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Jim Courier #5 def. Mikael Pernfors #255

6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	Aug 8, 1991*
Tournament	Cincinnati Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Jim Courier
Score	6-3 6-1
Loser	Mikael Pernfors
Duration	1h 4m

Stat	Jim Courier	Mikael Pernfors
Aces	8	2
Double faults	0	4
First serve %	61	53
First serve points won %	76	44
Second serve points won %	62	43
Break points saved %	50	64
Break points converted %	36	50
Service points won %	71	43
Return points won %	57	29
Total points won %	62	38

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jim Courier	Mikael Pernfors
Country	USA	SWE
Birth date	Aug 17, 1970	Jul 16, 1963
Age	20	28
Height	185	173
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	5	255
Ranking points (entering)	2,301	98
Elo (entering)	2,064	1,742
Career W-L	487–222	138–111
Career earnings	$14,034,132	$1,356,751

Pre-match H2H

Jim Courier 1 – 1 Mikael Pernfors

Path

Jim Courier's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Jim Courier's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 10, 1991	R16	Michael Chang	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Mikael Pernfors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 7, 1991	R64	David Pate	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data