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Sjeng Schalken #73 def. Jim Courier #25

6-4 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	Nov 8, 1996*
Tournament	Moscow
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Sjeng Schalken
Score	6-4 7-6(5)
Loser	Jim Courier
Duration	1h 47m

Stat	Sjeng Schalken	Jim Courier
Aces	4	5
Double faults	4	2
First serve %	54	66
First serve points won %	78	64
Second serve points won %	58	45
Break points saved %	80	67
Break points converted %	33	20
Service points won %	69	58
Return points won %	42	31
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Sjeng Schalken	Jim Courier
Country	NED	USA
Birth date	Sep 8, 1976	Aug 17, 1970
Age	20	26
Height	193	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	73	25
Ranking points (entering)	663	1,389
Elo (entering)	1,676	1,870
Career W-L	280–254	487–222
Career earnings	$5,192,798	$14,034,132

Pre-match H2H

Sjeng Schalken 0 – 0 Jim Courier

Path

Sjeng Schalken's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 7, 1996	R32	Sebastien Lareau	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Sjeng Schalken's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 9, 1996	QF	Alex Obrien	3-6 6-7(4)	L	—	Match data

Jim Courier's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 7, 1996	R32	Javier Sanchez	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data