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Michael Stich v Jim Courier: stats compared | Lineball
Courier wins on grand slam titles. Stich’s case rests on aces, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Stich 532 matches, Courier 717 matches.
Courier has 4 grand slam titles (one every 50 matches) to Stich’s 1 grand slam title (one every 100 matches).
Courier has 23 titles (one every 20 matches) to Stich’s 19 titles (one every 25 matches).
Stich averages 7.4 aces a match to Courier’s 4.8 (53% more).
Not every stat was recorded for every match (grand slam titles): those averages use only the games that logged them.
Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.
Tale of the tape
Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
0.019 total · best 1Titlesper game0.123 total · best 1
0.01 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.04 total · best 1
56.6First serve in %62.2
77.9First-serve points won %74.3
62.5Break points saved %60.6
38.2Return points won %39.5
Head to head
611 matches since 19905
Hard · 4 matchesStich 2Courier 2
Carpet · 3 matchesStich 2Courier 1
Grass · 2 matchesStich 2Courier 0
Clay · 2 matchesStich 0Courier 2
Grand Slams · 4 matchesStich 2Courier 2
Last meetings
23 June 1997 · Wimbledon · Round of 128 · GrassStich won 7-6 7-5 7-6(2)
24 July 1995 · ATP Masters 1000 Canada · Round of 16 · HardStich won 6-3 6-2
24 Oct 1994 · ATP Masters 1000 Stockholm · Round of 16 · CarpetStich won 7-5 6-3
15 Nov 1993 · ATP Tour World Championship · Round robin · CarpetStich won 7-5 6-4
18 Jan 1993 · Australian Open · Semifinal · HardCourier won 7-6(4) 6-4 6-2
2 Nov 1992 · ATP Masters 1000 Paris · Round of 16 · Carpet
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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7.43,372 total · best 27Acesper game4.82,743 total · best 27
14.27,561 total · best 31Games wonper game14.110,083 total · best 33
41.5Break points converted %43.1
64.5Sets won %65.4
54.2Games won %55.2
0.133 total · best 1Finalsper game0.137 total · best 1
1.7906 total · best 3Sets wonper game1.71,229 total · best 3
0.9498 total · best 3Sets lostper game · lower is better0.9650 total · best 3
12.06,392 total · best 31Games lostper game · lower is better11.48,190 total · best 34
0.5269 total · best 3Tiebreaksper game0.4298 total · best 3
Courier won 7-6(3) 6-1
24 June 1991 · Wimbledon · Quarterfinal · GrassStich won 6-3 7-6(2) 6-2
27 May 1991 · Roland Garros · Semifinal · ClayCourier won 6-2 6-7(8) 6-2 6-4
4 Mar 1991 · ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells · Semifinal · HardCourier won 6-3 6-2
31 Dec 1990 · Adelaide · Semifinal · HardStich won 6-4 7-6(6)