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Marat Safin #34 def. Jim Courier #39

6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	Nov 7, 1999*
Tournament	Paris Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Carpet
Round	QF
Winner	Marat Safin
Score	6-2 6-4
Loser	Jim Courier
Duration	56m

Stat	Marat Safin	Jim Courier
Aces	8	2
Double faults	5	0
First serve %	53	67
First serve points won %	92	69
Second serve points won %	64	53
Break points saved %	100	62
Break points converted %	38	0
Service points won %	79	63
Return points won %	37	21
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marat Safin	Jim Courier
Country	RUS	USA
Birth date	Jan 27, 1980	Aug 17, 1970
Age	19	29
Height	193	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	34	39
Ranking points (entering)	1,102	1,014
Elo (entering)	1,763	1,813
Career W-L	395–247	487–222
Career earnings	$14,373,291	$14,034,132

Pre-match H2H

Marat Safin 0 – 0 Jim Courier

Path

Marat Safin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 6, 1999	R16	Marc Rosset	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 4, 1999	R32	Gustavo Kuerten	7-6(4) 3-6 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 3, 1999	R64	Mariano Zabaleta	6-7(3) 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Marat Safin's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 7, 1999	SF	Michael Chang	6-7(5) 7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Jim Courier's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 6, 1999	R16	Thomas Enqvist	6-7(3) 7-6(4) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 4, 1999	R32	Carlos Moya	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 3, 1999	R64	Arnaud Di Pasquale	7-6(5) 3-6 7-6(6)	W	—	Match data