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Sebastien Grosjean #40 def. Jim Courier #67

7-6(3) 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 1, 1999*
Tournament	Atlanta
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Sebastien Grosjean
Score	7-6(3) 6-3
Loser	Jim Courier
Duration	1h 33m

Stat	Sebastien Grosjean	Jim Courier
Aces	7	1
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	77	67
First serve points won %	82	64
Second serve points won %	20	48
Break points saved %	67	50
Break points converted %	50	33
Service points won %	68	59
Return points won %	41	32
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Sebastien Grosjean	Jim Courier
Country	FRA	USA
Birth date	May 29, 1978	Aug 17, 1970
Age	20	28
Height	175	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	40	67
Ranking points (entering)	983	684
Elo (entering)	1,788	1,778
Career W-L	320–236	487–222
Career earnings	$8,131,803	$14,034,132

Pre-match H2H

Sebastien Grosjean 0 – 0 Jim Courier

Path

Sebastien Grosjean's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 1, 1999	QF	Sargis Sargsian	6-4 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 30, 1999	R16	Marcelo Filippini	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 29, 1999	R32	Cecil Mamiit	6-7(6) 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Sebastien Grosjean's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 2, 1999	F	Stefan Koubek	1-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Jim Courier's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 1, 1999	QF	Martin Rodriguez	6-1 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 30, 1999	R16	Justin Gimelstob	6-1 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 29, 1999	R32	Mikael Tillstrom	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data