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March 18, 1984: The day a bomb scare stopped Lendl v Connors in Rotterdam (with Lendl 6-0, 1-0 up)
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February 28, 1983: The day Ivan Lendl became world No 1 for the first time
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February 5, 1985: The day Ivan Lendl and Larry Stefanki played without an umpire
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January 18, 2000: The day Roger Federer won his first match at a Grand Slam event
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January 17, 1982: The day head-hunting Lendl won the most dramatic duel with Gerulaitis
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January 16, 1981: The day Connors called Lendl a chicken, a nickname that the Czech would bear until his first Grand Slam title in 1984
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January 8, 1978: When the Masters Cup final between Jimmy Connors and Bjorn Borg sparked a No 1 debate
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December 20, 1994: Lendl bids sad farewell to tennis
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December 11, 1983: The day clay-court star Wilander won the Australian Open on grass
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December 9, 1985: The day Stefan Edberg claimed his first Grand Slam title
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December 8, 1985: The day a teenager named Edberg reached his first Grand Slam final beating then world No 1 Lendl
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December 7, 1987: The day Ivan Lendl won the Masters Grand Prix for the fifth time
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December 5, 1988: The day Boris Becker won his first year-end Masters – on a net cord
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