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Boris Becker #13 def. Jeff Tarango #73

6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jun 14, 1997*
Tournament	Halle
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	QF
Winner	Boris Becker
Score	6-4 6-2
Loser	Jeff Tarango
Duration	1h 10m

Stat	Boris Becker	Jeff Tarango
Aces	17	5
Double faults	4	1
First serve %	63	67
First serve points won %	83	54
Second serve points won %	48	56
Break points saved %	100	40
Break points converted %	60	0
Service points won %	70	55
Return points won %	45	30
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Boris Becker	Jeff Tarango
Country	GER	USA
Birth date	Nov 22, 1967	Nov 20, 1968
Age	29	28
Height	190	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	13	73
Ranking points (entering)	1,819	631
Elo (entering)	1,970	1,747
Career W-L	670–219	239–293
Career earnings	$25,080,956	$3,730,289

Pre-match H2H

Boris Becker 0 – 0 Jeff Tarango

Path

Boris Becker's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 13, 1997	R16	Hendrik Dreekmann	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 12, 1997	R32	Alex Radulescu	6-3 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data

Boris Becker's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 14, 1997	SF	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Jeff Tarango's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 13, 1997	R16	Tommy Haas	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 12, 1997	R32	Adrian Voinea	2-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data