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Boris Becker #2 def. David Wheaton #20

6-4 7-6(4) 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jul 7, 1991*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Boris Becker
Score	6-4 7-6(4) 7-5
Loser	David Wheaton
Duration	2h 47m

Stat	Boris Becker	David Wheaton
Aces	12	9
Double faults	5	3
First serve %	62	68
First serve points won %	87	76
Second serve points won %	50	61
Break points saved %	100	50
Break points converted %	50	0
Service points won %	73	71
Return points won %	29	27
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Boris Becker	David Wheaton
Country	GER	USA
Birth date	Nov 22, 1967	Jun 2, 1969
Age	23	22
Height	190	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	20
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,149	1,975
Career W-L	670–219	231–190
Career earnings	$25,080,956	$5,238,401

Pre-match H2H

Boris Becker 2 – 0 David Wheaton

Path

Boris Becker's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 1991	QF	Guy Forget	6-7(5) 7-6(3) 6-2 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 3, 1991	R16	Christian Bergstrom	6-4 6-7(4) 6-1 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 1991	R32	Andrei Olhovskiy	6-1 6-4 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 1991	R64	Peter Lundgren	7-6(3) 7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 1991	R128	Carl Uwe Steeb	6-4 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Boris Becker's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 8, 1991	F	Michael Stich	4-6 6-7(4) 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

David Wheaton's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 1991	QF	Andre Agassi	6-2 0-6 3-6 7-6(3) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 3, 1991	R16	Jan Gunnarsson	6-4 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 1991	R32	Ivan Lendl	6-3 3-6 7-6(6) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 1991	R64	Cedric Pioline	6-4 6-7(5) 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 1991	R128	Petr Korda	7-6(4) 6-7(6) 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data