Boris Becker #4 def. Mark Woodforde #67

6-4 6-2 6-0

Boris Becker defeated Mark Woodforde 6-4 6-2 6-0 in the 1996 Australian Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 28, 1996*
Tournament: Australian Open
Edition: 1996
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: SF

Match Statistics

Stat	Boris Becker	Mark 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

Player Comparison

Field	Boris Becker	Mark Woodforde
Country	GER	AUS
Birth date	Nov 22, 1967	Sep 23, 1965
Age	28	30
Height	190 cm	188 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	4	67
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,088	1,878
Current career W-L	672–220	313–294
Current career earnings	$25,080,956	$8,551,305

Pre-match H2H

Boris Becker #4 2 – 0 Mark Woodforde #67

Path

Boris Becker's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Yevgeny Kafelnikov #6	6-4 7-6(9) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 26, 1996	QF
Brett Steven #37	1-6 6-4 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 24, 1996	R16
Magnus Larsson #19	7-6(5) 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 21, 1996	R32
Thomas Johansson #114	4-6 3-6 6-2 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 19, 1996	R64
Greg Rusedski #33	6-4 3-6 4-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 17, 1996	R128

Boris Becker's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Michael Chang #5	6-2 6-4 2-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 29, 1996	F

Mark Woodforde's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Thomas Enqvist #7	6-4 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 26, 1996	QF
Mark Philippoussis #40	6-2 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 24, 1996	R16
Francisco Clavet #52	4-6 7-6(6) 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 21, 1996	R32
Martin Sinner #59	6-4 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 19, 1996	R64
Shuzo Matsuoka #65	2-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 17, 1996	R128