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Jim Courier #11 def. Karel Novacek #28

6-2 6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 25, 1995*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Jim Courier
Score	6-2 6-3 6-2
Loser	Karel Novacek
Duration	1h 25m

Stat	Jim Courier	Karel Novacek
Aces	3	3
Double faults	4	2
First serve %	67	56
First serve points won %	81	71
Second serve points won %	46	41
Break points saved %	100	29
Break points converted %	71	0
Service points won %	69	58
Return points won %	42	31
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jim Courier	Karel Novacek
Country	USA	CZE
Birth date	Aug 17, 1970	Mar 30, 1965
Age	24	29
Height	185	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	11	28
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,964	1,837
Career W-L	487–222	287–231
Career earnings	$14,034,132	$3,729,540

Pre-match H2H

Jim Courier 3 – 0 Karel Novacek

Path

Jim Courier's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 1995	R32	Mark Woodforde	6-3 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 1995	R64	Cristiano Caratti	6-2 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 1995	R128	David Rikl	6-4 6-0 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data

Jim Courier's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 1995	QF	Pete Sampras	7-6(4) 7-6(3) 3-6 4-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Karel Novacek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 1995	R32	Michael Stich	7-5 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 1995	R64	Radomir Vasek	6-3 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 1995	R128	Bryan Shelton	6-3 6-3 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data