1990 Australian Open – Men's singles

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Defending champion Ivan Lendl defeated Stefan Edberg in the final, 4–6, 7–6^(7–3), 5–2 ret., to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1990 Australian Open. It was his second Australian Open title and eighth and last major singles title overall. Edberg was forced to retire during the third set of the final due to a torn stomach muscle. This marked the first occasion since the 1911 Wimbledon Championships that a man withdrew during the championship match of a singles major.^[1]

Men's singles

1990 Australian Open

Final

Champion

Ivan Lendl

Runner-up

Stefan Edberg

Score

4–6, 7–6^(7–3), 5–2 retired

Details

Draw

128

Seeds

Events

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Former world No. 1 John McEnroe created controversy after he was disqualified from his fourth round match for unsportsmanlike conduct. He received a warning for intimidating a linesperson, a point penalty after smashing his racket, and was defaulted for arguing with and abusing the umpire, supervisor and tournament referee.

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Quarterfinals						Semifinals					Final

1	Ivan Lendl	6	6	6

	Andrei Cherkasov	3	2	3
						1	Ivan Lendl	6	6	6

						12	Yannick Noah	4	1	2
	Mikael Pernfors	3	5	2

12	Yannick Noah	6	7	6
											1	Ivan Lendl^[a]	4	7⁷	5

											3	Stefan Edberg	6	6³	2^r
	David Wheaton	5	6⁴	6	2

3	Stefan Edberg	7	7⁷	3	6
						3	Stefan Edberg	6	6	6

						8	Mats Wilander	1	1	2
8	Mats Wilander	6	6	6

2	Boris Becker	4	4	2

First round							Second round							Third round						Fourth round

1	I Lendl	6	6	6
	J Pugh	3	2	4			1	I Lendl	6	6	6
	T Carbonell	6	7	6				T Carbonell	4	2	3
Q	C Suk	4	5	3										1	I Lendl	6	3	6	6
	K Nováček	6	6	2	6										K Nováček	4	6	4	1
Q	M Brown	3	1	6	2			K Nováček	6	6	4	6
	É Winogradsky	6	7	6				É Winogradsky	4	1	6	3
	T Wilkison	2	6	3																1	I Lendl	6	6	6
WC	S Youl	4	7	6	6															WC	S Youl	1	3	1
	M Laurendeau	6	6	2	2		WC	S Youl	6	7	6
Q	C Pioline	7	3	4	7	3	WC	B Drewett	4	6	0
WC	B Drewett	6	6	6	5	6								WC	S Youl	3	6	6	6
	C van Rensburg	6	5	7	6									15	T Muster	6	4	3	2
	J Potier	2	7	5	3			C van Rensburg	6	5	5	6	6
Q	P Vojtíšek	3	2	4			15	T Muster	1	7	7	2	8
15	T Muster	6	6	6

First round							Second round							Third round						Fourth round

9	A Gómez	4	6	1	6	6
	D Cahill	6	3	6	2	3	9	A Gómez	6	3	6	6
	T Witsken	4	1	4				B Orešar	4	6	3	2
	B Orešar	6	6	6										9	A Gómez	6	6	3	7
	M Stich	6	6	6											M Stich	4	3	6	6
Q	P Doohan	3	2	2				M Stich	6	6	2
	J Bates	7	1	4	2			L Lavalle	4	4	0^r
	L Lavalle	6	6	6	6															9	A Gómez	6	3	6	6
	A Cherkasov	6	4	4	6	6															A Cherkasov	2	6	7	7
Q	S Matsuoka	2	6	6	0	2		A Cherkasov	6	5	7	6
	G Layendecker	6	7	6				G Layendecker	4	7	5	0
	T Benhabiles	2	6	3											A Cherkasov	6	6	7
	J Brown	3	3	1											J-P Fleurian	4	4	5
	A Volkov	6	6	6				A Volkov	4	6	5	6	2
	J-P Fleurian	6	6	6				J-P Fleurian	6	1	7	2	6
7	E Sánchez	2	4	4

First round							Second round						Third round					Fourth round

4	J McEnroe	6	6	6
	T Tulasne	2	1	1			4	J McEnroe	6	6	6
	A Mansdorf	6	4	4	7	3		A Antonitsch	1	2	1
	A Antonitsch	4	6	6	6	6							4	J McEnroe	6	6	6
	N Pereira	6	7	4	6									D Goldie	3	2	2
Q	C Pridham	4	6	6	3			N Pereira	2	4	3
	D Goldie	6	6	6				D Goldie	6	6	6
WC	D Patten	3	4	4														4	J McEnroe	6	4	7	2^d
	P Korda	7	6	6															M Pernfors^[b]	1	6	5	4
	J Hlasek	6	0	3				P Korda	2	6	3	4
	H Leconte	6	4	7	6			H Leconte	6	4	6	6
	F Roig	1	6	5	4									H Leconte	4	1	3
	M Pernfors	6	6	6										M Pernfors	6	6	6
	S Živojinović	2	1	2				M Pernfors	6	6	1	6
	L Shiras	1	4	3			13	S Bruguera	4	3	6	4
13	S Bruguera	6	6	6

First round							Second round							Third round					Fourth round

12	Y Noah	4	7	6	4	7
	G Prpić	6	6	2	6	5	12	Y Noah	7	6	6
	R Reneberg	2	4	6	1			R Agénor	6	3	3
	R Agénor	6	6	3	6									12	Y Noah	6	6	6
	P Aldrich	2	4	2											G Bloom	3	3	3
	C Bergström	6	6	6				C Bergström	6	7	2	4	2
	G Bloom	7	7	3	6			G Bloom	2	5	6	6	6
	J Fitzgerald	6	6	6	2														12	Y Noah	6	6	3	6
Q	N Broad	7	4	4	1															P Sampras	3	4	6	2
	C Pistolesi	5	6	6	6			C Pistolesi	3	2	2
	M Schapers	6	0	3	1			T Woodbridge	6	6	6
	T Woodbridge	4	6	6	6										T Woodbridge	5	4	2
	J Arrese	4	6	6	6										P Sampras	7	6	6
Q	N Brown	6	4	1	3			J Arrese	6	2	6	1	3
	P Sampras	7	6	4	7	12		P Sampras	0	6	3	6	6
6	T Mayotte	6	7	6	5	10

First round							Second round						Third round						Fourth round

5	A Krickstein	6	6	6	7
Q	G Pozzi	4	7	4	5		5	A Krickstein	6	4	6	6
	R Krishnan	4	7	6	5	6		R Krishnan	1	6	3	1
	M Zoecke	6	5	4	7	1							5	A Krickstein	6	6	6	6
	L-A Wahlgren	6	6	6										L-A Wahlgren	7	2	3	2
	H de la Peña	3	1	3				L-A Wahlgren	4	7	7	6
Q	A Võsand	3	6	3	1			J Wöhrmann	6	5	5	3
	J Wöhrmann	6	2	6	6														5	A Krickstein	6	4	3
	G Ivanišević	5	5	0																D Wheaton	7	6	6
	D Wheaton	7	7	6				D Wheaton	6	6	3	6
Q	M Larsson	6	6	6			Q	M Larsson	3	2	6	1
	M Rosset	4	1	1										D Wheaton^[c]	6	4
	M Woodforde	2	6	6	6									M Woodforde	3	5^r
	JF Altur	6	1	4	4			M Woodforde	6	6	7
	M Kratzmann	6	7	6	3	2	11	A Chesnokov	3	2	5
11	A Chesnokov	3	6	7	6	6

First round							Second round						Third round							Fourth round

14	J Courier	6	6	6
	J Arias	3	3	1			14	J Courier	6	2	3	2
	J Svensson	6	7	7				J Svensson	2	6	6	6
	T Högstedt	2	5	5										J Svensson	6	7	3	4	6
	M Gustafsson	2												L Jönsson	4	5	6	6	2
	N Kulti	2^r						M Gustafsson	1	2	2
	T Nijssen	3	2	6				L Jönsson	6	6	6
	L Jönsson	6	6	7																	J Svensson	2	2	4
	J Gunnarsson	2	7	0	2															3	S Edberg	6	6	6
Q	S Pescosolido	6	6	6	6		Q	S Pescosolido	7	5	3	4
WC	S Barr	0	7	3	4			P Chamberlin	6	7	6	6
	P Chamberlin	6	6	6	6									P Chamberlin	3	4	1
	P Kühnen	6	6	2	7	6							3	S Edberg	6	6	6
	N Kroon	3	7	6	6	2		P Kühnen	2	2	4
	J Anderson	6	3	4			3	S Edberg	6	6	6
3	S Edberg	7	6	6

First round							Second round						Third round							Fourth round

8	M Wilander	7	7	7
	R Fromberg	6	5	5			8	M Wilander	6	7	6
WC	D Macpherson	3	7	6	1			M Wostenholme	2	5	3
	M Wostenholme	6	5	7	6								8	M Wilander	6	5	6	1	6
Q	N Odizor	6	7	6										W Masur	4	7	4	6	3
WC	I Peter-Budge	2	5	2			Q	N Odizor	6	7	3	1
	W Masur	6	6	6				W Masur	7	6	6	6
	E Jelen	2	1	2																8	M Wilander	7	6	6
	A Rahunen	0	3	1																	V Paloheimo	5	4	0
	J Sánchez	6	6	6				J Sánchez	6	7	6
	P Annacone	6	6	6	2	6		P Annacone	1	6	3
	G Muller	3	4	7	6	3								J Sánchez	5	4	6	1
	G Forget	2	6	6	6									V Paloheimo	7	6	3	6
	G Connell	6	4	4	2			G Forget	4	6	3	3
	V Paloheimo	5	6	0	6	6		V Paloheimo	6	3	6	6
10	C-U Steeb	7	3	6	2	2

First round							Second round						Third round					Fourth round

16	M Mečíř	6	6	7
	M Koevermans	2	4	6			16	M Mečíř	2	6	6	6
Q	L Němeček	6	7	3	6			A Sznajder	6	1	0	2
	A Sznajder	7	6	6	7								16	M Mečíř	6	6	6
WC	N Borwick	6	6	6									Q	U Riglewski	4	2	0
	K Evernden	3	1	1			WC	N Borwick	2	4	2
Q	U Riglewski	6	6	2	6		Q	U Riglewski	6	6	6
	P Canè	2	3	6	2													16	M Mečíř	6	7	4	1	1
	O Delaître	2	6	3	6	6												2	B Becker	4	6	6	6	6
	O Camporese	6	3	6	4	3		O Delaître	6	4	6	6
	K Jones	6	5	2	6	6		K Jones	3	6	3	4
	M Tauson	3	7	6	2	3								O Delaître	3	1	4
	S Davis	6	6	6									2	B Becker	6	6	6
WC	J Morgan	2	2	2				S Davis	3	6	6	2
	P Haarhuis	1	2	1			2	B Becker	6	7	4	6
2	B Becker	6	6	6

^ Ivan Lendl won the final after No. 3 seed Stefan Edberg was forced to retire in the third set with a torn stomach muscle injury.

General

"Men's Singles Draw". atpworldtour.com. ATP Tour, Inc. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
"Australian Open Australia – Men's singles". itftennis.com. ITF Licensing (UK) Ltd. Archived from the original on 2014-03-13. Retrieved 2014-03-13.

Specific

^ ^a ^b "Lendl claims Australian title after Edberg injury". The Tuscaloosa News. Associated Press (AP). 1990-01-28. Retrieved 2011-12-24.
^ Neff, Craig (1990-01-29). "Booted Out Down Under". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2016-08-24.
^ Wilstein, Steve (1990-01-20). "Sabatini, Woodforde injured during Australian Open". The Hour. Associated Press (AP). Retrieved 2012-01-02.

1990 Australian Open – Men's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation