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Jim Courier v Michael Stich: 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: Courier 717 matches, Stich 532 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.
0.123 total · best 1Titlesper game0.019 total · best 1
0.04 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.01 total · best 1
62.2First serve in %56.6
74.3First-serve points won %77.9
60.6Break points saved %62.5
39.5Return points won %38.2
Head to head
511 matches since 19906
Hard · 4 matchesCourier 2Stich 2
Carpet · 3 matchesCourier 1Stich 2
Grass · 2 matchesCourier 0Stich 2
Clay · 2 matchesCourier 2Stich 0
Grand Slams · 4 matchesCourier 2Stich 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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4.82,743 total · best 27Acesper game7.43,372 total · best 27
14.110,083 total · best 33Games wonper game14.27,561 total · best 31
43.1Break points converted %41.5
65.4Sets won %64.5
55.2Games won %54.2
0.137 total · best 1Finalsper game0.133 total · best 1
1.71,229 total · best 3Sets wonper game1.7906 total · best 3
0.9650 total · best 3Sets lostper game · lower is better0.9498 total · best 3
11.48,190 total · best 34Games lostper game · lower is better12.06,392 total · best 31
0.4298 total · best 3Tiebreaksper game0.5269 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)