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Boris Becker #2 def. Patrick McEnroe #114

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

Match Information

Date	Jan 27, 1991*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Boris Becker
Score	6-7(2) 6-4 6-1 6-4
Loser	Patrick McEnroe
Duration	3h 10m

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

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Boris Becker	Patrick McEnroe
Country	GER	USA
Birth date	Nov 22, 1967	Jul 1, 1966
Age	23	24
Height	190	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	114
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,194	1,721
Career W-L	670–219	140–164
Career earnings	$25,080,956	$3,118,316

Pre-match H2H

Boris Becker 1 – 0 Patrick McEnroe

Path

Boris Becker's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	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

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

Patrick McEnroe's path

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