Becker v Edberg
ATP Tour career
Lineball analyst9–5
Boris Becker takes it, 9–5 on categories
Becker wins on grand slam titles. Edberg’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Becker 886 matches, Edberg 1,021 matches.
- Becker has 6 grand slam titles (one every 50 matches) to Edberg’s 6 grand slam titles (one every 100 matches).
- Becker has 50 titles (one every 16.7 matches) to Edberg’s 44 titles (one every 20 matches).
- Becker averages 9.3 aces a match to Edberg’s 2.9 — 3.2 times as many.
- 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 game0.144 total · best 1
- 0.06 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.06 total · best 1
- 57.3First serve in %61.7
- 79.2First-serve points won %72.9
- 62.3Break points saved %61.6
- 38.3Return points won %41.4
Head to head
2232 matches
since 198410
since 198410
- Carpet · 15 matchesBecker 11Edberg 4
- Hard · 10 matchesBecker 7Edberg 3
- Grass · 6 matchesBecker 4Edberg 2
- Clay · 1 matchBecker 0Edberg 1
- Grand Slams · 4 matchesBecker 1Edberg 3
- Finals · 16 matchesBecker 11Edberg 5
Last meetings
- 10 June 1996 · London / Queen's Club · Final · GrassBecker won 6-4 7-6(3)
- 1 Jan 1996 · Doha · Round of 32 · HardBecker won 6-2 7-5
- 25 Sept 1995 · Basel · Quarterfinal · HardBecker won 6-4 3-6 6-3
- 15 Nov 1994 · ATP Tour World Championship · Round robin · CarpetBecker won 6-7(3) 6-4 7-5
- 4 Jan 1993 · Doha · Semifinal · Hard
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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