Boris Becker #75 def. Bernd Karbacher #117

6-4 6-4

Boris Becker defeated Bernd Karbacher 6-4 6-4 in the 1999 Hong Kong Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Apr 10, 1999*
Tournament: Hong Kong Open
Edition: 1999
Category: ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250
Surface: Hard
Round: SF
Duration: 1h 20m

Match Statistics

Stat	Boris Becker	Bernd Karbacher
Aces	6	4
Double faults	3	5
First serve %	67	48
First serve points won %	74	61
Second serve points won %	63	57
Break points saved %	67	0
Break points converted %	100	33
Service points won %	70	59
Return points won %	41	30
Total points won %	56	44

Player Comparison

Field	Boris Becker	Bernd Karbacher
Country	GER	GER
Birth date	Nov 22, 1967	Apr 3, 1968
Age	31	31
Height	190 cm	185 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	75	117
Ranking points (entering)	638	403
Elo (entering)	1,881	1,676
Current career W-L	672–220	133–157
Current career earnings	$25,080,956	$2,043,057

Pre-match H2H

Boris Becker #75 1 – 1 Bernd Karbacher #117

Path

Boris Becker's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Laurence Tieleman #86	7-6(3) 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 10, 1999	QF
Wayne Ferreira #30	6-4 7-6(10)	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 9, 1999	R16
Michael Sell #274	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 8, 1999	R32

Boris Becker's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Andre Agassi #12	7-6(4) 4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 11, 1999	F

Bernd Karbacher's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jonas Bjorkman #37	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 10, 1999	QF
Brett Steven #133	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 9, 1999	R16
Patrick Rafter #5	6-7(4) 7-6(1) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 8, 1999	R32