The 1989 Masters (also known as the 1989 Nabisco Masters for sponsorship reasons)
were men's
tennis
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tournaments played on indoor
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s at
Madison Square Garden
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in
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,
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, United States and at the
Royal Albert Hall
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in
London
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, United Kingdom. It was the
20th edition of the
year-end singles championships, the
16th edition
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of the year-end doubles championships, and both tournaments were part of the
1989 Nabisco Grand Prix
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Schedule
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. The singles championships were held in New York from November 27 through December 3, 1989, while the doubles championship were held in London from December 6 through December 10, 1989.
Stefan Edberg
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won the singles title.
Finals
Singles
Stefan Edberg
Jan Stefan Edberg (; born 19 January 1966) is a Swedish former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in both men's singles and men's doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), one of two players in the ...
defeated
Boris Becker
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, 4–6, 7–6
(8–6), 6–3, 6–1
* It was Edberg's 2nd title of the year and the 35th of his career.
Doubles
Jim Grabb
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/
Patrick McEnroe
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Born in Manhasset, New York, he is John McEnroe's youngest brother. He won one ...
defeated
John Fitzgerald /
Anders Järryd
Anders Per Järryd (; born 13 July 1961) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. During his career he won eight Grand Slam doubles titles (three French Open, two Wimbledon, two US Open, one Australian Open), reached the world No. ...
, 7–5, 7–6, 5–7, 6–3.
* It was Grabb's 2nd title of the year and the 5th of his career. It was McEnroe's 2nd title of the year and the 4th of his career.
References
External links
ATP tournament profileOfficial website
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