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A. Cherkasov #18 def. Jim Courier #9

4-6 6-1 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 18, 1991*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	A. Cherkasov
Score	4-6 6-1 6-2
Loser	Jim Courier
Duration	2h 6m

Stat	A. Cherkasov	Jim Courier
Aces	1	1
Double faults	5	6
First serve %	67	57
First serve points won %	53	43
Second serve points won %	54	38
Break points saved %	38	47
Break points converted %	53	62
Service points won %	53	41
Return points won %	59	47
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	A. Cherkasov	Jim Courier
Country	RUS	USA
Birth date	Jul 4, 1970	Aug 17, 1970
Age	20	20
Height	180	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	18	9
Ranking points (entering)	1,153	1,478
Elo (entering)	1,811	2,006
Career W-L	170–198	487–222
Career earnings	$2,260,281	$14,034,132

Pre-match H2H

A. Cherkasov 1 – 0 Jim Courier

Path

A. Cherkasov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 16, 1991	R32	S. Pescosolido	6-7(3) 6-2 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
May 15, 1991	R64	Alex Antonitsch	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

A. Cherkasov's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 19, 1991	QF	Goran Prpic	6-7(3) 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Jim Courier's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 16, 1991	R32	Nicklas Kulti	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 15, 1991	R64	J. Arrese	6-4 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data