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Mikael Pernfors #34 def. Jim Courier #80

6-3 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 2, 1988*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Mikael Pernfors
Score	6-3 6-4 6-4
Loser	Jim Courier

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mikael Pernfors	Jim Courier
Country	SWE	USA
Birth date	Jul 16, 1963	Aug 17, 1970
Age	25	18
Height	173	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	34	80
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,821	1,615
Career W-L	138–111	487–222
Career earnings	$1,356,751	$14,034,132

Pre-match H2H

Mikael Pernfors 0 – 0 Jim Courier

Path

Mikael Pernfors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1988	R128	Thomas Muster	7-6 6-2 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Mikael Pernfors's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1988	R32	Mats Wilander	4-6 0-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Jim Courier's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1988	R128	Horst Skoff	7-5 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data