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Marcelo Rios #16 def. Jim Courier #9

7-6(5) 4-6 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	Apr 20, 1996*
Tournament	Barcelona
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Marcelo Rios
Score	7-6(5) 4-6 7-6(5)
Loser	Jim Courier
Duration	2h 53m

Stat	Marcelo Rios	Jim Courier
Aces	8	8
Double faults	3	5
First serve %	45	69
First serve points won %	69	69
Second serve points won %	66	43
Break points saved %	60	83
Break points converted %	17	40
Service points won %	67	61
Return points won %	39	33
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marcelo Rios	Jim Courier
Country	CHI	USA
Birth date	Dec 26, 1975	Aug 17, 1970
Age	20	25
Height	175	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	16	9
Ranking points (entering)	1,392	2,188
Elo (entering)	1,841	2,014
Career W-L	366–179	487–222
Career earnings	$9,713,771	$14,034,132

Pre-match H2H

Marcelo Rios 0 – 0 Jim Courier

Path

Marcelo Rios's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 20, 1996	QF	Magnus Larsson	2-6 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 19, 1996	R16	Ignacio Truyol	1-6 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 18, 1996	R32	Galo Blanco	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Marcelo Rios's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 1996	F	Thomas Muster	3-6 6-4 4-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Jim Courier's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 20, 1996	QF	Todd Martin	6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 19, 1996	R16	Roberto Carretero	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 18, 1996	R32	Oscar Martinez	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data