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Boris Becker #13 def. Cedric Pioline #33

6-4 7-5

Match Information

Date	May 15, 1997*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Boris Becker
Score	6-4 7-5
Loser	Cedric Pioline
Duration	1h 37m

Stat	Boris Becker	Cedric Pioline
Aces	11	2
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	55	61
First serve points won %	76	57
Second serve points won %	56	58
Break points saved %	50	43
Break points converted %	57	50
Service points won %	67	58
Return points won %	42	33
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Boris Becker	Cedric Pioline
Country	GER	FRA
Birth date	Nov 22, 1967	Jun 15, 1969
Age	29	27
Height	190	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	13	33
Ranking points (entering)	1,765	1,185
Elo (entering)	1,964	1,847
Career W-L	670–219	370–301
Career earnings	$25,080,956	$6,921,029

Pre-match H2H

Boris Becker 5 – 0 Cedric Pioline

Path

Boris Becker's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 14, 1997	R64	Andrea Gaudenzi	7-6(3) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Boris Becker's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 17, 1997	R16	Goran Ivanisevic	6-7(7) 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Cedric Pioline's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 14, 1997	R64	Byron Black	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data