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Jim Courier #24 def. Magnus Gustafsson #47

7-6(10) 3-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Oct 5, 1997*
Tournament	Beijing
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Jim Courier
Score	7-6(10) 3-6 6-3
Loser	Magnus Gustafsson
Duration	2h 21m

Stat	Jim Courier	Magnus Gustafsson
Aces	2	9
Double faults	0	8
First serve %	55	65
First serve points won %	68	79
Second serve points won %	72	42
Break points saved %	0	67
Break points converted %	33	100
Service points won %	70	66
Return points won %	34	30
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jim Courier	Magnus Gustafsson
Country	USA	SWE
Birth date	Aug 17, 1970	Jan 3, 1967
Age	27	30
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	24	47
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,851	1,775
Career W-L	487–222	394–252
Career earnings	$14,034,132	$4,545,489

Pre-match H2H

Jim Courier 1 – 1 Magnus Gustafsson

Path

Jim Courier's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 4, 1997	SF	Thomas Johansson	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 4, 1997	QF	Jan Kroslak	6-4 6-3	W	—	Match data
Oct 3, 1997	R16	Marcos Ondruska	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 2, 1997	R32	Alex Radulescu	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Jim Courier's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Magnus Gustafsson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 4, 1997	SF	Kenneth Carlsen	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 4, 1997	QF	Byron Black	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 3, 1997	R16	David Rikl	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 2, 1997	R32	Martin Sinner	7-6(3) 1-6 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data