Jim Courier #46 def. Jonas Bjorkman #5

4-6 6-1 7-6(4)

Jim Courier defeated Jonas Bjorkman 4-6 6-1 7-6(4) in the 1998 Indian Wells Open round of 32 on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Mar 12, 1998*
Tournament: Indian Wells Open
Edition: 1998
Category: Masters 1000
Surface: Hard
Round: R32
Duration: 2h 9m

Match Statistics

Stat	Jim Courier	Jonas Bjorkman
Aces	10	7
Double faults	4	7
First serve %	62	48
First serve points won %	78	62
Second serve points won %	44	55
Break points saved %	43	64
Break points converted %	36	57
Service points won %	65	58
Return points won %	42	35
Total points won %	53	47

Player Comparison

Field	Jim Courier	Jonas Bjorkman
Country	USA	SWE
Birth date	Aug 17, 1970	Mar 23, 1972
Age	27	25
Height	185 cm	183 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	46	5
Ranking points (entering)	983	2,916
Elo (entering)	1,783	1,920
Current career W-L	489–223	395–344
Current career earnings	$14,034,132	$14,610,671

Pre-match H2H

Jim Courier #46 1 – 0 Jonas Bjorkman #5

Path

Jim Courier's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Guillaume Raoux #42	3-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 11, 1998	R64

Jim Courier's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jan-Michael Gambill #126	2-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Mar 14, 1998	R16

Jonas Bjorkman's path

No prior matches in this tournament.