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Pete Sampras #1 def. Jim Courier #8

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

Match Information

Date	Jun 7, 1996*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Pete Sampras
Score	6-7(4) 4-6 6-4 6-4 6-4
Loser	Jim Courier
Duration	3h 39m

Stat	Pete Sampras	Jim Courier
Aces	28	27
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	66	67
First serve points won %	80	83
Second serve points won %	63	53
Break points saved %	78	43
Break points converted %	57	22
Service points won %	74	73
Return points won %	27	26
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Jim Courier
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Aug 17, 1970
Age	24	25
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	8
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,180	1,983
Career W-L	737–208	487–222
Career earnings	$43,280,489	$14,034,132

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras 14 – 3 Jim Courier

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 1996	R16	Scott Draper	6-4 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 1996	R32	Todd Martin	3-6 6-4 7-5 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1996	R64	Sergi Bruguera	6-3 6-4 6-7(2) 2-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1996	R128	Magnus Gustafsson	6-1 7-5 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 9, 1996	SF	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6-7(4) 0-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Jim Courier's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 1996	R16	Wayne Ferreira	4-6 6-1 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 1996	R32	Karol Kucera	6-7(2) 7-5 6-4 5-4 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1996	R64	David Rikl	6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1996	R128	Andrei Olhovskiy	6-1 3-6 7-6(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data