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Boris Becker #1 def. A. Cherkasov #17

7-6(7) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Aug 11, 1991*
Tournament	Cincinnati Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Boris Becker
Score	7-6(7) 6-3
Loser	A. Cherkasov
Duration	1h 58m

Stat	Boris Becker	A. Cherkasov
Aces	7	1
Double faults	3	1
First serve %	55	65
First serve points won %	69	62
Second serve points won %	60	42
Break points saved %	67	64
Break points converted %	36	33
Service points won %	65	55
Return points won %	45	35
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Boris Becker	A. Cherkasov
Country	GER	RUS
Birth date	Nov 22, 1967	Jul 4, 1970
Age	23	21
Height	190	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	17
Ranking points (entering)	3,642	1,190
Elo (entering)	2,136	1,847
Career W-L	670–219	170–198
Career earnings	$25,080,956	$2,260,281

Pre-match H2H

Boris Becker 3 – 1 A. Cherkasov

Path

Boris Becker's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 10, 1991	R16	MaliVai Washington	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 8, 1991	R32	Jean-Philippe Fleurian	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Boris Becker's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 11, 1991	SF	Guy Forget	6-7(1) 6-4 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

A. Cherkasov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 10, 1991	R16	David Wheaton	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 8, 1991	R32	P. Lundgren	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 7, 1991	R64	Todd Woodbridge	7-6(4) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data