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Jim Courier #26 def. Michael Stich #23

6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Mar 10, 1991*
Tournament	Indian Wells Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Jim Courier
Score	6-3 6-2
Loser	Michael Stich
Duration	1h 25m

Stat	Jim Courier	Michael Stich
Aces	3	9
Double faults	2	4
First serve %	52	52
First serve points won %	81	70
Second serve points won %	55	37
Break points saved %	100	79
Break points converted %	21	0
Service points won %	69	54
Return points won %	46	31
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jim Courier	Michael Stich
Country	USA	GER
Birth date	Aug 17, 1970	Oct 18, 1968
Age	20	22
Height	185	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	26	23
Ranking points (entering)	919	959
Elo (entering)	1,897	1,948
Career W-L	487–222	350–162
Career earnings	$14,034,132	$12,595,128

Pre-match H2H

Jim Courier 1 – 1 Michael Stich

Path

Jim Courier's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 10, 1991	QF	Emilio Sanchez	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 9, 1991	R16	Andre Agassi	2-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 7, 1991	R32	Byron Black	6-1 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 6, 1991	R64	Guillaume Raoux	6-4 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Jim Courier's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 11, 1991	F	Guy Forget	4-6 6-3 4-6 6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data

Michael Stich's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 10, 1991	QF	Richey Reneberg	6-0 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 9, 1991	R16	Fabrice Santoro	4-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 7, 1991	R32	Glenn Layendecker	6-3 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 6, 1991	R64	Tim Mayotte	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data