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Jim Courier #7 def. Carlos Costa #32

7-6(5) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Mar 1, 1996*
Tournament	Philadelphia
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Jim Courier
Score	7-6(5) 6-4
Loser	Carlos Costa
Duration	1h 41m

Stat	Jim Courier	Carlos Costa
Aces	3	7
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	51	59
First serve points won %	83	71
Second serve points won %	57	53
Break points saved %	88	60
Break points converted %	40	12
Service points won %	70	64
Return points won %	36	30
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jim Courier	Carlos Costa
Country	USA	ESP
Birth date	Aug 17, 1970	Apr 22, 1968
Age	25	27
Height	185	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	7	32
Ranking points (entering)	2,369	953
Elo (entering)	1,985	1,764
Career W-L	487–222	237–201
Career earnings	$14,034,132	$3,134,189

Pre-match H2H

Jim Courier 1 – 1 Carlos Costa

Path

Jim Courier's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 29, 1996	R32	Jeff Tarango	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Jim Courier's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 2, 1996	QF	Byron Black	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Carlos Costa's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 29, 1996	R32	Lionel Roux	5-7 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data