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John McEnroe #28 def. Boris Becker #3

6-4 6-3 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jan 19, 1992*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	John McEnroe
Score	6-4 6-3 7-5
Loser	Boris Becker
Duration	2h 32m

Stat	John McEnroe	Boris Becker
Aces	6	8
Double faults	3	5
First serve %	63	57
First serve points won %	72	59
Second serve points won %	46	47
Break points saved %	57	62
Break points converted %	38	43
Service points won %	62	54
Return points won %	46	38
Total points won %	55	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John McEnroe	Boris Becker
Country	USA	GER
Birth date	Feb 16, 1959	Nov 22, 1967
Age	32	24
Height	180	190
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	28	3
Ranking points (entering)	866	2,822
Elo (entering)	1,862	2,119
Career W-L	833–189	670–219
Career earnings	$12,552,132	$25,080,956

Pre-match H2H

John McEnroe 1 – 5 Boris Becker

Path

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1992	R64	Andrei Cherkasov	7-5 3-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 1992	R128	Broderick Dyke	6-2 6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

John McEnroe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 1992	R16	Emilio Sanchez	7-5 7-6(4) 4-6 2-6 8-6	W	H2H	Match data

Boris Becker's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1992	R64	Gianluca Pozzi	7-5 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 1992	R128	Jan Gunnarsson	6-1 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data