Stefan Edberg #1 def. Jim Courier #3

6-2 6-4 6-0

Stefan Edberg defeated Jim Courier 6-2 6-4 6-0 in the 1991 US Open final on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Sep 9, 1991*
Tournament: US Open
Edition: 1991
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: F
Duration: 2h 4m

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Stefan Edberg	Jim Courier
Country	SWE	USA
Birth date	Jan 19, 1966	Aug 17, 1970
Age	25	21
Height	188 cm	185 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	3
Ranking points (entering)	3,778	2,885
Elo (entering)	2,123	2,120
Current career W-L	748–248	489–223
Current career earnings	$20,630,941	$14,034,132

Pre-match H2H

Stefan Edberg #1 3 – 2 Jim Courier #3

Path

Stefan Edberg's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Ivan Lendl #3	6-3 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 8, 1991	SF
Javier Sanchez #49	6-3 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 6, 1991	QF
Michael Chang #22	7-6(2) 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 4, 1991	R16
Jim Grabb #121	7-6(8) 4-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 1, 1991	R32
Jeff Tarango #101	6-3 7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 30, 1991	R64
Bryan Shelton	6-4 2-6 7-6(4) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 28, 1991	R128

Stefan Edberg's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Jim Courier's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jimmy Connors #174	6-3 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 8, 1991	SF
Pete Sampras #6	6-2 7-6(4) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 6, 1991	QF
Emilio Sanchez #13	6-4 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 4, 1991	R16
Anders Jarryd #30	6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 1, 1991	R32
Jimmy Arias #63	6-3 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 30, 1991	R64
Nicklas Kulti #64	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 28, 1991	R128