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Boris Becker #8 def. Ivan Lendl #1

6-4 6-3 6-7 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jul 3, 1988*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Boris Becker
Score	6-4 6-3 6-7 6-4
Loser	Ivan Lendl

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Boris Becker	Ivan Lendl
Country	GER	USA
Birth date	Nov 22, 1967	Mar 7, 1960
Age	20	28
Height	190	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	8	1
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,102	2,305
Career W-L	670–219	1,051–229
Career earnings	$25,080,956	$21,262,417

Pre-match H2H

Boris Becker 3 – 7 Ivan Lendl

Path

Boris Becker's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 1988	QF	Pat Cash	6-4 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 1988	R16	Paul Annacone	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 1988	R32	Sammy Giammalva Jr	7-6 6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data
Jun 24, 1988	R64	Karel Novacek	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	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
Jul 4, 1988	F	Stefan Edberg	6-4 6-7 4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Ivan Lendl's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 1988	QF	Tim Mayotte	7-6 7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 1988	R16	Mark Woodforde	7-5 6-7 6-7 7-5 10-8	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 1988	R32	Michiel Schapers	6-7 7-6 6-4 6-7 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 24, 1988	R64	Darren Cahill	5-7 6-2 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 22, 1988	R128	David Felgate	6-4 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data