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Boris Becker #8 def. C. Steeb #27

6-1 4-6 7-6(1) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 6, 1992*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Boris Becker
Score	6-1 4-6 7-6(1) 6-3
Loser	C. Steeb
Duration	3h 19m

Stat	Boris Becker	C. Steeb
Aces	9	0
Double faults	6	1
First serve %	56	48
First serve points won %	77	54
Second serve points won %	43	49
Break points saved %	62	50
Break points converted %	50	38
Service points won %	62	52
Return points won %	48	38
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Boris Becker	C. Steeb
Country	GER	GER
Birth date	Nov 22, 1967	Sep 1, 1967
Age	24	25
Height	190	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	8	27
Ranking points (entering)	1,918	980
Elo (entering)	2,013	1,846
Career W-L	670–219	189–190
Career earnings	$25,080,956	$2,320,082

Pre-match H2H

Boris Becker 5 – 1 C. Steeb

Path

Boris Becker's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1992	R64	R. Weiss	4-6 6-2 6-1 1-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1992	R128	K. Curren	6-2 5-7 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Boris Becker's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 1992	R16	Ivan Lendl	7-6(4) 2-6 7-6(4) 3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

C. Steeb's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1992	R64	Fabrice Santoro	2-6 7-6(6) 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1992	R128	Christian Ruud	6-2 7-6(7) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data