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Pete Sampras#1 def. Jim Courier#3

6-3 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 30, 1994*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Pete Sampras
Score	6-3 6-4 6-4
Loser	Jim Courier

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Jim Courier
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Aug 17, 1970
Age	22	23
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	3
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,153	2,026
Career W-L	737–208	487–222
Career earnings	$43,280,489	$14,034,132

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras 8 – 2 Jim Courier

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 1994	QF	Magnus Gustafsson	7-6(4) 2-6 6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 1994	R16	Ivan Lendl	7-6(5) 6-2 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 1994	R32	Stephane Simian	7-5 6-1 1-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 1994	R64	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6-3 2-6 6-3 1-6 9-7	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 1994	R128	Joshua Eagle	6-4 6-0 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 31, 1994	F	Todd Martin	7-6(4) 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Jim Courier's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 1994	QF	Goran Ivanisevic	7-6(7) 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 1994	R16	Wayne Ferreira	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 1994	R32	Nicklas Kulti	6-3 6-3 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 1994	R64	Marcos Ondruska	6-1 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 1994	R128	Bryan Shelton	4-6 6-1 6-7(4) 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data