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Jim Courier #5 def. Pete Sampras #6

6-2 7-6(4) 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	Sep 6, 1991*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Jim Courier
Score	6-2 7-6(4) 7-6(5)
Loser	Pete Sampras
Duration	2h 55m

Stat	Jim Courier	Pete Sampras
Aces	14	10
Double faults	2	11
First serve %	62	53
First serve points won %	83	80
Second serve points won %	70	43
Break points saved %	100	78
Break points converted %	22	0
Service points won %	78	62
Return points won %	38	22
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jim Courier	Pete Sampras
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Aug 17, 1970	Aug 12, 1971
Age	21	20
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	6
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,085	2,035
Career W-L	487–222	737–208
Career earnings	$14,034,132	$43,280,489

Pre-match H2H

Jim Courier 0 – 3 Pete Sampras

Path

Jim Courier's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1991	R16	Emilio Sanchez	6-4 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1991	R32	Anders Jarryd	6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1991	R64	Jimmy Arias	6-3 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 1991	R128	Nicklas Kulti	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Jim Courier's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 1991	SF	Jimmy Connors	6-3 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1991	R16	David Wheaton	3-6 6-2 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1991	R32	Stephane Simian	7-6(3) 6-4 6-7(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1991	R64	Wayne Ferreira	6-1 6-2 2-2 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 1991	R128	Christo Van Rensburg	6-0 6-3 6-2	W	—	Match data