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1. Voo de Mar says:

   March 4, 2023 at 3:49 am

   Points won by each set: [ 25-33, 16-29, 40-33, 27-19, 25-12 ]
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   25 % West Germany – 31 of 122
   28 % Sweden – 39 of 137

   Three years after the Swedish triumph in West Germany, Germans took the revenge in Sweden. It was shocking they already won on Saturday, because the Swedes were the favourites – they had the best player in the world (Wilander) while Edberg & Becker were at the similar level (Edberg won their two previous matches in 1988), so I’d say the most probable scenario after the first two days it was 2:1 for Sweden after Wilander’s win over Steeb, Becker’s potential win over Edberg, and the much more accomplished Swedish duo beating Becker/Jelen in doubles… 3:0 for the Swedes couldn’t be extremely surprising, however, Steeb stunned Wilander, Becker defeated Edberg easier than anyone could have expected, and the Germans had an opportunity to clinch the title on day two. The Swedes led 6-3 4:0*, but the scoreline was a bit misleading – they won all five ‘deuce’ games up to that moment. When the Germans finally broke Jarryd for a 5:3 lead in the 3rd set, the momentum shifted. Admittedly Edberg went throughout the match unbroken (saved a break point in his opening game), but Jarryd lost his serve five times in total, and the Germans celebrated their first Davis Cup title in 88 years after 2 hours 51 minutes as Becker played a backhand volley winner… It’s quite interesting that the Germans hadn’t played a forehand winner until 1-all in the 5th set, and then they produced three in a row (Jelen two), on Jarryd’s serve.

   Final: WEST GERMANY d. SWEDEN 4-1 in Gothenburg, Sweden: Clay (Indoor)
   Carl-Uwe Steeb (GER) d. Mats Wilander (SWE) 8-10, 1-6, 6-2, 6-4, 8-6 – 1 m.p.
   Boris Becker (GER) d. Stefan Edberg (SWE) 6-3, 6-1, 6-4
   Boris Becker / Eric Jelen (GER) d. Stefan Edberg / Anders Jarryd (SWE) 3-6, 2-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-2
   Stefan Edberg (SWE) d. Carl-Uwe Steeb (GER) 6-4, 8-6
   Patrik Kuhnen (GER) d. Kent Carlsson (SWE) w/o

   

   From left: Boris Becker, Patrik Kühnen, Niki Pilić (cpt.), Eric Jelen und Carl-Uwe Steeb

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2. Voo de Mar says:

   December 10, 2024 at 8:19 am

   West Germany’s route to the title: Brazil 5-0, Denmark 5-0, Yugoslavia 5-0, Sweden 4-1

   Points:
   7 – Boris Becker
   2.5 – Carl-Uwe Steeb
   4.5 – Eric Jelen
   0.5 – Patrick Kuhnen

   The last Davis Cup edition with two-game advantage sets (8-6 in the Edberg vs Steeb match it was the last set like this; if Edberg had lost the match, it’d have been the only case that a team triumphed in the Davis Cup winning all rubbers!), the first time in the Davis Cup finals a dead rubber wasn’t played

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