Boris Becker def. Michael Chang, 1996 Australian Open Final

Match Information

Date: Jan 29, 1996*
Tournament: Australian Open
Edition: 1996
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: F

Match Statistics

Stat	Boris Becker	Michael Chang
Serving
Aces Serves that land in and are not touched by the returner.	11	11
Double faults Service points lost by missing both first and second serve.	6	6
First serve % Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.	52.0%	49.2%
First serve points won % Percentage of points won after making a first serve.	84.4%	78.5%
Second serve points won % Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.	45.8%	43.3%
Break points saved % Percentage of break points won by the server.	77.8%	78.3%
Service points won % Percentage of all points won while serving.	65.9%	60.6%
Returning
Break points converted % Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.	21.7%	22.2%
Return points won % Percentage of all points won while returning.	39.4%	34.1%
Overall
Total points won % Percentage of all completed points won.	52.2%	47.8%
Match Serve+ This match’s service points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.	+4.0	-1.3
Match Return+ This match’s return points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.	+1.3	-4.0

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the ATP 1996 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

Field	Boris Becker	Michael Chang
Country	GER	USA
Birth date	Nov 22, 1967	Feb 22, 1972
Age	28	23
Height	190 cm	175 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	5
Ranking points (entering)	4,297	3,592
Elo (entering)	2,099	2,078
Current career W-L	672–220	649–305
Current career earnings	$25,080,956	$19,145,632

Pre-match H2H

Boris Becker #4 3 – 1 Michael Chang #5

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Path

Boris Becker's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Mark Woodforde #67	6-4 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 28, 1996	SF
Yevgeny Kafelnikov #6	6-4 7-6(9) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 26, 1996	QF
Brett Steven #37	1-6 6-4 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 24, 1996	R16
Magnus Larsson #19	7-6(5) 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 21, 1996	R32
Thomas Johansson #114	4-6 3-6 6-2 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 19, 1996	R64
Greg Rusedski #33	6-4 3-6 4-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 17, 1996	R128

Boris Becker's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Michael Chang's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Andre Agassi #2	6-1 6-4 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 28, 1996	SF
Mikael Tillstrom #105	6-0 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 26, 1996	QF
Jean-Philippe Fleurian #153	6-2 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 24, 1996	R16
Guillaume Raoux #71	6-2 6-2 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 21, 1996	R32
Jakob Hlasek #43	6-1 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 19, 1996	R64
David Rikl #81	6-2 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 17, 1996	R128