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Boris Becker #2 def. Wayne Ferreira #173

6-4 7-6(5) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 23, 1991*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Boris Becker
Score	6-4 7-6(5) 6-4
Loser	Wayne Ferreira
Duration	2h 20m

Stat	Boris Becker	Wayne Ferreira
Aces	4	3
Double faults	2	5
First serve %	62	59
First serve points won %	74	62
Second serve points won %	61	58
Break points saved %	88	73
Break points converted %	27	12
Service points won %	69	60
Return points won %	40	31
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Boris Becker	Wayne Ferreira
Country	GER	RSA
Birth date	Nov 22, 1967	Sep 15, 1971
Age	23	19
Height	190	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	173
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,184	1,602
Career W-L	670–219	483–314
Career earnings	$25,080,956	$9,969,617

Pre-match H2H

Boris Becker 0 – 0 Wayne Ferreira

Path

Boris Becker's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 1991	R32	Omar Camporese	7-6(4) 7-6(5) 0-6 4-6 14-12	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 1991	R64	Marian Vajda	6-4 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 1991	R128	Jeremy Bates	6-4 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Boris Becker's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1991	QF	Guy Forget	6-2 7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Wayne Ferreira's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 1991	R32	Jacco Eltingh	6-2 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 1991	R64	Lars Anders Wahlgren	6-2 6-4 7-6(8)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 1991	R128	Fernando Luna	6-1 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data