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Boris Becker#2 def. J. Bates#142

6-4 6-2 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 16, 1991*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R128
Winner	Boris Becker
Score	6-4 6-2 6-3
Loser	J. Bates
Duration	2h 30m

Stat	Boris Becker	J. Bates
Aces	9	1
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	68	55
First serve points won %	76	64
Second serve points won %	50	29
Break points saved %	60	46
Break points converted %	54	40
Service points won %	68	49
Return points won %	51	32
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Boris Becker	J. Bates
Country	GER	GBR
Birth date	Nov 22, 1967	Jun 19, 1962
Age	23	28
Height	190	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	142
Ranking points (entering)	3,528	245
Elo (entering)	2,176	1,527
Career W-L	670–219	116–174
Career earnings	$25,080,956	$1,338,555

Pre-match H2H

Boris Becker 2 – 0 J. Bates

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