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Stefan Edberg #1 def. Jim Courier #23

4-6 6-0 6-4 5-7 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 23, 1991*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Stefan Edberg
Score	4-6 6-0 6-4 5-7 6-2
Loser	Jim Courier
Duration	3h 30m

Stat	Stefan Edberg	Jim Courier
Aces	9	8
Double faults	7	3
First serve %	70	67
First serve points won %	73	62
Second serve points won %	44	52
Break points saved %	88	54
Break points converted %	46	12
Service points won %	64	59
Return points won %	41	36
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Stefan Edberg	Jim Courier
Country	SWE	USA
Birth date	Jan 19, 1966	Aug 17, 1970
Age	25	20
Height	188	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	23
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,184	1,890
Career W-L	744–246	487–222
Career earnings	$20,630,941	$14,034,132

Pre-match H2H

Stefan Edberg 2 – 1 Jim Courier

Path

Stefan Edberg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 1991	R32	Pat Cash	7-6(6) 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 1991	R64	Eduardo Masso	6-1 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 1991	R128	Dimitri Poliakov	6-1 7-6(6) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Stefan Edberg's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1991	QF	Jaime Yzaga	6-2 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Jim Courier's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 1991	R32	Jaime Oncins	6-3 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 1991	R64	Gilad Bloom	6-2 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 1991	R128	Jan Gunnarsson	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data