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Arnaud Boetsch #32 def. Jim Courier #14

6-4 7-5

Match Information

Date	Oct 31, 1996*
Tournament	Paris Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Carpet
Round	R32
Winner	Arnaud Boetsch
Score	6-4 7-5
Loser	Jim Courier
Duration	1h 38m

Stat	Arnaud Boetsch	Jim Courier
Aces	9	7
Double faults	0	5
First serve %	58	73
First serve points won %	82	74
Second serve points won %	67	41
Break points saved %	100	33
Break points converted %	67	0
Service points won %	75	66
Return points won %	34	25
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Arnaud Boetsch	Jim Courier
Country	FRA	USA
Birth date	Apr 1, 1969	Aug 17, 1970
Age	27	26
Height	183	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	32	14
Ranking points (entering)	1,194	1,634
Elo (entering)	1,801	1,879
Career W-L	217–196	487–222
Career earnings	$3,031,247	$14,034,132

Pre-match H2H

Arnaud Boetsch 2 – 3 Jim Courier

Path

Arnaud Boetsch's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 30, 1996	R64	Todd Woodbridge	7-5 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data

Arnaud Boetsch's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 2, 1996	R16	Michael Chang	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Jim Courier's path

No prior matches in this tournament.