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N. Pereira #122 def. Boris Becker #4

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

Match Information

Date	Jan 5, 1996*
Tournament	Doha
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	N. Pereira
Score	7-6(4) 6-7(4) 7-6(5)
Loser	Boris Becker
Duration	3h 4m

Stat	N. Pereira	Boris Becker
Aces	5	28
Double faults	3	7
First serve %	68	50
First serve points won %	74	83
Second serve points won %	57	52
Break points saved %	86	83
Break points converted %	17	14
Service points won %	69	67
Return points won %	33	31
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	N. Pereira	Boris Becker
Country	VEN	GER
Birth date	Sep 29, 1970	Nov 22, 1967
Age	25	28
Height	188	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	122	4
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,629	2,050
Career W-L	63–114	670–219
Career earnings	$1,077,159	$25,080,956

Pre-match H2H

N. Pereira 0 – 0 Boris Becker

Path

N. Pereira's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 1996	R32	Jan Apell	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

N. Pereira's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 1996	QF	David Prinosil	7-6(5) 2-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Boris Becker's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 1996	R32	Stefan Edberg	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data