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Pete Sampras #2 def. Jim Courier #15

7-5 4-6 6-4 7-5

Match Information

Date	Sep 10, 1995*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Pete Sampras
Score	7-5 4-6 6-4 7-5
Loser	Jim Courier

Stat	Pete Sampras	Jim Courier
Aces	26	10
Double faults	7	5
First serve %	60	63
First serve points won %	86	78
Second serve points won %	53	45
Break points saved %	89	57
Break points converted %	43	11
Service points won %	73	65
Return points won %	35	27
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Jim Courier
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Aug 17, 1970
Age	24	25
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	2	15
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,137	1,976
Career W-L	737–208	487–222
Career earnings	$43,280,489	$14,034,132

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras 11 – 3 Jim Courier

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 1995	QF	Byron Black	7-6(3) 6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1995	R16	Todd Martin	7-6(4) 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1995	R32	Mark Philippoussis	6-7(5) 7-5 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1995	R64	Jaime Yzaga	6-1 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1995	R128	Fernando Meligeni	6-0 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 11, 1995	F	Andre Agassi	6-4 6-3 4-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Jim Courier's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 1995	QF	Michael Chang	7-6(5) 7-6(3) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1995	R16	Thomas Muster	6-3 6-0 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1995	R32	Kenneth Carlsen	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1995	R64	Sebastien Lareau	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1995	R128	Bernd Karbacher	6-3 6-4 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data