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Jim Courier #24 def. Albert Portas #67

7-6(5) 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 15, 1997*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Jim Courier
Score	7-6(5) 6-2
Loser	Albert Portas
Duration	1h 26m

Stat	Jim Courier	Albert Portas
Aces	3	1
Double faults	4	3
First serve %	55	70
First serve points won %	86	66
Second serve points won %	52	55
Break points saved %	75	57
Break points converted %	43	25
Service points won %	71	63
Return points won %	37	29
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jim Courier	Albert Portas
Country	USA	ESP
Birth date	Aug 17, 1970	Nov 15, 1973
Age	26	23
Height	185	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	24	67
Ranking points (entering)	1,316	677
Elo (entering)	1,904	1,651
Career W-L	487–222	142–198
Career earnings	$14,034,132	$2,972,633

Pre-match H2H

Jim Courier 0 – 0 Albert Portas

Path

Jim Courier's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 14, 1997	R64	Pete Sampras	7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Jim Courier's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 17, 1997	R16	Marc Rosset	7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Albert Portas's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 14, 1997	R64	Greg Rusedski	7-6(7) 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data