Boris Becker #8 def. Ivan Lendl #1

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

Boris Becker defeated Ivan Lendl 6-4 6-3 6-7 6-4 in the 1988 Wimbledon semifinal on grass courts.

Match Information

Date: Jul 3, 1988*
Tournament: Wimbledon
Edition: 1988
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Grass
Round: SF

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Boris Becker	Ivan Lendl
Country	GER	USA
Birth date	Nov 22, 1967	Mar 7, 1960
Age	20	28
Height	190 cm	188 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	8	1
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,107	2,306
Current career W-L	672–220	1,045–227
Current career earnings	$25,080,956	$21,262,417

Pre-match H2H

Boris Becker #8 3 – 7 Ivan Lendl #1

Path

Boris Becker's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Pat Cash #4	6-4 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 1, 1988	QF
Paul Annacone #55	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 29, 1988	R16
Sammy Giammalva Jr	7-6 6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data	Jun 26, 1988	R32
Karel Novacek #158	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 24, 1988	R64
John Frawley	6-3 6-1 6-2	W	—	Match data	Jun 22, 1988	R128

Boris Becker's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Stefan Edberg #2	6-4 6-7 4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 4, 1988	F

Ivan Lendl's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Tim Mayotte #13	7-6 7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 1, 1988	QF
Mark Woodforde #54	7-5 6-7 6-7 7-5 10-8	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 29, 1988	R16
Michiel Schapers #43	6-7 7-6 6-4 6-7 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 26, 1988	R32
Darren Cahill #47	5-7 6-2 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 24, 1988	R64
David Felgate #362	6-4 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 22, 1988	R128