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Boris Becker #4 def. M. Woodforde #67

6-4 6-2 6-0

Match Information

Date	Jan 28, 1996*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Boris Becker
Score	6-4 6-2 6-0
Loser	M. Woodforde

Stat	Boris Becker	M. Woodforde
Aces	12	5
Double faults	3	9
First serve %	60	57
First serve points won %	90	61
Second serve points won %	47	28
Break points saved %	50	63
Break points converted %	37	50
Service points won %	72	47
Return points won %	53	28
Total points won %	62	38

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Boris Becker	M. Woodforde
Country	GER	AUS
Birth date	Nov 22, 1967	Sep 23, 1965
Age	28	30
Height	190	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	4	67
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,078	1,877
Career W-L	670–219	313–294
Career earnings	$25,080,956	$8,551,305

Pre-match H2H

Boris Becker 2 – 0 M. Woodforde

Path

Boris Becker's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 1996	QF	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6-4 7-6(9) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 1996	R16	Brett Steven	1-6 6-4 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 1996	R32	Magnus Larsson	7-6(5) 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 1996	R64	Thomas Johansson	4-6 3-6 6-2 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1996	R128	Greg Rusedski	6-4 3-6 4-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Boris Becker's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 29, 1996	F	Michael Chang	6-2 6-4 2-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

M. Woodforde's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 1996	QF	Thomas Enqvist	6-4 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 1996	R16	Mark Philippoussis	6-2 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 1996	R32	Francisco Clavet	4-6 7-6(6) 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 1996	R64	Martin Sinner	6-4 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1996	R128	Shuzo Matsuoka	2-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data