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Boris Becker #2 def. Aaron Krickstein #16

6-4 6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 10, 1989*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Boris Becker
Score	6-4 6-3 6-4
Loser	Aaron Krickstein

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Boris Becker	Aaron Krickstein
Country	GER	USA
Birth date	Nov 22, 1967	Aug 2, 1967
Age	21	22
Height	190	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	16
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,198	1,934
Career W-L	670–219	381–252
Career earnings	$25,080,956	$3,709,772

Pre-match H2H

Boris Becker 2 – 0 Aaron Krickstein

Path

Boris Becker's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 1989	QF	Yannick Noah	6-3 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1989	R16	Mikael Pernfors	5-7 6-3 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1989	R32	Miloslav Mecir	6-4 3-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1989	R64	Derrick Rostagno	1-6 6-7 6-3 7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1989	R128	David Pate	6-1 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Boris Becker's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 11, 1989	F	Ivan Lendl	7-6 1-6 6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

Aaron Krickstein's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 1989	QF	Jay Berger	3-6 6-4 6-2 1-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1989	R16	Paul Haarhuis	6-2 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1989	R32	Alexander Volkov	3-6 3-6 6-4 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1989	R64	Wally Masur	2-6 6-4 7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1989	R128	Richard Matuszewski	6-3 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data