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Pete Sampras #2 def. Jim Courier #7

6-4 3-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Nov 5, 1995*
Tournament	Paris Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Pete Sampras
Score	6-4 3-6 6-3
Loser	Jim Courier
Duration	2h 3m

Stat	Pete Sampras	Jim Courier
Aces	17	6
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	59	65
First serve points won %	81	70
Second serve points won %	44	59
Break points saved %	50	40
Break points converted %	60	50
Service points won %	66	66
Return points won %	34	34
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Jim Courier
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Aug 17, 1970
Age	24	25
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	2	7
Ranking points (entering)	5,048	2,222
Elo (entering)	2,169	2,028
Career W-L	737–208	487–222
Career earnings	$43,280,489	$14,034,132

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras 13 – 3 Jim Courier

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 5, 1995	QF	Jakob Hlasek	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 4, 1995	R16	Jan Siemerink	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 2, 1995	R32	Arnaud Boetsch	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 6, 1995	F	Boris Becker	7-6(5) 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Jim Courier's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 5, 1995	QF	Michael Chang	6-2 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 4, 1995	R16	Magnus Larsson	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 2, 1995	R32	Jacco Eltingh	6-1 6-7(2) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data