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Andre Agassi #2 def. Jim Courier #8

6-7(7) 2-6 6-3 6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 26, 1996*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Andre Agassi
Score	6-7(7) 2-6 6-3 6-4 6-2
Loser	Jim Courier

Stat	Andre Agassi	Jim Courier
Aces	8	13
Double faults	4	5
First serve %	72	67
First serve points won %	68	69
Second serve points won %	57	54
Break points saved %	50	62
Break points converted %	38	50
Service points won %	65	64
Return points won %	36	35
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Andre Agassi	Jim Courier
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Apr 29, 1970	Aug 17, 1970
Age	25	25
Height	180	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	2	8
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,191	2,019
Career W-L	836–268	487–222
Career earnings	$31,152,975	$14,034,132

Pre-match H2H

Andre Agassi 4 – 7 Jim Courier

Path

Andre Agassi's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 1996	R16	Jonas Bjorkman	4-6 6-2 4-6 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 1996	R32	Steve Bryan	4-6 6-0 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 1996	R64	Vincent Spadea	6-4 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1996	R128	Gaston Etlis	3-6 7-6(2) 4-6 7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Andre Agassi's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 1996	SF	Michael Chang	1-6 4-6 6-7(1)	L	H2H	Match data

Jim Courier's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 1996	R16	Marcos Ondruska	7-5 2-6 4-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 1996	R32	Todd Woodbridge	6-3 6-7(2) 7-6(3) 3-6 8-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 1996	R64	Jeff Tarango	7-5 6-7(2) 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1996	R128	Johan Van Herck	7-5 7-6(1) 6-4	W	—	Match data