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Jim Courier #26 def. Razvan Sabau #189

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 3, 1997*
Tournament	Doha
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Jim Courier
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	Razvan Sabau
Duration	1h 22m

Stat	Jim Courier	Razvan Sabau
Aces	11	3
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	50	61
First serve points won %	87	61
Second serve points won %	61	57
Break points saved %	100	50
Break points converted %	50	0
Service points won %	74	59
Return points won %	41	26
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jim Courier	Razvan Sabau
Country	USA	ROU
Birth date	Aug 17, 1970	Jun 18, 1977
Age	26	19
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	26	189
Ranking points (entering)	1,299	219
Elo (entering)	1,858	1,520
Career W-L	487–222	17–43
Career earnings	$14,034,132	$714,904

Pre-match H2H

Jim Courier 0 – 0 Razvan Sabau

Path

Jim Courier's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 2, 1997	R32	Sjeng Schalken	7-6(10) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Jim Courier's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 1997	QF	Thomas Muster	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Razvan Sabau's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 2, 1997	R32	Oliver Gross	6-3 3-6 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data