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Jim Courier #26 def. Sergi Bruguera #82

6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 4, 1997*
Tournament	Doha
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Jim Courier
Score	6-4 6-2
Loser	Sergi Bruguera
Duration	1h 13m

Stat	Jim Courier	Sergi Bruguera
Aces	6	2
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	62	62
First serve points won %	96	67
Second serve points won %	59	38
Break points saved %	100	50
Break points converted %	50	0
Service points won %	82	56
Return points won %	44	18
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jim Courier	Sergi Bruguera
Country	USA	ESP
Birth date	Aug 17, 1970	Jan 16, 1971
Age	26	25
Height	185	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	26	82
Ranking points (entering)	1,299	590
Elo (entering)	1,881	1,811
Career W-L	487–222	414–255
Career earnings	$14,034,132	$11,632,199

Pre-match H2H

Jim Courier 4 – 2 Sergi Bruguera

Path

Jim Courier's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 1997	QF	Thomas Muster	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 3, 1997	R16	Razvan Sabau	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 2, 1997	R32	Sjeng Schalken	7-6(10) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Jim Courier's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 5, 1997	F	Tim Henman	7-5 6-7(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Sergi Bruguera's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 1997	QF	Petr Korda	6-1 2-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 3, 1997	R16	Javier Sanchez	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 2, 1997	R32	Michael Stich	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data