Jim Courier

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Jim Courier
Courier in 2007
Country (sports) United States
ResidenceOrlando, Florida
Born (1970-08-17) August 17, 1970 (age 53)
Sanford, Florida, U.S.
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Turned pro1988
Retired2000 (brief doubles return in 2005)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachNick Bollettieri[1]
Sergio Cruz (1988–1990)[2]
Brad Stine (1990–1994)
José Higueras (1990–1997)
Harold Solomon (1997)
Brad Stine (1997–2000)
Prize money$14,034,132
Int. Tennis HoF2005 "(member page)" (member page)
Singles
Career record506–237 (68.1%)
Career titles23
Highest rankingNo. 1 (February 10, 1992)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenW (1992, 1993)
French OpenW (1991, 1992)
WimbledonF (1993)
US OpenF (1991)
Other tournaments
Tour FinalsF (1991, 1992)
Grand Slam CupQF (1996)
Olympic Games3R (1992)
Doubles
Career record124–97
Career titles6
Highest rankingNo. 20 (October 9, 1989)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (1990)
French Open2R (1989)
Wimbledon3R (1989, 1991)
US Open1R (1989, 1990)
Team competitions
Davis CupW (1992, 1995)

James Spencer Courier (born August 17, 1970) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. Courier won four major singles titles, two at the French Open and two at the Australian Open, and was the youngest man to reach the singles finals of all four majors, at the age of 22 years and 11 months. He also won five Masters titles and was part of the victorious United States Davis Cup teams in 1992 and 1995. Since 2005 he has worked as a tennis commentator, notably for Nine (and previously Seven), the host broadcaster of the Australian Open. He is also an analyst for Tennis Channel and Prime Video Sport.

Tennis career[edit]

Courier was raised in Dade City, Florida,[3] and though he excelled at youth sports in general, after a certain point it became clear that tennis was where his true talent lay.[4] As a junior player in the 1980s, Courier attended the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy and won the prestigious Orange Bowl in 1986 and 1987 (the first to win back-to-back titles since Ivan Lendl), as well as the French Open junior doubles title in 1987.

Courier turned professional in 1988 and made his Grand Slam breakthrough at the 1991 French Open when he defeated Stefan Edberg and Michael Stich to reach his first Grand Slam final. In the final he defeated his former Bollettieri Academy roommate Andre Agassi in five sets to win his first Slam. He made the quarterfinals of Wimbledon before losing to eventual champion Stich. At the US Open he defeated defending champion Pete Sampras in the quarterfinals and then Jimmy Connors in the semifinals, before losing the final to Edberg.

1992 saw Courier defeat Edberg to win the Australian Open, and he celebrated by jumping into the nearby Yarra River. He then followed this result by defeating future Grand Slam champions Thomas Muster, Goran Ivanišević, Agassi and Petr Korda to successfully defend his French Open title. Afterward, Courier charmed the Parisian crowd by delivering a victory speech in French.[5] Courier also enjoyed a 25-match winning streak during the season. In February of that year, following the San Francisco tournament, he became the tenth player to reach the world no. 1 ranking since the ranking system was implemented in 1973, and the first American since John McEnroe; he finished 1992 as the world no. 1 ranked player. Courier also was a member of the US team that won the 1992 Davis Cup. In 1992 he was the top-seeded player at the Olympics in Barcelona, where he lost in the third round to eventual gold medalist Marc Rosset from Switzerland.[6]

In 1993, Courier again won the Australian Open, defeating Edberg in the final for the second consecutive year, and jumped into the Yarra a second time, but it was to be his last such celebration after contracting a stomach bug from the muddy and polluted river. He reached his third consecutive French Open final, which he lost to Sergi Bruguera in five sets. He also reached the 1993 Wimbledon final, defeating Edberg in the semifinals, and lost to Sampras in four sets. By reaching the Wimbledon final, Courier had reached the finals of all four Grand Slams at the age of 22, a record which still stands in men's singles. Courier also became the first player since Rod Laver to reach the finals of the Australian, French and Wimbledon in the same season; the feat was not matched until 2006 by Roger Federer. Courier again was part of the US team that won the 1995 Davis Cup.

Courier captured a total of 23 singles titles and 6 doubles titles during his career. He spent a total of 58 weeks ranked as the World No. 1 in 1992 and 1993. He reached the finals of all four major championships during his career, a feat accomplished by only seven other male players in the Open Era. Courier retired from the ATP tour in 2000. He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2005.

Courier returned to the tour at the 2005 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships when he received a wildcard into the doubles draw partnering Andre Agassi. The pair lost in the first round to eventual finalists Martín García and Luis Horna in three sets. It would be the last match of Courier's career.

After retirement from top-level tennis[edit]

Since his retirement as a top-level player, Courier has served as a tennis analyst and commentator for the Tennis Channel, USA Network, NBC Sports, TNT, ITV, Sky Sports and the Seven and Nine Networks. Since 2005, Courier has headed the commentary for the domestic host broadcaster of the Australian Open, which was Seven from 2005 to 2018 and Nine since 2019. Courier calls many centre court men's singles matches for the network and often conducts the post-match on-court interviews with the winning player. He also provided special comments on the Seven Network's Wimbledon coverage between 2013 and 2019. Courier started working with the British channel ITV for the French Open in 2012. In 2015, Courier worked with the British channel Sky Sports for their US Open coverage. The Jim Courier Club House now stands on the grounds of the Dade City Little League complex in John S. Burks Memorial Park in Dade City, Florida. Courier is an alumnus of that Little League program.

In 2004, Courier founded InsideOut Sport & Entertainment, a New York-based event production company that owns and operates the Champions Series, Legendary Nights exhibitions as well as private corporate events.

He also founded Courier's Kids, a non-profit organization that supports tennis programs in the inner city of St. Petersburg, Florida.

Courier currently competes on the Champions Series and in various charity exhibition matches.

Courier married Susanna Lingman in 2010.

On October 27, 2010, Courier was named captain of the United States Davis Cup team, replacing Patrick McEnroe. Courier stepped down from the role after the 2018 semi-final defeat to Croatia. Courier led his country with a 10–8 record and two semi-final appearances during his captaincy.[7]

In August 2019, Courier was working for Prime Video UK, for their exclusive coverage of the US Open.

In 2022, he co-presented popular Australian reality show Ninja Warrior for the Nine Network, whom he also works for on their Australian Open coverage each local summer.

Career statistics[edit]

Grand Slam finals[edit]

Singles finals: 7 (4 titles, 3 runner-ups)[edit]

Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Win 1991 French Open Clay United States Andre Agassi 3–6, 6–4, 2–6, 6–1, 6–4
Loss 1991 US Open Hard Sweden Stefan Edberg 2–6, 4–6, 0–6
Win 1992 Australian Open Hard Sweden Stefan Edberg 6–3, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Win 1992 French Open (2) Clay Czech Republic Petr Korda 7–5, 6–2, 6–1
Win 1993 Australian Open (2) Hard Sweden Stefan Edberg 6–2, 6–1, 2–6, 7–5
Loss 1993 French Open Clay Spain Sergi Bruguera 4–6, 6–2, 2–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss 1993 Wimbledon Grass United States Pete Sampras 6–7(3–7), 6–7(6–8), 6–3, 3–6

Year-end championship[edit]

Singles finals: 2 (2 runner-ups)[edit]

Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1991 Frankfurt Hard (i) United States Pete Sampras 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 3–6, 4–6
Loss 1992 Frankfurt Hard (i) Germany Boris Becker 4–6, 3–6, 5–7

ATP Super 9 / ATP Masters Series finals[edit]

Singles finals: 5 (5 titles)[edit]

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1991 Indian Wells Hard France Guy Forget 4–6, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Win 1991 Miami Hard United States David Wheaton 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win 1992 Rome Clay Spain Carlos Costa 7–6(7–3), 6–0, 6–4
Win 1993 Indian Wells (2) Hard South Africa Wayne Ferreira 6–3, 6–3, 6–1
Win 1993 Rome (2) Clay Croatia Goran Ivanišević 6–1, 6–2, 6–2

Doubles finals: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner up)[edit]

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1989 Rome Clay United States Pete Sampras Brazil Danilo Marcelino
Brazil Mauro Menezes
6–4, 6–3
Win 1990 Hamburg Clay Spain Sergi Bruguera West Germany Udo Riglewski
West Germany Michael Stich
7–6, 6–2
Loss 1990 Rome Clay United StatesMartin Davis Spain Sergio Casal
Spain Emilio Sánchez
6–7, 5–7
Win 1991 Indian Wells Hard Spain Javier Sánchez FranceGuy Forget
France Henri Leconte
7–6, 3–6, 6–3
Win 1993 Montreal Hard The Bahamas Mark Knowles Canada Glenn Michibata
United States David Pate
6–4, 7–6

Records[edit]

  • These records were attained in Open Era of tennis.
Championship Years Record accomplished Player tied
Grand Slam 1991–1993 Youngest to reach all four Grand Slam finals (22y 10m) Stands alone
French Open—Australian Open 1991–1993 Simultaneous holder of consecutive Australian and French Open titles Stands alone
Grand Slam 1992 Winner of Australian Open and French Open in the same calendar year Rod Laver
Mats Wilander
Novak Djokovic
Rafael Nadal

ATP career finals[edit]

Singles: 36 (23 titles, 13 runner-ups)[edit]

Legend
Grand Slam (4–3)
Year-end championships (0–2)
ATP Masters Series (5–0)
ATP Championship Series (5–3)
ATP World Series (9–5)
Titles by surface
Hard (17–6)
Grass (0–1)
Clay (5–2)
Carpet (1–4)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1. Oct 1989 Basel, Switzerland Hard (i) Sweden Stefan Edberg 7–6(8–6), 3–6, 2–6, 6–0, 7–5
Win 2. Mar 1991 Indian Wells, USA Hard France Guy Forget 4–6, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Win 3. Mar 1991 Key Biscayne, USA Hard United States David Wheaton 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win 4. Jun 1991 French Open, Paris, France Clay United States Andre Agassi 3–6, 6–4, 2–6, 6–1, 6–4
Loss 1. Sep 1991 US Open, New York City, USA Hard Sweden Stefan Edberg 2–6, 4–6, 0–6
Loss 2. Nov 1991 ATP Championships, Frankfurt, Germany Carpet (i) United States Pete Sampras 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 3–6, 4–6
Win 5. Jan 1992 Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia Hard Sweden Stefan Edberg 6–3, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Loss 3. Feb 1992 San Francisco, USA Hard (i) United States Michael Chang 3–6, 3–6
Loss 4. Feb 1992 Brussels, Belgium Carpet (i) Germany Boris Becker 7–6(7–5), 6–2, 6–7(10–12), 6–7(5–7), 5–7
Win 6. Apr 1992 Tokyo, Japan Hard Netherlands Richard Krajicek 6–4, 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Win 7. Apr 1992 Hong Kong, UK Hard United States Michael Chang 7–5, 6–3
Win 8. May 1992 Rome, Italy Clay Spain Carlos Costa 7–6(7–3), 6–0, 6–4
Win 9. Jun 1992 French Open, Paris, France Clay Czech Republic Petr Korda 7–5, 6–2, 6–1
Loss 5. Aug 1992 Indianapolis, USA Hard United States Pete Sampras 4–6, 4–6
Loss 6. Nov 1992 ATP Championships, Frankfurt, Germany Carpet (i) Germany Boris Becker 4–6, 3–6, 5–7
Win 10. Feb 1993 Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia Hard Sweden Stefan Edberg 6–2, 6–1, 2–6, 7–5
Win 11. Feb 1993 Memphis, USA Hard (i) United States Todd Martin 5–7, 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4)
Win 12. Mar 1993 Indian Wells, USA Hard South Africa Wayne Ferreira 6–3, 6–3, 6–1
Loss 7. Apr 1993 Hong Kong, UK Hard United States Pete Sampras 3–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–7(2–7)
Win 13. May 1993 Rome, Italy Clay Croatia Goran Ivanišević 6–1, 6–2, 6–2
Loss 8. Jun 1993 French Open, Paris, France Clay Spain Sergi Bruguera 4–6, 6–2, 2–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss 9. Jul 1993 Wimbledon, London, UK Grass United States Pete Sampras 6–7(3–7), 6–7(6–8), 6–3, 3–6
Win 14. Aug 1993 Indianapolis, USA Hard Germany Boris Becker 7–5, 6–3
Loss 10. Apr 1994 Nice, France Clay Spain Alberto Berasategui 4–6, 2–6
Loss 11. Oct 1994 Lyon, France Carpet (i) Switzerland Marc Rosset 4–6, 6–7(2–7)
Win 15. Jan 1995 Adelaide, Australia Hard France Arnaud Boetsch 6–2, 7–5
Win 16. Mar 1995 Scottsdale, USA Hard Australia Mark Philippoussis 7–6(7–2), 6–4
Win 17. Apr 1995 Tokyo, Japan Hard United States Andre Agassi 6–3, 6–4
Win 18. Oct 1995 Basel, Switzerland Hard (i) Netherlands Jan Siemerink 6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–5), 5–7, 6–2, 7–5
Loss 12. Oct 1995 Toulouse, France Hard (i) France Arnaud Boetsch 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 0–6
Win 19. Mar 1996 Philadelphia, USA Carpet (i) United States Chris Woodruff 6–4, 6–3
Win 20. Jan 1997 Doha, Qatar Hard United Kingdom Tim Henman 7–5, 6–7(5–7), 6–2
Win 21. Jul 1997 Los Angeles, USA Hard Sweden Thomas Enqvist 6–4, 6–4
Win 22. Oct 1997 Beijing, China Hard (i) Sweden Magnus Gustafsson 7–6(12–10), 3–6, 6–3
Win 23. Apr 1998 Orlando, USA Clay United States Michael Chang 7–5, 3–6, 7–5
Loss 13. Feb 1999 Memphis, USA Hard (i) Germany Tommy Haas 4–6, 1–6

Doubles: 11 (6–5)[edit]

Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
Year-end championships (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (4–1)
ATP Championship Series (0–1)
ATP World Series (2–3)
Titles by surface
Hard (3–2)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (3–3)
Carpet (0–0)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. May 1989 Forest Hills, US Clay United States Pete Sampras United States Rick Leach
United States Jim Pugh
4–6, 2–6
Win 1. May 1989 Rome, Italy Clay United States Pete Sampras Brazil Danilo Marcelino
Brazil Mauro Menezes
6–4, 6–3
Win 2. May 1990 Hamburg, West Germany Clay Spain Sergi Bruguera West Germany Udo Riglewski
West Germany Michael Stich
7–6, 6–2
Loss 2. May 1990 Rome, Italy Clay United States Martin Davis Spain Sergio Casal
Spain Emilio Sánchez
6–7, 5–7
Win 3. Mar 1991 Indian Wells, US Hard Spain Javier Sánchez France Guy Forget
France Henri Leconte
7–6, 3–6, 6–3
Win 4. Aug 1993 Montreal, Canada Hard The Bahamas Mark Knowles Canada Glenn Michibata
United States David Pate
6–4, 7–6
Loss 3. Apr 1994 Barcelona, Spain Clay Spain Javier Sánchez Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Czech Republic David Rikl
7–5, 1–6, 4–6
Win 5. Jan 1995 Adelaide, Australia Hard Australia Patrick Rafter Zimbabwe Byron Black
Canada Grant Connell
7–6, 6–4
Loss 4. Oct 1997 Beijing, China Hard (i) United States Alex O'Brien India Mahesh Bhupathi
India Leander Paes
5–7, 6–7
Loss 5. Jan 1999 Adelaide, Australia Hard United States Patrick Galbraith Brazil Gustavo Kuerten
Ecuador Nicolás Lapentti
4–6, 4–6
Win 6. Apr 1999 Orlando, US Clay Australia Todd Woodbridge United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
7–6(7–4), 6–4

Singles performance timeline[edit]

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Tournament 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A 2R 4R W W SF QF QF 4R A 3R 1R 2 / 10 35–8
French Open A A 4R 4R W W F SF 4R QF 1R 2R 2R A 2 / 11 40–9
Wimbledon A A 1R 3R QF 3R F 2R 2R 1R 1R 1R 4R A 0 / 11 19–11
US Open A 2R 3R 2R F SF 4R 2R SF A 1R A 1R A 0 / 10 24–10
Win–loss 0–0 1–1 5–3 7–4 20–3 20–2 22–3 12–4 13–4 8–3 3–4 1–2 6–4 0–1 4 / 42 118–38
Year-end championships
ATP Championships A A A A F F RR A RR A A A A A 0 / 4 7–9
Grand Slam Cup Not Held A 1R A A A A QF A A A NH 0 / 2 1–2
Grand Prix ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells A A 1R SF W 3R W 2R 2R 3R 1R 3R 2R 1R 2 / 12 21–10
Miami A 2R 3R QF W SF 4R SF 3R QF SF 2R 2R 2R 1 / 13 33–12
Monte Carlo A A A 3R A A A QF A 2R 2R A A A 0 / 4 6–4
Hamburg A A A 3R 2R A A A A A A A A A 0 / 2 2–2
Rome A A 3R 3R 3R W W QF 1R 2R QF 1R A A 2 / 10 25–8
Canada A A A A SF A 3R SF 3R A 1R 1R QF A 0 / 7 12–7
Cincinnati A 1R 3R QF SF 3R 2R QF QF 3R 1R 1R 2R A 0 / 11 16–12
Stockholm A SF QF 2R SF 3R 3R 3R ATP World Series 0 / 7 13–7
Stuttgart Indoor NH Exho. ATP Championship Series QF 3R A A 2R A 0 / 3 4–3
Paris A A A 3R 3R QF 2R 2R SF 2R 1R A QF A 0 / 9 11–9
Win–loss 5–3 8–5 19–8 24–6 15–5 15–5 16–8 12–7 7–7 8–7 3–5 10–6 1–2 5 / 71 130–66
Year-end ranking 346 43 24 25 2 1 3 13 8 26 21 77 32 290

Professional Awards[edit]

Head-to-head[edit]

Courier has the following head-to-head records against the listed opponents (No. 1 ranked players in boldface):

Top 10 wins[edit]

Season 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Total
Wins 0 0 3 1 10 10 8 3 6 0 7 1 4 0 53
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score Courier
Rank
1989
1. United States Andre Agassi 5 French Open, Paris, France Clay 3R 7–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 47
2. Sweden Stefan Edberg 3 Basel, Switzerland Hard (i) F 7–6, 3–6, 2–6, 6–0, 7–5 35
3. United States Aaron Krickstein 8 Stockholm, Sweden Carpet (i) 3R 6–2, 1–0, ret. 28
1990
4. United States Aaron Krickstein 6 Indian Wells, United States Hard QF 6–2, 7–6 22
1991
5. United States Andre Agassi 4 Indian Wells, United States Hard 3R 2–6, 6–3, 6–4 26
6. Spain Emilio Sánchez 8 Indian Wells, United States Hard QF 6–2, 6–2 26
7. France Guy Forget 5 Indian Wells, United States Hard F 4–6, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4) 26
8. France Guy Forget 5 Miami, United States Hard 4R 7–6(7–3), 6–3 18
9. Sweden Stefan Edberg 1 French Open, Paris, France Clay QF 6–4, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4 9
10. United States Andre Agassi 4 French Open, Paris, France Clay F 3–6, 6–4, 2–6, 6–1, 6–4 9
11. United States Pete Sampras 6 US Open, New York, United States Hard QF 6–2, 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5) 5
12. Czechoslovakia Karel Nováček 9 ATP Tour World Championships, Frankfurt, Germany Carpet (i) RR 6–7(6–8), 7–5, 6–4 2
13. France Guy Forget 6 ATP Tour World Championships, Frankfurt, Germany Carpet (i) RR 7–6(7–4), 6–4 2
14. United States Andre Agassi 8 ATP Tour World Championships, Frankfurt, Germany Carpet (i) SF 6–3, 7–5 2
1992
15. Sweden Stefan Edberg 1 Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia Hard F 6–3, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2 2
16. France Guy Forget 7 Brussels, Belgium Carpet (i) SF 7–6(9–7), 6–4 1
17. United States Michael Chang 6 Tokyo, Japan Hard SF 6–2, 6–3 2
18. United States Michael Chang 6 Hong Kong, Hong Kong Hard F 7–5, 6–3 1
19. Croatia Goran Ivanišević 9 French Open, Paris, France Clay QF 6–2, 6–1, 2–6, 7–5 1
20. Czechoslovakia Petr Korda 8 French Open, Paris, France Clay F 7–5, 6–2, 6–1 1
21. United States Andre Agassi 9 US Open, New York, United States Hard QF 6–3, 6–7(6–8), 6–1, 6–4 1
22. Netherlands Richard Krajicek 10 ATP Tour World Championships, Frankfurt, Germany Carpet (i) RR 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–1), 7–5 1
23. United States Michael Chang 5 ATP Tour World Championships, Frankfurt, Germany Carpet (i) RR 7–5, 6–2 1
24. United States Pete Sampras 3 ATP Tour World Championships, Frankfurt, Germany Carpet (i) SF 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4) 1
1993
25. Czech Republic Petr Korda 7 Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia Hard QF 6–1, 6–0, 6–4 1
26. Sweden Stefan Edberg 2 Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia Hard F 6–2, 6–1, 2–6, 7–5 1
27. United States Michael Chang 5 Indian Wells, United States Hard SF 6–4, 6–4 1
28. United States Michael Chang 9 Hong Kong, Hong Kong Hard SF 6–2, 6–3 2
29. United States Michael Chang 10 Rome, Italy Clay SF 6–2, 6–7(2–7), 6–0 2
30. Croatia Goran Ivanišević 6 Rome, Italy Clay F 6–1, 6–2, 6–2 2
31. Sweden Stefan Edberg 3 Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom Grass SF 4–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–4 2
32. Germany Boris Becker 4 Indianapolis, United States Hard F 7–5, 6–3 2
1994
33. Croatia Goran Ivanišević 8 Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia Hard QF 7–6(9–7), 6–4, 6–2 3
34. Croatia Goran Ivanišević 6 Miami, United States Hard QF 6–3, 7–5 5
35. United States Pete Sampras 1 French Open, Paris, France Clay QF 6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 6–4 7
1995
36. United States Michael Chang 6 Tokyo, Japan Hard SF 6–4, 7–5 15
37. United States Andre Agassi 1 Tokyo, Japan Hard F 6–3, 6–4 15
38. Austria Thomas Muster 3 US Open, New York, United States Hard 4R 6–3, 6–0, 7–6(7–4) 15
39. United States Michael Chang 5 US Open, New York, United States Hard QF 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–3), 7–5 15
40. United States Michael Chang 4 Paris, France Carpet (i) QF 6–2, 7–6(7–5) 7
41. Austria Thomas Muster 3 ATP Tour World Championships, Frankfurt, Germany Carpet (i) RR 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 7
1997
42. Austria Thomas Muster 5 Doha, Qatar Hard QF 6–3, 7–5 26
43. South Africa Wayne Ferreira 8 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Hard QF 6–2, 7–5 22
44. Netherlands Richard Krajicek 6 Miami, United States Hard 4R 7–6(8–6), 6–4 26
45. Croatia Goran Ivanišević 5 Miami, United States Hard QF 6–2, 7–6(7–2) 26
46. United States Pete Sampras 1 Rome, Italy Clay 1R 7–6(7–5), 6–4 24
47. Croatia Goran Ivanišević 3 Los Angeles, United States Hard SF 6–3, 6–4 29
48. Sweden Thomas Enqvist 8 Los Angeles, United States Hard F 6–4, 6–4 29
1998
49. Sweden Jonas Björkman 5 Indian Wells, United States Hard 2R 4–6, 6–1, 7–6(7–4) 46
1999
50. United Kingdom Tim Henman 7 Davis Cup, Birmingham, United Kingdom Hard (i) RR 7–6(7–2), 2–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–7(10–12), 7–5 54
51. Spain Carlos Moyá 10 Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom Grass 2R 6–3, 3–6, 7–6(7–1), 3–6, 6–2 61
52. United Kingdom Tim Henman 5 Montreal, Canada Hard 2R 6–1, 6–7(3–7), 6–4 46
53. Sweden Thomas Enqvist 9 Paris, France Carpet (i) 3R 6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–4), 7–5 39

Champions Series titles[edit]

NOTE: In Champions Series tournaments, there are only two sets. A tiebreaker to ten is held instead of a third set.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Courier: No more grudge against Bollettieri for siding with Agassi".
  2. ^ "Players | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  3. ^ Courier was sometimes referred to by broadcast commentators as The Dude from Dade
  4. ^ Franz Lidz (February 24, 1992). "Jim Courier has capped a stunning run up the tennis - SI Vault". Sportsillustrated.cnn.com. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
  5. ^ "Topics of The Times; An American in Paris". The New York Times. June 10, 1992. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
  6. ^ David Wallechinsky and Jaime Louky, The Complete Book of the Olympics, 2008 edition. (London: Aurum, 2008), p. 1022.
  7. ^ "Davis Cup - Courier ends eight-year tenure as US Davis Cup captain".

External links[edit]