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Boris Becker #9 def. Jim Courier #1

7-6(5) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Nov 8, 1992*
Tournament	Paris Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Carpet
Round	QF
Winner	Boris Becker
Score	7-6(5) 6-3
Loser	Jim Courier
Duration	1h 39m

Stat	Boris Becker	Jim Courier
Aces	13	8
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	60	77
First serve points won %	92	72
Second serve points won %	67	50
Break points saved %	—	50
Break points converted %	50	—
Service points won %	82	67
Return points won %	33	18
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Boris Becker	Jim Courier
Country	GER	USA
Birth date	Nov 22, 1967	Aug 17, 1970
Age	24	22
Height	190	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	9	1
Ranking points (entering)	1,794	3,424
Elo (entering)	2,035	2,109
Career W-L	670–219	487–222
Career earnings	$25,080,956	$14,034,132

Pre-match H2H

Boris Becker 4 – 0 Jim Courier

Path

Boris Becker's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 7, 1992	R16	Brad Gilbert	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 5, 1992	R32	John McEnroe	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Boris Becker's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 8, 1992	SF	Goran Ivanisevic	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Jim Courier's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 7, 1992	R16	Michael Stich	7-6(3) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 5, 1992	R32	Andrei Chesnokov	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data