight consecutive US Open finals. Lendl is the only man in professional tennis history to have a match winning percentage of over 90% in five different years ( 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987, and 1989). He leads the head-to-head against his two biggest rivals, with a 22–13 record against Jimmy Connors and a 21–15 record against John McEnroe. Lendl's dominance of his era was most evident at the year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandon Stolle
Sandon Stolle (born 13 July 1970) is a former professional male tennis player and who was at one time ranked No. 2 in world doubles. Sandon, the son of Australian tennis champion Fred Stolle, was born in Sydney and now lives in Aventura, Florida Aventura is a planned suburban city in northeastern Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, north of Miami and part of the Miami metropolitan area. The city is especially known for Aventura Mall, the third largest mall in the United State ..., United States. Stolle won twenty-two ATP doubles titles, including one Grand Slam title (1998 U.S. Open) and reached four Grand Slam finals. Grand Slam finals Doubles (1 title, 3 runner-ups) Career finals Doubles (22 titles, 29 runner-ups) Doubles performance timeline References External links * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stolle, Sandon 1970 births Living people Australian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Australian male tennis players Australian people o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Pridham
Chris Pridham (born April 11, 1965) is a former touring professional tennis player. Pridham had a career Grand Prix / ATP tour win–loss record of 54 and 78. His career high singles ranking was World No. 75, which he attained in March 1988. The 6'0 right-hander's best tournament results were a semi-finals appearance in the 1987 Wellington Classic, and 1992 Johannesburg Grand Prix events. His best Grand Slam event showings was reaching the third rounds of the 1988 Wimbledon Championships and the 1989 Australian Open. 1985 Pridham played his first professional match in March 1985 at the Montreal Challenger, going down in 3 sets to World No. 60 Leif Shiras 3–6, 6–3, 3–6. He played one other tour event that year, the Player's International, also in Montreal, where he also fell in the first round, this time to World No. 130 Jonathan Canter 0–6, 6–7. 1986 Pridham played in 8 challenger tennis events and one grand prix event for the 1986, going 4 wins, 8 losses at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Bates (tennis)
Michael Jeremy Bates (born 19 June 1962) is a British former professional tennis player. He was ranked UK number 1 in 1987 and from 1989 to 1994. He reached a career-high ATP world ranking of 54 from 17 April 1995 to 23 April 1995. During his career Bates won two Grand Slam mixed doubles titles, at Wimbledon in 1987 and the Australian Open in 1991, partnering his fellow British player Jo Durie. He also won one top-level singles title and three men's doubles titles on the professional circuit. After retiring as a player, Bates served as the captain of Britain's Davis Cup team from 2004 to 2006. Career Bates turned professional in 1982. Partnering his fellow British player Jo Durie, he won the mixed doubles titles at Wimbledon in 1987, the first British doubles team to win the title for 51 years and the Australian Open in 1991, the first time a British doubles team has ever won the title. He was also a Men's Doubles runner-up at the Australian Open in 1988 (partnering Sweden's P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leif Shiras
George Livingston "Leif" Shiras (born August 21, 1959) is an American former professional tennis player and current tennis commentator. Personal life George Livingston Shiras was born in August 21, 1959 in Norwalk, Connecticut and raised in Rowayton, Connecticut until his family moved to Shorewood, Wisconsin in 1963 for his father's job in public relations. He attended Shorewood High School, where he played tennis, basketball, and volleyball. But he was most drawn to tennis after growing up watching his parents play the sport recreationally and he became the State High School champion in his junior and senior years, leading him to earn the No. 1-ranked under-18 player in Wisconsin.Doyle, Candace"Serving up fund-raiser" ''Greater Milwaukee Today'', May 26, 2004. Accessed September 17, 2007. "He attended Shorewood High School, Shorewood Intermediate School and Lake Bluff Elementary School." Shiras attended his father's alma-mater of Princeton University to pursue a bachelor's deg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Greenan
Mark Greenan (born 30 June 1966) is a Canadian former professional tennis player. A left-handed player from Cambridge, Ontario, Greenan was a four-time national champion in doubles and played doubles on the Canada Davis Cup team from 1985 to 1987. Greenan was All-American at Wake Forest University, where he played from 1984 to 1988. He made the NCAA doubles semi-finals in 1988 (with Christian Dallwitz) and was twice named All-ACC. See also *List of Canada Davis Cup team representatives This is a list of tennis players who have represented the Canada Davis Cup team in an official Davis Cup match. Canada has taken part in the competition since 1913. Davis Cup players :''*Active players in bold, statistics as of November 25 ... References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Greenan, Mark 1966 births Living people Canadian male tennis players Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's tennis players Canadian expatriate tennis players in the United States Racket sportspeopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |