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Boris Becker #81 def. Cedric Pioline #20

7-6(5) 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jul 23, 1998*
Tournament	Stuttgart Outdoor
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Boris Becker
Score	7-6(5) 6-1
Loser	Cedric Pioline
Duration	1h 25m

Stat	Boris Becker	Cedric Pioline
Aces	8	1
Double faults	3	0
First serve %	48	54
First serve points won %	83	62
Second serve points won %	52	40
Break points saved %	60	20
Break points converted %	80	40
Service points won %	67	52
Return points won %	48	33
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Boris Becker	Cedric Pioline
Country	GER	FRA
Birth date	Nov 22, 1967	Jun 15, 1969
Age	30	29
Height	190	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	81	20
Ranking points (entering)	594	1,712
Elo (entering)	1,899	1,840
Career W-L	670–219	370–301
Career earnings	$25,080,956	$6,921,029

Pre-match H2H

Boris Becker 7 – 0 Cedric Pioline

Path

Boris Becker's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 22, 1998	R64	Andrea Gaudenzi	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Boris Becker's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 24, 1998	R16	Felix Mantilla	7-6(2) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Cedric Pioline's path

No prior matches in this tournament.