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Jim Courier#22 def. Albert Costa#11

6-2 6-3

Match Information

Date	Feb 14, 1997*
Tournament	Dubai
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Jim Courier
Score	6-2 6-3
Loser	Albert Costa
Duration	1h 20m

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jim Courier	Albert Costa
Country	USA	ESP
Birth date	Aug 17, 1970	Jun 25, 1975
Age	26	21
Height	185	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	22	11
Ranking points (entering)	1,456	2,036
Elo (entering)	1,927	1,863
Career W-L	487–222	368–263
Career earnings	$14,034,132	$7,685,228

Pre-match H2H

Jim Courier 1 – 1 Albert Costa

Path

Jim Courier's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 13, 1997	R32	Andrei Medvedev	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Jim Courier's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 15, 1997	QF	Wayne Ferreira	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Albert Costa's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 13, 1997	R32	David Prinosil	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data