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Thomas Muster #5 def. Jim Courier #16

6-2 3-6 7-6(4) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 22, 1997*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Thomas Muster
Score	6-2 3-6 7-6(4) 6-3
Loser	Jim Courier
Duration	3h 2m

Stat	Thomas Muster	Jim Courier
Aces	10	8
Double faults	6	7
First serve %	64	58
First serve points won %	75	71
Second serve points won %	45	38
Break points saved %	79	67
Break points converted %	33	21
Service points won %	64	57
Return points won %	43	36
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Thomas Muster	Jim Courier
Country	AUT	USA
Birth date	Oct 2, 1967	Aug 17, 1970
Age	29	26
Height	180	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	5	16
Ranking points (entering)	3,125	1,561
Elo (entering)	1,925	1,941
Career W-L	590–267	487–222
Career earnings	$12,266,977	$14,034,132

Pre-match H2H

Thomas Muster 2 – 7 Jim Courier

Path

Thomas Muster's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 1997	R32	Jens Knippschild	6-4 7-6(2) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1997	R64	Grant Stafford	6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 1997	R128	Geoff Grant	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Thomas Muster's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 1997	QF	Goran Ivanisevic	6-4 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Jim Courier's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 1997	R32	Jeff Tarango	6-1 7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1997	R64	Slava Dosedel	4-6 6-2 3-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 1997	R128	Sjeng Schalken	6-7(4) 6-3 4-6 6-1 8-6	W	H2H	Match data