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Jim Courier #3 def. Wayne Ferreira #18

6-3 6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 26, 1994*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Jim Courier
Score	6-3 6-4 6-2
Loser	Wayne Ferreira

Stat	Jim Courier	Wayne Ferreira
Aces	4	8
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	56	60
First serve points won %	82	73
Second serve points won %	59	29
Break points saved %	50	40
Break points converted %	60	50
Service points won %	72	55
Return points won %	45	28
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jim Courier	Wayne Ferreira
Country	USA	RSA
Birth date	Aug 17, 1970	Sep 15, 1971
Age	23	22
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	18
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,981	1,890
Career W-L	487–222	483–314
Career earnings	$14,034,132	$9,969,617

Pre-match H2H

Jim Courier 3 – 0 Wayne Ferreira

Path

Jim Courier's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 1994	R32	Nicklas Kulti	6-3 6-3 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 1994	R64	Marcos Ondruska	6-1 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 1994	R128	Bryan Shelton	4-6 6-1 6-7(4) 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Jim Courier's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 1994	QF	Goran Ivanisevic	7-6(7) 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Wayne Ferreira's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 1994	R32	Daniel Vacek	4-6 6-2 7-6(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 1994	R64	David Rikl	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 1994	R128	Fernando Meligeni	6-4 6-3 7-6(8)	W	H2H	Match data