Thomas Muster #5 def. Jim Courier #16

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

Thomas Muster defeated Jim Courier 6-2 3-6 7-6(4) 6-3 in the 1997 Australian Open round of 16 on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 22, 1997*
Tournament: Australian Open
Edition: 1997
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: R16
Duration: 3h 2m

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Thomas Muster	Jim Courier
Country	AUT	USA
Birth date	Oct 2, 1967	Aug 17, 1970
Age	29	26
Height	180 cm	185 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	16
Ranking points (entering)	3,125	1,561
Elo (entering)	1,936	1,945
Current career W-L	590–268	489–223
Current career earnings	$12,266,977	$14,034,132

Pre-match H2H

Thomas Muster #5 2 – 7 Jim Courier #16

Path

Thomas Muster's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jens Knippschild #136	6-4 7-6(2) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 19, 1997	R32
Grant Stafford #78	6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 17, 1997	R64
Geoff Grant #186	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 15, 1997	R128

Thomas Muster's next match

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

Jim Courier's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jeff Tarango #93	6-1 7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 19, 1997	R32
Slava Dosedel #67	4-6 6-2 3-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 17, 1997	R64
Sjeng Schalken #85	6-7(4) 6-3 4-6 6-1 8-6	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 15, 1997	R128