McEnroe v Becker
ATP Tour career
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Boris Becker takes it, 11–3 on categories
Becker wins on titles. McEnroe’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: McEnroe 303 matches, Becker 886 matches.
- Becker has 50 titles (one every 16.7 matches) to McEnroe’s 1 title (one every 50 matches).
- Becker has the better first-serve points won %: 79.2 to McEnroe’s 66.7.
- Becker averages 9.3 aces a match to McEnroe’s 2.9 — 3.2 times as many.
- Winners’ edge: Becker’s team won 76%, McEnroe’s team won 46% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Becker has 886 matches across 17 seasons, McEnroe 303 in 15 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
- Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, grand slam titles, aces…): those averages use only the games that logged them.
Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.
Tale of the tape
Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
- 0.01 total · best 1Titlesper game0.150 total · best 1
- –Grand Slam titlesper game0.06 total · best 1
- 60.8First serve in %57.3
- 66.7First-serve points won %79.2
- 60.2Break points saved %62.3
- 39.7Return points won %38.3
- 2.9726 total · best 17
Head to head
29 matches
since 19897
since 19897
- Hard · 6 matchesMcEnroe 2Becker 4
- Carpet · 3 matchesMcEnroe 0Becker 3
- Grand Slams · 3 matchesMcEnroe 1Becker 2
Last meetings
- 28 Aug 1995 · US Open · Quarterfinal · HardBecker won 6-4 7-6(2) 6-7(3) 7-6(6)
- 14 Aug 1995 · New Haven · Round of 16 · HardBecker won 3-6 7-6(2) 6-4
- 16 Jan 1995 · Australian Open · Round of 128 · HardMcEnroe won 6-3 6-4 7-6(4)
- 11 Oct 1993 · Tokyo Indoor · Round of 16 · CarpetBecker won 6-1 7-6(2)
- 24 Feb 1992 · Rotterdam · Quarterfinal · CarpetBecker won 6-3 7-5
- 10 Feb 1992 · Brussels · Round of 16 · CarpetBecker won 7-6(6) 6-1
- 15 Mar 1991 · ATP Masters 1000 Miami · Round of 32 · HardMcEnroe won 6-1 6-4
- 14 Jan 1991 · Australian Open · Semifinal · HardBecker won
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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