Becker v Lendl
ATP Tour career
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Too close to call — 9–5 on categories
Lendl wins on titles. Becker’s case rests on aces. ATP Tour career: Becker 886 matches, Lendl 1,284 matches.
- Lendl has 93 titles (one every 12.5 matches) to Becker’s 50 titles (one every 16.7 matches).
- Becker averages 9.3 aces a match to Lendl’s 6.7 (38% more).
- Lendl averages a sets lost every 1.6 matches to Becker’s 0.8.
- Winners’ edge: Lendl’s team won 82%, Becker’s team won 76% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Lendl has 1,284 matches across 17 seasons, Becker 886 in 17 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
- Not every stat was recorded for every match (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.
- 0.150 total · best 1Titlesper game0.193 total · best 1
- 0.06 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.08 total · best 1
- 57.3First serve in %56.1
- 79.2First-serve points won %75.9
- 62.3Break points saved %59.7
- 38.3Return points won %40.1
Head to head
1021 matches
since 198511
since 198511
- Carpet · 11 matchesBecker 4Lendl 7
- Hard · 5 matchesBecker 3Lendl 2
- Grass · 4 matchesBecker 3Lendl 1
- Clay · 1 matchBecker 0Lendl 1
- Grand Slams · 6 matchesBecker 5Lendl 1
- Finals · 13 matchesBecker 7Lendl 6
Last meetings
- 11 Oct 1993 · Tokyo Indoor · Quarterfinal · CarpetLendl won 6-3 1-6 7-6(2)
- 31 Aug 1992 · US Open · Round of 16 · HardLendl won 6-7(4) 6-2 6-7(4) 6-3 6-4
- 14 Jan 1991 · Australian Open · Final · HardBecker won 1-6 6-4 6-4 6-4
- 12 Nov 1990 · ATP Tour World Championship · Round robin · CarpetBecker won 1-6 7-6 6-4
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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