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Jim Courier #5 def. A. Cherkasov #14

6-2 7-5

Match Information

Date	Aug 12, 1991
Tournament	Indianapolis
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Jim Courier
Score	6-2 7-5
Loser	A. Cherkasov
Duration	1h 47m

Stat	Jim Courier	A. Cherkasov
Aces	3	4
Double faults	2	4
First serve %	62	69
First serve points won %	70	59
Second serve points won %	52	30
Break points saved %	60	50
Break points converted %	50	40
Service points won %	63	50
Return points won %	50	37
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jim Courier	A. Cherkasov
Country	USA	RUS
Birth date	Aug 17, 1970	Jul 4, 1970
Age	20	21
Height	185	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	5	14
Ranking points (entering)	2,375	1,269
Elo (entering)	2,069	1,863
Career W-L	487–222	170–198
Career earnings	$14,034,132	$2,260,281

Pre-match H2H

Jim Courier 0 – 2 A. Cherkasov

Path

Jim Courier's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 12, 1991	R16	Francisco Clavet	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 12, 1991	R32	J. Pugh	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Jim Courier's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 12, 1991	SF	Pete Sampras	3-6 6-7(7)	L	H2H	Match data

A. Cherkasov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 12, 1991	R16	Alexander Volkov	7-6(4) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 12, 1991	R32	Todd Witsken	2-6 7-6(4) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data