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Yevgeny Kafelnikov #10 def. Jim Courier #77

5-7 6-4 6-2 3-0 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	Jan 24, 1999*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Score	5-7 6-4 6-2 3-0 (ret.)
Loser	Jim Courier
Duration	2h 8m

Stat	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Jim Courier
Aces	8	17
Double faults	1	7
First serve %	64	65
First serve points won %	78	70
Second serve points won %	54	36
Break points saved %	0	53
Break points converted %	47	100
Service points won %	69	58
Return points won %	42	31
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Jim Courier
Country	RUS	USA
Birth date	Feb 18, 1974	Aug 17, 1970
Age	24	28
Height	190	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	10	77
Ranking points (entering)	2,515	635
Elo (entering)	1,963	1,735
Career W-L	568–281	487–222
Career earnings	$23,883,797	$14,034,132

Pre-match H2H

Yevgeny Kafelnikov 2 – 1 Jim Courier

Path

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 1999	R64	Jason Stoltenberg	7-5 3-6 7-6(10) 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 1999	R128	Jonas Bjorkman	6-3 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 1999	R16	Andrei Pavel	6-3 7-6(5) 6-7(5) 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Jim Courier's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 1999	R64	Younes El Aynaoui	7-6(2) 6-4 5-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 1999	R128	Peter Wessels	6-3 6-2 7-6(0)	W	H2H	Match data