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Thomas Muster #3 def. Jim Courier #22

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

Match Information

Date	Feb 15, 1997*
Tournament	Dubai
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Thomas Muster
Score	7-6(3) 2-6 6-3
Loser	Jim Courier
Duration	2h 28m

Stat	Thomas Muster	Jim Courier
Aces	3	2
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	59	58
First serve points won %	57	54
Second serve points won %	40	45
Break points saved %	50	40
Break points converted %	60	50
Service points won %	50	51
Return points won %	49	50
Total points won %	50	50

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)	3	22
Ranking points (entering)	3,492	1,456
Elo (entering)	1,981	1,952
Career W-L	590–267	487–222
Career earnings	$12,266,977	$14,034,132

Pre-match H2H

Thomas Muster 3 – 7 Jim Courier

Path

Thomas Muster's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 15, 1997	QF	Christian Ruud	6-4 6-7(3) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 14, 1997	R16	Martin Sinner	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 13, 1997	R32	Tomas Nydahl	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Thomas Muster's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 16, 1997	F	Goran Ivanisevic	7-5 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data

Jim Courier's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 15, 1997	QF	Wayne Ferreira	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 14, 1997	R16	Albert Costa	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 13, 1997	R32	Andrei Medvedev	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data