Site data updated: 2026-05-28 18:14 UTC

Jim Courier #69 def. Laurence Tieleman #94

6-7(5) 7-5 6-1

Match Information

Date	Feb 19, 1999*
Tournament	Memphis
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Jim Courier
Score	6-7(5) 7-5 6-1
Loser	Laurence Tieleman
Duration	2h 11m

Stat	Jim Courier	Laurence Tieleman
Aces	7	8
Double faults	0	1
First serve %	67	51
First serve points won %	70	71
Second serve points won %	61	40
Break points saved %	0	29
Break points converted %	71	100
Service points won %	67	56
Return points won %	44	33
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jim Courier	Laurence Tieleman
Country	USA	ITA
Birth date	Aug 17, 1970	Nov 14, 1972
Age	28	26
Height	185	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	69	94
Ranking points (entering)	704	545
Elo (entering)	1,734	1,579
Career W-L	487–222	41–62
Career earnings	$14,034,132	$773,130

Pre-match H2H

Jim Courier 0 – 0 Laurence Tieleman

Path

Jim Courier's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 18, 1999	R32	Michael Chang	6-4 7-6(8)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 17, 1999	R64	Geoff Grant	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Jim Courier's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 20, 1999	QF	Mariano Puerta	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Laurence Tieleman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 18, 1999	R32	Fernando Meligeni	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 17, 1999	R64	Martin Rodriguez	7-6(2) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data