1994 Wimbledon SF Ivanišević - Becker stats

[slice serve ace]

Maybe the best match in Goran's career. Destroyed Becker with his return (had something like 14 return aces), and didn't have any lapses or moments of deconcetration. Here are the stats.


Ivanišević def Becker 6-2, 7-6, 6-4

1st serve %

goran. 63 ( 52, 78, 54 )
becker 55 ( 64, 59, 44 )

1st serve pts won %

goran. 93 ( 100, 89, 93 )
becker 80 ( 57, 95, 80 )

goran won 52 of 56 points on his 1st serve. what else to say? just unplayable. becker's pct is good too, apart from 1st set

2nd serve pts won %

goran. 48 ( 31, 63, 58 )
becker 50 ( 38, 53, 53 )

service pts won %

goran. 76 ( 67, 83, 77 )
becker 67 ( 50, 78, 65 )

aces

goran. 23 ( 5, 10, 8 )
becker 7 ( 1, 4, 2 )

double faults

goran. 2 ( 1, 0, 1 )
becker 7 ( 4, 2, 1 )

winners

goran. 52 ( 14, 16, 22 )
becker 29 ( 6, 15, 8 )

goran 52 winners in 31 games = 1.68 per game

unreturned serves

goran. 47 ( 10, 24, 13 )
becker 34 ( 7, 13, 14 )

unreturned serves %

goran. 53 ( 37, 67, 50 )
becker 37 ( 32, 35, 41 )

in second set, becker had play on only 12 goran's serves (of 36)

break points

goran. 3/6 ( 2/3, 0/0, 1/3 )
becker 0/1 ( 0/1, 0/0, 0/0 )

points won

goran. 99 ( 29, 38, 32 )
becker 83 ( 20, 35, 28 )

 

[vive le beau jeu !]

that was a big match played by goran... probably the most "severe" loss by becker at wimbledon, apart from his ultimate participation.
by the way, didn't becker get a set point in the 2nd set tie-break ?

 

[Mustard]

by the way, didn't becker get a set point in the 2nd set tie-break ?

He did. Becker had a set point at 6-5 in that second set tiebreak. Goran saved it with an ace and then won the next point with a service winner to get a set point of his own. Goran won the tiebreak 8-6 after his return of Becker's serve led to Becker hitting the ball wide with his backhand volley.

 

[krosero]

Per the Washington Post, Goran made 63% of his first serves. Per the Associated Press, he served 22 aces.

New York Times:

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According to Ivanisevic, Becker's serve is quieter than it used to be, and that made it less problematic.

"I was guessing today a lot, and I was guessing good because he served a lot to my forehand," he said. "And then in the end he served a little bit less power, but to my backhand, but by then it was a little bit too late."

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[krosero]

1st serve pts won %

goran. 93 ( 100, 89, 93 )
becker 80 ( 57, 95, 80 )

goran won 52 of 56 points on his 1st serve. what else to say? just unplayable.

The ATP has 74 of 78 since they counted Goran's aces twice.

On the boards someone mentioned that Goran may have had a long streak of points won on serve against Becker at Wimbledon. Did he have anything like that, above 15 straight for example?

And you've got him at 100% on 1st serves until the second set, was that a long streak?

 

[Mustard]

On the boards someone mentioned that Goran may have had a long streak of points won on serve against Becker at Wimbledon. Did he have anything like that, above 15 straight for example?

Goran had, I think, 16 straight first serve points won from the start of the match until the first game of the second set.

And you've got him at 100% on 1st serves until the second set, was that a long streak?

That streak ended in the first game of the second set.

 

[krosero]

To be clear, I was asking about two types of service streaks: one overall, another just on 1st serve points.

 

[slice serve ace]

I don't know exactly anymore but i think there were not outrageous streaks from Goran, he would lose point here and there. 100% in 1st set is 14 points.
The thing is, i had this match on video tape, not on dvd. Since my vcr broke down, it's good thing i made the stats before that, looong time ago

But Mustard seems to have all the answers.

 

[krosero]

Okay thanks guys. One thing I find particularly impressive about Goran is that he was winning nearly every point on his first serve, but he was also getting a lot of first serves in. 63% overall, and nearly 80% in the second set.

 

[slice serve ace]

one more thing

during the warmup, the commentator was talking about becker and said that becker has been "strange" in his previous matches...than he mentioned matches vs bergstrom, frana and medvedev...said that medvedev called becker cheater. does anyone know what was that about?

 

[Mustard]

one more thing

during the warmup, the commentator was talking about becker and said that becker has been "strange" in his previous matches...than he mentioned matches vs bergstrom, frana and medvedev...said that medvedev called becker cheater. does anyone know what was that about?

In the match against Frana, Becker went to the bathroom and did some stretching exercises with his physiotherapist when he was supposed to be answering a call of nature. Wimbledon referee, Alan Mills, fined Becker $1,000 for that blatant breach of the rules. In the match against Medvedev, the match had been postponed overnight at 1-1 in the fifth set. Medvedev broke Becker in the first game the following day and Medvedev went on to lead 3-1 and 4-2, but Becker did some delaying tactics several times in the fifth set when Medvedev was about to hit his serve, and Becker ended up breaking back for 4-4, and then broke again in the 11th game as Becker won the fifth set, 7-5. Medvedev stormed off the court and accused Becker of "cheating".

John McEnroe said that Becker should have been thrown out of the tournament for that physiotherapist incident against Frana.

 

[Moose Malloy]

AT LEAST one signalman was on duty yesterday, not that Boris Becker's gesture was appreciated any more than his other antics en route to a meeting with Goran Ivanisevic in the semi-finals tomorrow. The poor chap would be in danger of developing a persecution complex were he not so self-assured.

Christian Bergstrom, of Sweden, became the latest player to complain about Becker's behaviour as the catalogue of alleged gamesmanship mounted: treatment during a toilet break (when playing Javier Frana), delaying tactics (against Andrei Medvedev) and now distracting his opponent by raising an arm and calling a ball out.

The three-times champion, who won his quarter-final against Bergstrom on Court One, 7-6, 6-4, 6-3, was at set point in the tie-break, 6-5, when the Swede made a smash. Becker, certain that the ball had landed beyond the baseline, played a half-volley and protested while the ball was in flight.

Bergstrom subequently missed a forehand volley, and the umpire, Wayne McKewen, from Australia, refused his request that the point be replayed. The Swede vented his frustration by taking a backhand swipe at a cup of Coke, the contents of which splashed the net-cord judge on the face

Becker acknowledged that this was the case, and had been throughout his career. 'I want to make one thing clear,' he said of the criticism. 'I don't like what's going on for the past two or three days. I'm doing the same things for the past 10 years. All of a sudden, this is not supposed to be fair play.

'Everybody is doing their own things on the court, and that's just part of our job. This is no little tournament, where we go to have some fun. This is the most important tennis tournament for all the players in the world. Everybody is trying their hardest to win here, including Boris Becker. I'm doing everything within the rules.

'We had a long rally, and he (Bergstrom) was at the net. He smashed it and I thought he smashed it long. I showed the umpire that he smashed it long, but the umpire and the linesman didn't think so, and he missed his next volley. That was it.

'I don't delay anything. I'm just not as fast all the time on the court as the other guys. I'm all the time the guy who walks around the court a little bit. But I'm doing it in the first point, I'm doing after two hours, and I'm doing it after four hours. It's just my style, you know.'

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...pras-power-game-overwhelms-chang-1426176.html

 

[Joe Pike]

Maybe the best match in Goran's career. Destroyed Becker with his return (had something like 14 return aces), and didn't have any lapses or moments of deconcetration. Here are the stats.


Ivanišević def Becker 6-2, 7-6, 6-4

1st serve %

goran. 63 ( 52, 78, 54 )
becker 55 ( 64, 59, 44 )

1st serve pts won %

goran. 93 ( 100, 89, 93 )
becker 80 ( 57, 95, 80 )

goran won 52 of 56 points on his 1st serve. what else to say? just unplayable. becker's pct is good too, apart from 1st set

2nd serve pts won %

goran. 48 ( 31, 63, 58 )
becker 50 ( 38, 53, 53 )

service pts won %

goran. 76 ( 67, 83, 77 )
becker 67 ( 50, 78, 65 )

aces

goran. 23 ( 5, 10, 8 )
becker 7 ( 1, 4, 2 )

double faults

goran. 2 ( 1, 0, 1 )
becker 7 ( 4, 2, 1 )

winners

goran. 52 ( 14, 16, 22 )
becker 29 ( 6, 15, 8 )

goran 52 winners in 31 games = 1.68 per game

unreturned serves

goran. 47 ( 10, 24, 13 )
becker 34 ( 7, 13, 14 )

unreturned serves %

goran. 53 ( 37, 67, 50 )
becker 37 ( 32, 35, 41 )

in second set, becker had play on only 12 goran's serves (of 36)

break points

goran. 3/6 ( 2/3, 0/0, 1/3 )
becker 0/1 ( 0/1, 0/0, 0/0 )

points won

goran. 99 ( 29, 38, 32 )
becker 83 ( 20, 35, 28 )

Ivanisevic is one of the many one-slam wonders like Petr Korda or Pat Cash.

 

[slice serve ace]

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...pras-power-game-overwhelms-chang-1426176.html

found the bergstrom tiebreak
it happened at 5:00
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAsb9_0cees&feature=related

 

[Datacipher]

found the bergstrom tiebreak
it happened at 5:00
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAsb9_0cees&feature=related

Yes, I remember it well, and I felt at the time that Bergstrom was clearly hindered, but that the umpire simply didn't see what Becker did.

As to the bathroom break, it was also cheating...Becker's excuse that it was a "coincidence" was ridiculous.

 

[Moose Malloy]

Yes, I remember it well, and I felt at the time that Bergstrom was clearly hindered, but that the umpire simply didn't see what Becker did

check out the point at the 4 min mark

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nw9MNYwpJho&feature=related

do you think it should have been replayed? don't think it was intentional by mac, but he did yell out. and it was a pretty big point, set point.

 

[woodrow1029]

Shouldn't have been replayed. If the umpire did anything, it would have been considered an intentional hindrance and McEnroe should have lost the point.