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J. Knippschild #111 def. Jim Courier #50

6-4 6-2 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 29, 1998*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R64
Winner	J. Knippschild
Score	6-4 6-2 6-3
Loser	Jim Courier
Duration	1h 43m

Stat	J. Knippschild	Jim Courier
Aces	12	2
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	54	52
First serve points won %	88	62
Second serve points won %	66	50
Break points saved %	100	50
Break points converted %	50	0
Service points won %	78	57
Return points won %	43	22
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Knippschild	Jim Courier
Country	GER	USA
Birth date	Feb 15, 1975	Aug 17, 1970
Age	23	27
Height	190	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	111	50
Ranking points (entering)	446	859
Elo (entering)	1,640	1,800
Career W-L	47–69	487–222
Career earnings	$1,017,972	$14,034,132

Pre-match H2H

J. Knippschild 0 – 0 Jim Courier

Path

J. Knippschild's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 27, 1998	R128	Carlos Costa	6-4 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

J. Knippschild's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1998	R32	Johan Van Herck	2-6 0-6 7-6(6) 6-4 6-2	W	—	Match data

Jim Courier's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 27, 1998	R128	Richard Fromberg	7-6(1) 6-4 0-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data