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Boris Becker #5 def. T. Nelson #84

6-3 6-7 6-2

Match Information

Date	Aug 4, 1988*
Tournament	Indianapolis
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Boris Becker
Score	6-3 6-7 6-2
Loser	T. Nelson

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Boris Becker	T. Nelson
Country	GER	USA
Birth date	Nov 22, 1967	Mar 18, 1961
Age	20	27
Height	190	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	5	84
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,114	1,601
Career W-L	670–219	53–90
Career earnings	$25,080,956	$541,277

Pre-match H2H

Boris Becker 1 – 0 T. Nelson

Path

Boris Becker's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Boris Becker's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 5, 1988	R16	R. Leach	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

T. Nelson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 3, 1988	R64	Gary Muller	6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data