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Boris Becker #4 def. Michael Chang #5

6-2 6-4 2-6 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 29, 1996*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Boris Becker
Score	6-2 6-4 2-6 6-2
Loser	Michael Chang

Stat	Boris Becker	Michael Chang
Aces	11	11
Double faults	6	6
First serve %	52	49
First serve points won %	84	78
Second serve points won %	46	43
Break points saved %	78	78
Break points converted %	22	22
Service points won %	66	61
Return points won %	39	34
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Boris Becker	Michael Chang
Country	GER	USA
Birth date	Nov 22, 1967	Feb 22, 1972
Age	28	23
Height	190	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	5
Ranking points (entering)	4,297	3,592
Elo (entering)	2,089	2,075
Career W-L	670–219	648–303
Career earnings	$25,080,956	$19,145,632

Pre-match H2H

Boris Becker 3 – 1 Michael Chang

Path

Boris Becker's path

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

Boris Becker's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Michael Chang's path

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