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Jim Courier #1 def. John McEnroe #18

6-2 6-2 7-6(1)

Match Information

Date	Sep 9, 1992*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Jim Courier
Score	6-2 6-2 7-6(1)
Loser	John McEnroe
Duration	2h 35m

Stat	Jim Courier	John McEnroe
Aces	3	4
Double faults	1	7
First serve %	66	61
First serve points won %	89	65
Second serve points won %	48	33
Break points saved %	67	71
Break points converted %	29	33
Service points won %	76	53
Return points won %	47	24
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jim Courier	John McEnroe
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Aug 17, 1970	Feb 16, 1959
Age	22	33
Height	185	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	18
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,116	1,898
Career W-L	487–222	833–189
Career earnings	$14,034,132	$12,552,132

Pre-match H2H

Jim Courier 1 – 1 John McEnroe

Path

Jim Courier's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1992	R32	Cedric Pioline	7-6(2) 6-4 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1992	R64	Andrei Chesnokov	4-6 6-3 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1992	R128	Alex Obrien	4-6 6-1 6-3 7-6(5)	W	—	Match data

Jim Courier's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 11, 1992	QF	Andre Agassi	6-3 6-7(6) 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1992	R32	Richard Fromberg	6-3 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1992	R64	Diego Nargiso	4-6 6-3 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1992	R128	Michiel Schapers	6-4 6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data