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Jim Courier #29 def. Thomas Enqvist #8

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jul 27, 1997*
Tournament	Los Angeles
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Jim Courier
Score	6-4 6-4
Loser	Thomas Enqvist
Duration	1h 27m

Stat	Jim Courier	Thomas Enqvist
Aces	5	5
Double faults	3	4
First serve %	58	50
First serve points won %	84	65
Second serve points won %	41	44
Break points saved %	33	20
Break points converted %	80	67
Service points won %	66	54
Return points won %	46	34
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jim Courier	Thomas Enqvist
Country	USA	SWE
Birth date	Aug 17, 1970	Mar 13, 1974
Age	26	23
Height	185	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	29	8
Ranking points (entering)	1,210	2,148
Elo (entering)	1,874	1,856
Career W-L	487–222	422–281
Career earnings	$14,034,132	$10,461,641

Pre-match H2H

Jim Courier 4 – 1 Thomas Enqvist

Path

Jim Courier's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 26, 1997	SF	Goran Ivanisevic	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 26, 1997	QF	Richard Krajicek	7-6(5) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 25, 1997	R16	Mahesh Bhupathi	7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 24, 1997	R32	Grant Stafford	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Jim Courier's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Thomas Enqvist's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 26, 1997	SF	Guillaume Raoux	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 26, 1997	QF	Kenneth Carlsen	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 25, 1997	R16	Vincent Spadea	7-6(4) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 24, 1997	R32	Steve Bryan	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data