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Sebastien Lareau #140 def. Jim Courier #41

7-6(5) 7-5

Match Information

Date	Feb 27, 1998*
Tournament	Philadelphia
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Sebastien Lareau
Score	7-6(5) 7-5
Loser	Jim Courier
Duration	1h 58m

Stat	Sebastien Lareau	Jim Courier
Aces	10	2
Double faults	5	1
First serve %	60	72
First serve points won %	69	64
Second serve points won %	59	48
Break points saved %	80	82
Break points converted %	18	20
Service points won %	65	59
Return points won %	41	35
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Sebastien Lareau	Jim Courier
Country	CAN	USA
Birth date	Apr 27, 1973	Aug 17, 1970
Age	24	27
Height	183	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	140	41
Ranking points (entering)	324	984
Elo (entering)	1,647	1,788
Career W-L	82–120	487–222
Career earnings	$2,879,682	$14,034,132

Pre-match H2H

Sebastien Lareau 0 – 2 Jim Courier

Path

Sebastien Lareau's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 26, 1998	R32	Tomas Nydahl	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Sebastien Lareau's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 1998	QF	Grant Stafford	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Jim Courier's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 26, 1998	R32	Christian Ruud	6-7(6) 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data