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Jim Courier#5 def. J. Connors#174

6-3 6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 8, 1991*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Jim Courier
Score	6-3 6-3 6-2
Loser	J. Connors
Duration	2h 5m

Stat	Jim Courier	J. Connors
Aces	11	0
Double faults	4	4
First serve %	58	66
First serve points won %	78	49
Second serve points won %	41	28
Break points saved %	50	50
Break points converted %	50	50
Service points won %	62	42
Return points won %	58	38
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jim Courier	J. Connors
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Aug 17, 1970	Sep 2, 1952
Age	21	39
Height	185	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	5	174
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,106	1,933
Career W-L	487–222	1,262–294
Career earnings	$14,034,132	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

Jim Courier 0 – 0 J. Connors

Path

Jim Courier's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1991	QF	Pete Sampras	6-2 7-6(4) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1991	R16	Emilio Sanchez	6-4 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1991	R32	Anders Jarryd	6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1991	R64	Jimmy Arias	6-3 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 1991	R128	Nicklas Kulti	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Jim Courier's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 1991	F	Stefan Edberg	2-6 4-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data

J. Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1991	QF	Paul Haarhuis	4-6 7-6(3) 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1991	R16	Aaron Krickstein	3-6 7-6(8) 1-6 6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1991	R32	Karel Novacek	6-1 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1991	R64	Michiel Schapers	6-2 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 1991	R128	Patrick McEnroe	4-6 6-7(4) 6-4 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data