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1. Voo de Mar says:

   May 17, 2020 at 3:48 pm

   Points won by each set: [ 31-18, 22-28, 28-33, 40-39, 42-30 ]
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   8 % Chang – 15 of 173
   20 % Edberg – 28 of 134

   Average 1st serve speed: Edberg 97 mph (156 kph), Chang 77 mph (123 kph)… Edberg went to the net 156 times, Chang 49.
   In the 4th set, Edberg [3] wasted ten break points in three different games (!), including a mini-match point at 4-all (volley error). Chang [19] became the youngest Grand Slam champion of the Open Era (17 years 3 months 7 days), but would never win a major title again! He served only six aces throughout the tournament… committed nine double faults in his seven matches that year in Paris. “People, in a way, are getting sick of my talking about God, but if I want to tell the truth, it is Jesus Christ,” Chang explained his shocking success. “I give him all the credit. That’s just the way I am. Lady Luck helped, too. I got a lot of lucky breaks. The difference in this match was this much.”

   Chang’s route to his 2nd title:
   1 Eduardo Masso 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-0, 6-3
   2 Pete Sampras 6-1, 6-1, 6-1 (!)
   3 Francesco Roig 6-0, 7-5, 6-3
   4 Ivan Lendl 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3
   Q Ronald Agenor 6-4, 2-6, 6-4, 7-6(6)
   S Andrei Chesnokov 6-1, 5-7, 7-6(4), 7-5
   W Stefan Edberg 6-1, 3-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2

   MultiStar’s comment in the previous version of the pic:

   Interesting note: I have read that Chang took 21 hours and 18 minutes to win the 1989 French championship! Against Edberg (final): 3 hours 41 minutes, vs. Chesnokov (semis): 4:05 h, vs. Agenor (quarters): 3:10 h, vs. Lendl (the famous 4th round…): 4:38 h, vs. Sampras (2nd round): 1:38 h. I am only missing the match times for 1st round against Masso and 3rd round vs. Roig…

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