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Lionel Roux #86 def. Boris Becker #11

4-6 6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	Apr 18, 1997*
Tournament	Tokyo
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Lionel Roux
Score	4-6 6-3 6-1
Loser	Boris Becker
Duration	1h 53m

Stat	Lionel Roux	Boris Becker
Aces	3	4
Double faults	4	6
First serve %	65	43
First serve points won %	62	48
Second serve points won %	48	50
Break points saved %	50	30
Break points converted %	70	50
Service points won %	57	49
Return points won %	51	43
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Lionel Roux	Boris Becker
Country	FRA	GER
Birth date	Apr 12, 1973	Nov 22, 1967
Age	24	29
Height	185	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	86	11
Ranking points (entering)	550	1,863
Elo (entering)	1,657	2,037
Career W-L	76–116	670–219
Career earnings	$1,255,648	$25,080,956

Pre-match H2H

Lionel Roux 0 – 0 Boris Becker

Path

Lionel Roux's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 1997	R32	Jean-Philippe Fleurian	7-6(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 16, 1997	R64	David Adams	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Lionel Roux's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 19, 1997	QF	Martin Damm Sr	6-3 6-1	W	—	Match data

Boris Becker's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 1997	R32	Sebastien Lareau	6-2 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data