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Thomas Muster #2 def. Jim Courier #26

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Mar 23, 1997*
Tournament	Miami Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Thomas Muster
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	Jim Courier
Duration	1h 24m

Stat	Thomas Muster	Jim Courier
Aces	3	4
Double faults	2	4
First serve %	53	60
First serve points won %	77	74
Second serve points won %	61	38
Break points saved %	100	33
Break points converted %	67	0
Service points won %	70	60
Return points won %	40	30
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Thomas Muster	Jim Courier
Country	AUT	USA
Birth date	Oct 2, 1967	Aug 17, 1970
Age	29	26
Height	180	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	26
Ranking points (entering)	3,719	1,298
Elo (entering)	2,042	1,928
Career W-L	590–267	487–222
Career earnings	$12,266,977	$14,034,132

Pre-match H2H

Thomas Muster 4 – 7 Jim Courier

Path

Thomas Muster's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 23, 1997	QF	Jonas Bjorkman	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 22, 1997	R16	Alex Corretja	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 20, 1997	R32	Tommy Haas	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 19, 1997	R64	Grant Stafford	6-4 2-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Thomas Muster's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 24, 1997	F	Sergi Bruguera	7-6(6) 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Jim Courier's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 23, 1997	QF	Goran Ivanisevic	6-2 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 22, 1997	R16	Richard Krajicek	7-6(6) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 20, 1997	R32	Scott Draper	4-6 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 19, 1997	R64	Sandon Stolle	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data