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Brad Gilbert #9 def. Boris Becker #2

3-6 6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Aug 20, 1989*
Tournament	Cincinnati
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Brad Gilbert
Score	3-6 6-3 6-4
Loser	Boris Becker

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Brad Gilbert	Boris Becker
Country	USA	GER
Birth date	Aug 9, 1961	Nov 22, 1967
Age	28	21
Height	185	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	9	2
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,009	2,200
Career W-L	502–275	670–219
Career earnings	$5,507,973	$25,080,956

Pre-match H2H

Brad Gilbert 3 – 1 Boris Becker

Path

Brad Gilbert's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 20, 1989	QF	Michael Chang	3-6 7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 19, 1989	R16	Pete Sampras	6-7 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 17, 1989	R32	Jason Stoltenberg	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 1989	R64	Agustin Moreno	6-3 6-4	W	—	Match data

Brad Gilbert's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 21, 1989	F	Stefan Edberg	6-4 2-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

Boris Becker's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 20, 1989	QF	Jaime Yzaga	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 19, 1989	R16	Vijay Amritraj	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 17, 1989	R32	Patrick McEnroe	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 1989	R64	Rick Leach	6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data