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Jim Courier #57 def. Andrei Pavel #68

4-6 6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Apr 25, 1998*
Tournament	Orlando
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Jim Courier
Score	4-6 6-3 6-2
Loser	Andrei Pavel
Duration	1h 51m

Stat	Jim Courier	Andrei Pavel
Aces	4	8
Double faults	1	0
First serve %	59	59
First serve points won %	80	59
Second serve points won %	57	49
Break points saved %	0	60
Break points converted %	40	100
Service points won %	70	55
Return points won %	45	30
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jim Courier	Andrei Pavel
Country	USA	ROU
Birth date	Aug 17, 1970	Jan 27, 1974
Age	27	24
Height	185	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	57	68
Ranking points (entering)	841	691
Elo (entering)	1,795	1,717
Career W-L	487–222	249–248
Career earnings	$14,034,132	$5,225,028

Pre-match H2H

Jim Courier 0 – 0 Andrei Pavel

Path

Jim Courier's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 25, 1998	QF	Marcello Craca	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 24, 1998	R16	Dennis van Scheppingen	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 1998	R32	Geoff Grant	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Jim Courier's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 26, 1998	F	Michael Chang	7-5 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Andrei Pavel's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 25, 1998	QF	Alex Calatrava	6-4 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 24, 1998	R16	Justin Gimelstob	7-6(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 1998	R32	Scott Draper	7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data