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Grant Stafford #78 def. Jim Courier #18

6-3 5-7 6-2

Match Information

Date	Feb 28, 1997*
Tournament	Philadelphia
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Grant Stafford
Score	6-3 5-7 6-2
Loser	Jim Courier
Duration	1h 51m

Stat	Grant Stafford	Jim Courier
Aces	5	6
Double faults	3	1
First serve %	56	67
First serve points won %	77	64
Second serve points won %	61	45
Break points saved %	33	69
Break points converted %	31	67
Service points won %	70	58
Return points won %	42	30
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Grant Stafford	Jim Courier
Country	RSA	USA
Birth date	May 27, 1971	Aug 17, 1970
Age	25	26
Height	188	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	78	18
Ranking points (entering)	605	1,633
Elo (entering)	1,600	1,921
Career W-L	83–111	487–222
Career earnings	$1,307,208	$14,034,132

Pre-match H2H

Grant Stafford 0 – 0 Jim Courier

Path

Grant Stafford's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 27, 1997	R32	Alex Radulescu	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Grant Stafford's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 1997	QF	Sandon Stolle	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Jim Courier's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 27, 1997	R32	Guillaume Raoux	6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data