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Pete Sampras #1 def. Jim Courier #11

6-7(4) 6-7(3) 6-3 6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 27, 1995*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Pete Sampras
Score	6-7(4) 6-7(3) 6-3 6-4 6-3
Loser	Jim Courier
Duration	3h 58m

Stat	Pete Sampras	Jim Courier
Aces	24	10
Double faults	4	2
First serve %	57	68
First serve points won %	88	71
Second serve points won %	57	56
Break points saved %	75	38
Break points converted %	62	25
Service points won %	75	66
Return points won %	34	25
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Jim Courier
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Aug 17, 1970
Age	23	24
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	11
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,213	1,980
Career W-L	737–208	487–222
Career earnings	$43,280,489	$14,034,132

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras 10 – 3 Jim Courier

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1995	R16	Magnus Larsson	4-6 6-7(4) 7-5 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 1995	R32	Lars Jonsson	6-1 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 1995	R64	Jan Kroslak	6-2 6-0 6-1	W	—	Match data
Jan 18, 1995	R128	Gianluca Pozzi	6-3 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 29, 1995	SF	Michael Chang	6-7(6) 6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Jim Courier's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1995	R16	Karel Novacek	6-2 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 1995	R32	Mark Woodforde	6-3 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 1995	R64	Cristiano Caratti	6-2 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 1995	R128	David Rikl	6-4 6-0 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data