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Jim Courier #26 def. Goran Ivanisevic #5

6-2 7-6(2)

Match Information

Date	Mar 23, 1997*
Tournament	Miami Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Jim Courier
Score	6-2 7-6(2)
Loser	Goran Ivanisevic
Duration	1h 18m

Stat	Jim Courier	Goran Ivanisevic
Aces	6	8
Double faults	3	4
First serve %	54	56
First serve points won %	78	83
Second serve points won %	63	26
Break points saved %	50	40
Break points converted %	60	50
Service points won %	71	58
Return points won %	42	29
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jim Courier	Goran Ivanisevic
Country	USA	CRO
Birth date	Aug 17, 1970	Sep 13, 1971
Age	26	25
Height	185	194
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	26	5
Ranking points (entering)	1,298	3,003
Elo (entering)	1,906	2,027
Career W-L	487–222	561–316
Career earnings	$14,034,132	$19,878,007

Pre-match H2H

Jim Courier 5 – 3 Goran Ivanisevic

Path

Jim Courier's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 22, 1997	R16	Richard Krajicek	7-6(6) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 20, 1997	R32	Scott Draper	4-6 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 19, 1997	R64	Sandon Stolle	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Jim Courier's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 23, 1997	SF	Thomas Muster	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Goran Ivanisevic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 22, 1997	R16	Dominik Hrbaty	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 20, 1997	R32	Vincent Spadea	3-6 7-6(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 19, 1997	R64	Byron Black	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data