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Jim Courier #9 def. Greg Rusedski #72

6-7(3) 6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Aug 8, 1996*
Tournament	Cincinnati Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Jim Courier
Score	6-7(3) 6-3 6-4
Loser	Greg Rusedski
Duration	2h 16m

Stat	Jim Courier	Greg Rusedski
Aces	11	23
Double faults	0	4
First serve %	70	54
First serve points won %	80	83
Second serve points won %	73	45
Break points saved %	—	71
Break points converted %	29	—
Service points won %	78	65
Return points won %	35	22
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jim Courier	Greg Rusedski
Country	USA	GBR
Birth date	Aug 17, 1970	Sep 6, 1973
Age	25	22
Height	185	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	9	72
Ranking points (entering)	2,373	671
Elo (entering)	1,892	1,736
Career W-L	487–222	415–276
Career earnings	$14,034,132	$8,944,841

Pre-match H2H

Jim Courier 2 – 0 Greg Rusedski

Path

Jim Courier's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Jim Courier's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 10, 1996	R16	Wayne Ferreira	6-7(9) 7-6(4) 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Greg Rusedski's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 7, 1996	R64	Kenneth Carlsen	7-6(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data