1989 US Open – Men's Singles


defeated Ivan Lendl 7–6, 1–6, 6–3, 7–6 in the final to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 1989 US Open. It was Lendl's eighth consecutive singles final at the US Open. Mats Wilander was the defending champion but lost in the second round to 18-year-old and future world No. 1 Pete Sampras.

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Boris Becker is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.
  1. Ivan Lendl '
  2. Boris Becker
  3. Stefan Edberg '
  4. John McEnroe '
  5. Mats Wilander '
  6. Andre Agassi '
  7. Michael Chang '
  8. Brad Gilbert '
  9. Tim Mayotte '
  10. Alberto Mancini '
  11. Jay Berger '
  12. Emilio Sánchez '
  13. Jimmy Connors '
  14. Aaron Krickstein '
  15. Carl-Uwe Steeb '
  16. Andrei Chesnokov

    Draw

Key

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Matches

Final

Quarter Finals

Played on Stadium Court, National Tennis Center, Flushing Meadows, New York. Originally shown by USA Network with play by play commentators: Ted Robinson and Vitas Gerulaitis
StartEndDuration
3:50pm EST7:07pm EST3 hours 17 minutes

After a solid opening set, Agassi loses the next two, with Connors winning the third 6-0. Agassi then has to save three break points to win the fourth set to tie the match. The fifth starts in Agassi's favor, breaking twice and jumping to a 5-1 lead, but Connors rallies back with a break to 5-4.
Finally, with double match point, Agassi misses a backhand down the line, but then pulls off a backhand dropshot which Connors hits long. Agassi would be a semi-finalist for the 2nd straight year.

Early Rounds