Boris Becker #2 def. Patrick McEnroe #114

6-7(2) 6-4 6-1 6-4

Boris Becker defeated Patrick McEnroe 6-7(2) 6-4 6-1 6-4 in the 1991 Australian Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 27, 1991*
Tournament: Australian Open
Edition: 1991
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: SF
Duration: 3h 10m

Match Statistics

Stat	Boris Becker	Patrick McEnroe
Aces	23	5
Double faults	5	2
First serve %	66	56
First serve points won %	76	59
Second serve points won %	51	56
Break points saved %	75	50
Break points converted %	50	25
Service points won %	67	58
Return points won %	42	33
Total points won %	54	46

Player Comparison

Field	Boris Becker	Patrick McEnroe
Country	GER	USA
Birth date	Nov 22, 1967	Jul 1, 1966
Age	23	24
Height	190 cm	183 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	2	114
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,196	1,719
Current career W-L	672–220	140–164
Current career earnings	$25,080,956	$3,118,316

Pre-match H2H

Boris Becker #2 1 – 0 Patrick McEnroe #114

Path

Boris Becker's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Guy Forget #13	6-2 7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 25, 1991	QF
Wayne Ferreira #173	6-4 7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 23, 1991	R16
Omar Camporese #45	7-6(4) 7-6(5) 0-6 4-6 14-12	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 20, 1991	R32
Marian Vajda #68	6-4 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 18, 1991	R64
Jeremy Bates #142	6-4 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 16, 1991	R128

Boris Becker's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Ivan Lendl #3	1-6 6-4 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 28, 1991	F

Patrick McEnroe's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Cristiano Caratti #101	7-6 6-3 4-6 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 25, 1991	QF
Mark Woodforde #94	6-2 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 23, 1991	R16
Jay Berger #18	6-1 7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 20, 1991	R32
Johan Anderson #161	6-3 6-3 5-7 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 18, 1991	R64
Thomas Hogstedt #89	4-6 4-6 6-3 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 16, 1991	R128