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Michael Stich #42 def. Jim Courier #25

6-4 7-6(6)

Match Information

Date	Jan 5, 1991*
Tournament	Adelaide
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Michael Stich
Score	6-4 7-6(6)
Loser	Jim Courier
Duration	1h 44m

Stat	Michael Stich	Jim Courier
Aces	7	2
Double faults	4	2
First serve %	46	56
First serve points won %	70	72
Second serve points won %	63	58
Break points saved %	83	33
Break points converted %	67	17
Service points won %	66	66
Return points won %	34	34
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Michael Stich	Jim Courier
Country	GER	USA
Birth date	Oct 18, 1968	Aug 17, 1970
Age	22	20
Height	193	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	42	25
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,816	1,881
Career W-L	350–162	487–222
Career earnings	$12,595,128	$14,034,132

Pre-match H2H

Michael Stich 0 – 1 Jim Courier

Path

Michael Stich's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 5, 1991	QF	Jimmy Arias	3-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 1991	R16	Gilad Bloom	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 3, 1991	R32	Jean-Philippe Fleurian	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Michael Stich's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 1991	F	Nicklas Kulti	3-6 6-1 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Jim Courier's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 5, 1991	QF	Martin Sinner	7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 1991	R16	Paul Haarhuis	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 3, 1991	R32	Alexander Mronz	3-6 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data