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Boris Becker #6 def. Michael Chang #2

6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Oct 27, 1996*
Tournament	Stuttgart Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Boris Becker
Score	6-4 6-3
Loser	Michael Chang
Duration	1h 15m

Stat	Boris Becker	Michael Chang
Aces	13	4
Double faults	3	2
First serve %	62	59
First serve points won %	81	67
Second serve points won %	58	40
Break points saved %	50	43
Break points converted %	57	50
Service points won %	72	56
Return points won %	44	28
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Boris Becker	Michael Chang
Country	GER	USA
Birth date	Nov 22, 1967	Feb 22, 1972
Age	28	24
Height	190	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	6	2
Ranking points (entering)	3,060	3,724
Elo (entering)	2,002	2,042
Career W-L	670–219	648–303
Career earnings	$25,080,956	$19,145,632

Pre-match H2H

Boris Becker 4 – 1 Michael Chang

Path

Boris Becker's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 1996	QF	Magnus Gustafsson	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 26, 1996	R16	Thomas Enqvist	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 24, 1996	R32	Greg Rusedski	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Boris Becker's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 28, 1996	F	Pete Sampras	3-6 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Michael Chang's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 1996	QF	Marcelo Rios	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 26, 1996	R16	Jim Courier	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 24, 1996	R32	Todd Woodbridge	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data