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1. Voo de Mar says:

   June 22, 2020 at 6:34 pm

   Points won by each set: | 28-16, 27-13, 25-34, 25-32, 32-28 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   31 % Edberg – 42 of 135
   27 % Becker – 34 of 125

   It was the third consecutive Wimbledon final between them; the only one that Edberg stayed on the baseline behind his 2nd serve – it occurred at *1:3 (30/0) in the 4th set. The 2-hour 58-minute lopsided final should have been won by Becker, who led in the last set 3:1 (30-all) serving, making two casual volley errors then. Their second five-setter, and the scenario repeated from the previous one (French Open ’89): first two sets for Edberg, and he wastes a break point early in the 3rd set, another two sets for Becker, and the German leads with a break in the decider, yet loses it in the end after 43 minutes.

   Edberg’s route to his 23rd title:
   1 Broderick Dyke 4-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-1
   2 Miloslav Mecir 6-2, 6-3, 6-2
   3 Amos Mansdorf 6-4, 5-7, 3-6, 6-2, 9-7
   4 Michael Chang 6-3, 6-2, 6-1
   Q Christian Bergstrom 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
   S Ivan Lendl 6-1, 7-6(2), 6-3
   W Boris Becker 6-2, 6-2, 3-6, 3-6, 6-4

   # In the third round, Edberg was three points away from losing to Mansdorf… seven points away vs Becker at *3:4 (30/15) in the fifth

   Comparison of their three Wimbledon finals:
   1988: Edberg d. Becker 4-6, 7-6, 6-4, 6-2… 2 hours 50 minutes… 245 points… 6 breaks
   1989: Becker d. Edberg 6-0, 7-6, 6-4… 2 hours 11 minutes… 184 points… 6 breaks
   1990: Edberg d. Becker 6-2, 6-2, 3-6, 3-6, 6-4… 2 hours 58 minutes… 260 points… 10 breaks

   Short YouTube video about their trilogy

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2. Voo de Mar says:

   January 3, 2024 at 4:30 am

   Becker won their following 10 matches when a match point was required
   (in the meantime Edberg got one victory thanks to Becker’s retirement already in the opening set), and their rivalry ended 25-10 for the German

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