Thomas Johansson vs Boris Becker — Basel Round of 32

Basel · ATP · Round of 32
SWE
Thomas Johansson
51 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLWLLWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 5 October 1998
hard
GER
Boris Becker
58 yrs · 190 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWLWLLWL
Johansson T.
6-3 6-2
Becker B.
Johansson T.
662
Becker B.
32–

Thomas Johansson defeated Boris Becker 6-3 6-2 in the Basel round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Boris Becker came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Thomas Johansson claimed a first win over Boris Becker in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
1997-06-23WimbledonR64grassBoris Becker6-1 6-4 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Johansson T.serving88% hold

wins 68% of points on serve vs Becker B.

Becker B.serving90% hold

wins 70% of points on serve vs Johansson T.

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
Johansson T.Becker B.
1st serve in·Even
57%
55%
1st serve points won·Even
75%
79%
2nd serve points won·Even
51%
51%
Service points won·Even
65%
66%
Return points won·Even
35%
36%
Break points saved·Slight edge
63%
69%
Aces / match·Clear edge
8.8
10.4
Double faults / match·Dominant
2.3
5.8

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 40). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Henman T.
Agassi A.
6-46-33-66-4
Semi-finals
Agassi A.
Rosset M.
6-46-2
Henman T.
Johansson T.
6-32-67-65
Quarter-finals
Rosset M.
Prinosil D.
6-37-62
Agassi A.
Gustafsson M.
6-36-3
Henman T.
Kiefer N.
6-36-4
Johansson T.
Santoro F.
6-36-3
R16
Rosset M.
Ferreira W.
6-46-0
Prinosil D.
Rusedski G.
7-647-5
Agassi A.
Heuberger I.
6-26-2
Gustafsson M.
Kafelnikov Y.
3-66-37-5
Henman T.
Arazi H.
6-47-64
Kiefer N.
Tarango J.
4-66-36-2
Johansson T.
Black B.
6-736-47-5
Santoro F.
Vacek D.
3-66-37-65
R32
Vacek D.
Rafter P.
7-677-5
Santoro F.
Damm Sr M.
6-36-4
Johansson T.
Becker B.
6-36-2
Black B.
Siemerink J.
6-26-2
Kiefer N.
Korda P.
6-26-4
Tarango J.
Escude N.
6-36-3
Arazi H.
Fromberg R.
6-16-4
Prinosil D.
Luxa P.
7-676-4
Henman T.
Stoltenberg J.
2-66-36-4
Kafelnikov Y.
Norman M.
7-56-3
Gustafsson M.
Ulihrach B.
6-46-4
Heuberger I.
Golmard J.
6-07-63
Agassi A.
Federer R.
6-36-2
Rusedski G.
Pretzsch A.
6-26-2
Rosset M.
Haas T.
7-634-67-64
Ferreira W.
Sampras P.
4-67-646-3