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Pete Sampras #3 def. Jim Courier #1

6-1 3-6 6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 13, 1992*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Pete Sampras
Score	6-1 3-6 6-2 6-2
Loser	Jim Courier
Duration	2h 41m

Stat	Pete Sampras	Jim Courier
Aces	12	6
Double faults	4	7
First serve %	58	55
First serve points won %	68	68
Second serve points won %	58	37
Break points saved %	82	30
Break points converted %	70	18
Service points won %	64	54
Return points won %	46	36
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Jim Courier
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Aug 17, 1970
Age	21	22
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	3	1
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,158	2,146
Career W-L	737–208	487–222
Career earnings	$43,280,489	$14,034,132

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras 5 – 1 Jim Courier

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 11, 1992	QF	Alexander Volkov	6-4 6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 1992	R16	Guy Forget	6-3 1-6 1-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1992	R32	Todd Martin	7-6(1) 2-6 4-6 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1992	R64	Martin Damm Sr	7-5 6-1 6-2	W	—	Match data
Sep 2, 1992	R128	David Dilucia	6-3 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 14, 1992	F	Stefan Edberg	6-3 4-6 6-7(5) 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Jim Courier's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 11, 1992	QF	Andre Agassi	6-3 6-7(6) 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 1992	R16	John McEnroe	6-2 6-2 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1992	R32	Cedric Pioline	7-6(2) 6-4 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1992	R64	Andrei Chesnokov	4-6 6-3 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1992	R128	Alex Obrien	4-6 6-1 6-3 7-6(5)	W	—	Match data