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Jim Courier #26 def. Tim Henman #29

7-5 6-7(5) 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 5, 1997*
Tournament	Doha
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Jim Courier
Score	7-5 6-7(5) 6-2
Loser	Tim Henman
Duration	2h 28m

Stat	Jim Courier	Tim Henman
Aces	9	9
Double faults	1	5
First serve %	68	65
First serve points won %	67	63
Second serve points won %	52	36
Break points saved %	56	65
Break points converted %	35	44
Service points won %	62	53
Return points won %	47	38
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jim Courier	Tim Henman
Country	USA	GBR
Birth date	Aug 17, 1970	Sep 6, 1974
Age	26	22
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	26	29
Ranking points (entering)	1,299	1,243
Elo (entering)	1,893	1,855
Career W-L	487–222	468–260
Career earnings	$14,034,132	$11,635,542

Pre-match H2H

Jim Courier 0 – 0 Tim Henman

Path

Jim Courier's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 1997	SF	Sergi Bruguera	6-4 6-2	W	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

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Tim Henman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 1997	SF	Hicham Arazi	6-3 2-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 1997	QF	Magnus Gustafsson	6-3 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 3, 1997	R16	Tamer El Sawy	6-3 6-2	W	—	Match data
Jan 2, 1997	R32	Herbert Wiltschnig	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data