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G. Solves#155 def. Boris Becker#63

4-6 6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Apr 10, 1998*
Tournament	Chennai
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	G. Solves
Score	4-6 6-3 6-2
Loser	Boris Becker
Duration	1h 43m

Stat	G. Solves	Boris Becker
Aces	2	7
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	65	49
First serve points won %	75	82
Second serve points won %	60	49
Break points saved %	83	70
Break points converted %	30	17
Service points won %	69	65
Return points won %	35	31
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	G. Solves	Boris Becker
Country	FRA	GER
Birth date	Apr 7, 1968	Nov 22, 1967
Age	30	30
Height	185	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	155	63
Ranking points (entering)	290	719
Elo (entering)	1,548	1,895
Career W-L	21–36	670–219
Career earnings	$403,190	$25,080,956

Pre-match H2H

G. Solves 0 – 0 Boris Becker

Path

G. Solves's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 9, 1998	R32	Jeff Salzenstein	7-6(7) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

G. Solves's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 11, 1998	QF	L. Paes	7-6(3) 4-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Boris Becker's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 9, 1998	R32	V. Voltchkov	7-6(5) 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data