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1. Voo de Mar says:

   June 20, 2024 at 12:40 pm

   Points won by each set: [ 29-15, 31-24 ]
   Points won directly on serve:
   27 % Lendl – 15 of 55
   34 % McEnroe – 15 of 44

   The best two players of the 80s, intriguing 15-15 in their H2H at the time, and the 29-year-old Lendl [1] finds his way to overpower the one year older McEnroe [5] in 72 minutes. The Canadian Open ’89 meant an opening of a new chapter in their long rivalry – Lendl initiated a streak of six consecutive wins in their last six meetings not dropping a set, not being even forced to play a tie-break! The serve of the American simply wasn’t a big force anymore in terms of the serve-and-volley action, and he couldn’t deal with Lendl’s heavy ground-strokes… in that final especially Lendl’s backhand was awesome. The last edition of the Canadian Open before its upgrading to the Mercedes Super 9 status (the predecessor of Masters 1K), but until 1997 the event didn’t attract all the best players in the world on a regulars basis…

   Lendl’s route to his 81st title:
   2 Kelly Jones 7-6(4), 6-1
   3 Jimmy Arias 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
   Q Grant Connell 7-6(2), 4-6, 6-0
   S Andre Agassi 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
   W John McEnroe 6-1, 6-3

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2. Voo de Mar says:

   June 20, 2024 at 12:49 pm

   The last edition of the Canadian Open before the upgrading its status in a newly formed Mercedes Super 9 series. Montreal and Cincinnati (the biggest non-Slam events of Summer) were held in the same week in 1989 (56- vs 64-draw). In Canada a player seeded with no. 8 was ranked 25 while in USA a player seeded with no. 8 was ranked 29. In 1990 both events have a 56-draw with significantly raised the prize money ($550K -> 930K in Canada, $485K -> 1M in USA).

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