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Boris Becker #8 def. Karel Novacek #158

6-3 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jun 24, 1988*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R64
Winner	Boris Becker
Score	6-3 6-4 6-4
Loser	Karel Novacek

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Boris Becker	Karel Novacek
Country	GER	CZE
Birth date	Nov 22, 1967	Mar 30, 1965
Age	20	23
Height	190	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	8	158
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,067	1,640
Career W-L	670–219	287–231
Career earnings	$25,080,956	$3,729,540

Pre-match H2H

Boris Becker 2 – 0 Karel Novacek

Path

Boris Becker's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 22, 1988	R128	John Frawley	6-3 6-1 6-2	W	—	Match data

Boris Becker's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 1988	R32	Sammy Giammalva Jr	7-6 6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data

Karel Novacek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 22, 1988	R128	Peter Lindgren	6-2 6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data