Gerard Solves vs Boris Becker — Chennai Round of 16

Chennai · ATP · Round of 16
FRA
Gerard Solves
58 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 6 April 1998
hard
GER
Boris Becker
58 yrs · 190 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Solves G.
4-6 6-3 6-2
Becker B.
Solves G.
4662
Becker B.
6321

Gerard Solves defeated Boris Becker 4-6 6-3 6-2 in the Chennai round of 16 on hard. The result followed the form book — Gerard Solves came in defending last year's semi-final.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Solves G.serving83% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Becker B.

Becker B.serving87% hold

wins 68% of points on serve vs Solves G.

Serve-dominated — both hold easily, expect tiebreaks

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Solves G.Becker B.
1st serve in·Slight edge
66%
55%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
68%
79%
2nd serve points won·Even
51%
51%
Service points won·Even
62%
66%
Return points won·Even
37%
36%
Break points saved·Even
65%
68%
Aces / match·Dominant
7.3
10.3
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.0
5.8

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (6 vs 40). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Rafter P.
Tillstrom M.
6-36-4
Semi-finals
Tillstrom M.
Woodbridge T.
6-26-2
Rafter P.
Paes L.
6-37-65
Quarter-finals
Tillstrom M.
Woodforde M.
6-32-67-63
Rafter P.
Burgsmuller L.
7-630-67-5
Paes L.
Solves G.
6-736-47-5
Woodbridge T.
Pavel A.
6-46-4
R16
Paes L.
Golmard J.
7-642-63-1
Woodforde M.
Schuettler R.
6-46-2
Rafter P.
Heuberger I.
6-26-4
Burgsmuller L.
Clement A.
6-36-2
Solves G.
Becker B.
4-66-36-2
Woodbridge T.
Caratti C.
6-06-756-2
Pavel A.
Belobrajdic A.
6-46-0
Tillstrom M.
Delaitre O.
7-56-3
R32
Rafter P.
Stanoytchev O.
6-26-1
Becker B.
Voltchkov V.
7-657-64
Heuberger I.
Tramacchi P.
6-27-5
Solves G.
Salzenstein J.
7-676-4
Paes L.
Phau B.
6-26-2
Golmard J.
Whitehouse W.
6-36-3
Tillstrom M.
Ogorodov O.
6-16-0
Delaitre O.
Scala D.
6-16-3
Schuettler R.
Koubek S.
6-16-3
Woodforde M.
Nainkin D.
6-26-4
Pavel A.
Stark J.
7-646-4
Belobrajdic A.
Luxa P.
6-46-3
Caratti C.
Santopadre V.
6-46-0
Woodbridge T.
Bhupathi M.
3-66-46-4
Clement A.
Richardson A.
6-26-0
Burgsmuller L.
Sell M.
6-06-2