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Paul Haarhuis #45 def. Boris Becker #1

6-3 6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 1, 1991*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Paul Haarhuis
Score	6-3 6-4 6-2
Loser	Boris Becker
Duration	1h 58m

Stat	Paul Haarhuis	Boris Becker
Aces	6	8
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	64	68
First serve points won %	76	65
Second serve points won %	59	46
Break points saved %	80	0
Break points converted %	100	20
Service points won %	70	59
Return points won %	41	30
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Paul Haarhuis	Boris Becker
Country	NED	GER
Birth date	Feb 19, 1966	Nov 22, 1967
Age	25	23
Height	188	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	45	1
Ranking points (entering)	643	3,728
Elo (entering)	1,759	2,128
Career W-L	250–245	670–219
Career earnings	$7,751,962	$25,080,956

Pre-match H2H

Paul Haarhuis 0 – 1 Boris Becker

Path

Paul Haarhuis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1991	R64	Andrei Chesnokov	6-1 4-6 6-2 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 1991	R128	Eric Jelen	2-6 6-2 6-1 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Paul Haarhuis's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1991	R16	Carl Uwe Steeb	6-2 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Boris Becker's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1991	R64	Alexander Volkov	6-0 7-6(4) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 1991	R128	Martin Jaite	7-6(3) 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data