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1. Voo de Mar says:

   July 10, 2024 at 1:16 pm

   Stats without the mid-sets (number of aces, DFs and BPs valid for the entire contest)

   Points won by each set: | 39-40, (69-63), 43-43 |
   Points won directly behind the serve (1st set only):
   50 % Becker – 20 of 40
   56 % Forget – 22 of 39

   # Court no. 1 and a meeting between the two best servers at the time (soon it was revealed that younger players like Krajicek, Ivanisevic & Sampras would serve even better). [8] Forget’s service performance was phenomenal in the first two hours, Becker [2] couldn’t create a break point, but he hung in there thanks to winning the second set tie-break. In the 4th set the Frenchman led 5:2* when Becker took a medical time-out. Forget’s easy volley errors allowed the German to break back, nevertheless Forget should have won the set as he led 6:3* in the ensuing tie-break. At 6:5 he netted a backhand volley from a quite good position, and on the fourth set point his aggressive forehand return hit the net-cord while Becker slipped – the ball stayed on Forget’s side. Forget committed a double fault trying to save a match point (tie-breaks: 5/7, 7/3, 9/7). He’s the best player born in the 60s to never play a major semifinal. It was the second of his five quarterfinal attempts, unfortunately at Wimbledon ’91 he played his only balanced match at this stage.

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2. Voo de Mar says:

   July 10, 2024 at 1:36 pm

   # Top 5 in most aces served of 1991:
   1. Forget 592 *
   2. Ivanisevic 565
   3. Stich 559
   4. Sampras 522
   5. Lendl 518

   Top 5 in average aces per match:
   1. Ivanisevic 8.8
   2. Krajicek 8.6
   3. Becker 7.8
   4. Sampras 7.3
   5. Forget, Lendl 7.1

   * Forget served more than 700 that year (the ATP website doesn’t include his 8 Davis Cup rubbers, two French Open, and two Grand Slam Cup matches) which gave him more than 8 aces per match

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