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Alex Corretja #9 def. Boris Becker #119

7-6(5) 7-5 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jul 12, 1998*
Tournament	Gstaad
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Alex Corretja
Score	7-6(5) 7-5 6-3
Loser	Boris Becker
Duration	2h 25m

Stat	Alex Corretja	Boris Becker
Aces	9	5
Double faults	3	4
First serve %	56	61
First serve points won %	83	74
Second serve points won %	63	51
Break points saved %	100	25
Break points converted %	75	0
Service points won %	74	65
Return points won %	35	26
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Alex Corretja	Boris Becker
Country	ESP	GER
Birth date	Apr 11, 1974	Nov 22, 1967
Age	24	30
Height	180	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	9	119
Ranking points (entering)	2,530	406
Elo (entering)	1,923	1,913
Career W-L	415–277	670–219
Career earnings	$10,411,354	$25,080,956

Pre-match H2H

Alex Corretja 1 – 1 Boris Becker

Path

Alex Corretja's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 11, 1998	SF	Filip Dewulf	6-3 6-7(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 11, 1998	QF	Albert Costa	5-7 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 10, 1998	R16	Slava Dosedel	6-0 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 9, 1998	R32	Oliver Gross	6-4 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Alex Corretja's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Boris Becker's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 11, 1998	SF	Marcelo Rios	6-4 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 11, 1998	QF	Felix Mantilla	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 10, 1998	R16	Cedric Pioline	7-6(2) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 9, 1998	R32	George Bastl	6-4 6-7(7) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data