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Boris Becker #2 def. J. Connors #8

6-3 6-3 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jun 5, 1987*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Boris Becker
Score	6-3 6-3 7-5
Loser	J. Connors

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Boris Becker	J. Connors
Country	GER	USA
Birth date	Nov 22, 1967	Sep 2, 1952
Age	19	34
Height	190	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	8
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,154	2,027
Career W-L	670–219	1,262–294
Career earnings	$25,080,956	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

Boris Becker 2 – 0 J. Connors

Path

Boris Becker's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 1987	R16	Jimmy Arias	5-7 6-3 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1987	R32	H. Sundstrom	6-1 3-6 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1987	R64	M. Buckley	6-1 4-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 1987	R128	D. Perez	6-0 6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Boris Becker's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 7, 1987	SF	Mats Wilander	4-6 1-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

J. Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 1987	R16	R. Osterthun	4-6 7-5 6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1987	R32	Franco Davin	6-3 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1987	R64	M. Westphal	6-4 3-6 7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 1987	R128	T. Nelson	7-5 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data