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Boris Becker#53 def. Thierry Tulasne#77

6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	May 16, 1985*
Tournament	Rome
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Boris Becker
Score	6-3 6-1
Loser	Thierry Tulasne

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Boris Becker	Thierry Tulasne
Country	GER	FRA
Birth date	Nov 22, 1967	Jul 12, 1963
Age	17	21
Height	190	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	53	77
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,737	1,629
Career W-L	670–219	215–206
Career earnings	$25,080,956	$1,058,412

Pre-match H2H

Boris Becker 0 – 0 Thierry Tulasne

Path

Boris Becker's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 15, 1985	R64	Tarik Benhabiles	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Boris Becker's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 18, 1985	R16	Juan Aguilera	7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Thierry Tulasne's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 15, 1985	R64	Vitas Gerulaitis	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data