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Boris Becker #1 def. Ivan Lendl #3

1-6 6-4 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 28, 1991*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Boris Becker
Score	1-6 6-4 6-4 6-4
Loser	Ivan Lendl
Duration	2h 50m

Stat	Boris Becker	Ivan Lendl
Aces	9	9
Double faults	4	3
First serve %	71	63
First serve points won %	70	68
Second serve points won %	46	58
Break points saved %	75	50
Break points converted %	50	25
Service points won %	63	64
Return points won %	36	37
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Boris Becker	Ivan Lendl
Country	GER	USA
Birth date	Nov 22, 1967	Mar 7, 1960
Age	23	30
Height	190	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	3
Ranking points (entering)	3,935	2,519
Elo (entering)	2,197	2,162
Career W-L	670–219	1,051–229
Career earnings	$25,080,956	$21,262,417

Pre-match H2H

Boris Becker 9 – 9 Ivan Lendl

Path

Boris Becker's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 1991	SF	Patrick McEnroe	6-7(2) 6-4 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1991	QF	Guy Forget	6-2 7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 1991	R16	Wayne Ferreira	6-4 7-6(5) 6-4	W	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

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Ivan Lendl's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 1991	SF	Stefan Edberg	6-4 5-7 3-6 7-6(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1991	QF	Goran Prpic	6-0 7-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 1991	R16	Aaron Krickstein	6-2 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 1991	R32	Magnus Gustafsson	4-6 6-2 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 1991	R64	Scott Davis	7-6(3) 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 1991	R128	Tarik Benhabiles	6-1 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data