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Jim Courier #4 def. Karel Novacek #15

6-3 6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jul 3, 1991*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R16
Winner	Jim Courier
Score	6-3 6-4 6-2
Loser	Karel Novacek
Duration	1h 53m

Stat	Jim Courier	Karel Novacek
Aces	9	8
Double faults	2	6
First serve %	68	57
First serve points won %	72	59
Second serve points won %	56	34
Break points saved %	50	30
Break points converted %	70	50
Service points won %	67	48
Return points won %	52	33
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jim Courier	Karel Novacek
Country	USA	CZE
Birth date	Aug 17, 1970	Mar 30, 1965
Age	20	26
Height	185	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	4	15
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,099	1,880
Career W-L	487–222	287–231
Career earnings	$14,034,132	$3,729,540

Pre-match H2H

Jim Courier 1 – 0 Karel Novacek

Path

Jim Courier's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 1991	R32	Arnaud Boetsch	6-2 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 1991	R64	Jim Grabb	6-4 7-6(4) 2-6 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 1991	R128	Rodolphe Gilbert	6-4 6-2 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data

Jim Courier's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 1991	QF	Michael Stich	3-6 6-7(2) 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Karel Novacek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 1991	R32	Javier Frana	6-4 6-4 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 1991	R64	Javier Sanchez	6-0 6-1 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 1991	R128	Udo Riglewski	7-6(3) 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data