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Stefan Edberg #1 def. Jim Courier #3

6-2 6-4 6-0

Match Information

Date	Sep 9, 1991*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Stefan Edberg
Score	6-2 6-4 6-0
Loser	Jim Courier
Duration	2h 4m

Stat	Stefan Edberg	Jim Courier
Aces	2	3
Double faults	1	4
First serve %	61	65
First serve points won %	82	55
Second serve points won %	69	39
Break points saved %	100	57
Break points converted %	43	0
Service points won %	77	49
Return points won %	51	23
Total points won %	62	38

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Stefan Edberg	Jim Courier
Country	SWE	USA
Birth date	Jan 19, 1966	Aug 17, 1970
Age	25	21
Height	188	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	3
Ranking points (entering)	3,778	2,885
Elo (entering)	2,121	2,119
Career W-L	744–246	487–222
Career earnings	$20,630,941	$14,034,132

Pre-match H2H

Stefan Edberg 3 – 2 Jim Courier

Path

Stefan Edberg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 1991	SF	Ivan Lendl	6-3 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1991	QF	Javier Sanchez	6-3 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1991	R16	Michael Chang	7-6(2) 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1991	R32	Jim Grabb	7-6(8) 4-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1991	R64	Jeff Tarango	6-3 7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 1991	R128	Bryan Shelton	6-4 2-6 7-6(4) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Stefan Edberg's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Jim Courier's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 1991	SF	Jimmy Connors	6-3 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1991	QF	Pete Sampras	6-2 7-6(4) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1991	R16	Emilio Sanchez	6-4 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1991	R32	Anders Jarryd	6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1991	R64	Jimmy Arias	6-3 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 1991	R128	Nicklas Kulti	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data