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Boris Becker #77 def. Lleyton Hewitt #35

6-1 6-4 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	Jun 27, 1999*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R32
Winner	Boris Becker
Score	6-1 6-4 7-6(5)
Loser	Lleyton Hewitt
Duration	2h 1m

Stat	Boris Becker	Lleyton Hewitt
Aces	13	7
Double faults	8	6
First serve %	52	54
First serve points won %	88	73
Second serve points won %	43	43
Break points saved %	86	60
Break points converted %	40	14
Service points won %	66	59
Return points won %	41	34
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Boris Becker	Lleyton Hewitt
Country	GER	AUS
Birth date	Nov 22, 1967	Feb 24, 1981
Age	31	18
Height	190	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	77	35
Ranking points (entering)	635	1,106
Elo (entering)	1,860	1,850
Career W-L	670–219	564–241
Career earnings	$25,080,956	$20,890,470

Pre-match H2H

Boris Becker 0 – 0 Lleyton Hewitt

Path

Boris Becker's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 1999	R64	Nicolas Kiefer	6-4 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 23, 1999	R128	Miles Maclagan	5-7 6-7(7) 6-4 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Boris Becker's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 1999	R16	Patrick Rafter	3-6 2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Lleyton Hewitt's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 1999	R64	Karim Alami	6-1 6-4 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 23, 1999	R128	Marcelo Filippini	6-2 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data