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Jim Courier v Goran Ivanisevic: stats compared | Lineball
Courier wins on titles. Ivanisevic’s case rests on first-serve points won %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Courier 717 matches, Ivanisevic 895 matches.
Courier has 23 titles (one every 20 matches) to Ivanisevic’s 24 titles (one every 33.3 matches).
Ivanisevic averages 12.7 aces a match to Courier’s 4.8 — 2.6 times as many.
Courier has the better first serve in %: 62.2 to Ivanisevic’s 54.8.
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 game0.024 total · best 1
0.04 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.01 total · best 1
62.2First serve in %54.8
74.3First-serve points won %82.5
60.6Break points saved %62.9
39.5Return points won %35.2
Head to head
811 matches since 19903
Hard · 5 matchesCourier 5Ivanisevic 0
Clay · 4 matchesCourier 3Ivanisevic 1
Carpet · 2 matchesCourier 0Ivanisevic 2
Grand Slams · 2 matchesCourier 2Ivanisevic 0
Finals · 2 matchesCourier 1Ivanisevic 1
Last meetings
9 Aug 1999 · ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati · Round of 64 · HardCourier won 7-6(1) 6-2
21 July 1997 · Los Angeles · Semifinal · HardCourier won 6-3 6-4
17 Mar 1997 · ATP Masters 1000 Miami · Quarterfinal · HardCourier won 6-2 7-6(2)
7 Mar 1994 · ATP Masters 1000 Miami · Quarterfinal · HardCourier won 6-3 7-5
17 Jan 1994 · Australian Open · Quarterfinal · HardCourier won 7-6(7) 6-4 6-2
10 May 1993 · ATP Masters 1000 Rome · Final · Clay
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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4.8
2,743 total · best 27
Acesper game
12.79,756 total · best 46
14.110,083 total · best 33Games wonper game13.712,248 total · best 38
43.1Break points converted %40.9
65.4Sets won %60.6
55.2Games won %52.6
0.137 total · best 1Finalsper game0.152 total · best 1
1.71,229 total · best 3Sets wonper game1.61,403 total · best 3
0.9650 total · best 3Sets lostper game · lower is better1.0913 total · best 3
11.48,190 total · best 34Games lostper game · lower is better12.311,023 total · best 34
0.4298 total · best 3Tiebreaksper game0.5461 total · best 3
Courier won 6-1 6-2 6-2
16 Nov 1992 · ATP Tour World Championship · Round robin · CarpetIvanisevic won 6-3 6-3
25 May 1992 · Roland Garros · Quarterfinal · ClayCourier won 6-2 6-1 2-6 7-5
17 Feb 1992 · Stuttgart Indoor · Quarterfinal · CarpetIvanisevic won 3-6 7-6(2) 7-6(8)
21 May 1990 · World Team Cup · Final · ClayIvanisevic won 3-6 7-5 6-1