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Jim Courier #16 def. Slava Dosedel #67

4-6 6-2 3-6 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 17, 1997*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Jim Courier
Score	4-6 6-2 3-6 6-4 6-4
Loser	Slava Dosedel
Duration	3h 37m

Stat	Jim Courier	Slava Dosedel
Aces	6	6
Double faults	7	8
First serve %	60	62
First serve points won %	71	71
Second serve points won %	45	39
Break points saved %	33	68
Break points converted %	32	67
Service points won %	61	59
Return points won %	41	39
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jim Courier	Slava Dosedel
Country	USA	CZE
Birth date	Aug 17, 1970	—
Age	26	—
Height	185	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	16	67
Ranking points (entering)	1,561	728
Elo (entering)	1,917	1,758
Career W-L	487–222	190–184
Career earnings	$14,034,132	$2,452,512

Pre-match H2H

Jim Courier 0 – 1 Slava Dosedel

Path

Jim Courier's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 1997	R128	Sjeng Schalken	6-7(4) 6-3 4-6 6-1 8-6	W	H2H	Match data

Jim Courier's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 1997	R32	Jeff Tarango	6-1 7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Slava Dosedel's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 1997	R128	Guy Forget	6-2 3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data