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Jim Courier #26 def. Thomas Muster #5

6-3 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jan 4, 1997*
Tournament	Doha
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Jim Courier
Score	6-3 7-5
Loser	Thomas Muster
Duration	1h 27m

Stat	Jim Courier	Thomas Muster
Aces	5	7
Double faults	0	3
First serve %	62	56
First serve points won %	71	65
Second serve points won %	76	48
Break points saved %	50	67
Break points converted %	33	50
Service points won %	73	58
Return points won %	42	27
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jim Courier	Thomas Muster
Country	USA	AUT
Birth date	Aug 17, 1970	Oct 2, 1967
Age	26	29
Height	185	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	26	5
Ranking points (entering)	1,299	3,166
Elo (entering)	1,862	1,929
Career W-L	487–222	590–267
Career earnings	$14,034,132	$12,266,977

Pre-match H2H

Jim Courier 6 – 2 Thomas Muster

Path

Jim Courier's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 3, 1997	R16	Razvan Sabau	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 2, 1997	R32	Sjeng Schalken	7-6(10) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Jim Courier's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 1997	SF	Sergi Bruguera	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Thomas Muster's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 3, 1997	R16	Christian Ruud	6-2 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 2, 1997	R32	Hernan Gumy	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data