Jim Courier

American Born 1970 185 cm Right handed
Head to heads vs Michael Chang (24)vs Pete Sampras (20)vs Michael Stich (12)vs Thomas Muster (12)vs Andre Agassi (12)vs Marc Rosset (11)

Match log

2000

Miami MastersHard, March
R64LThomas Enqvist7-6(5) 3-6 4-6
R128WDavid Nalbandian6-3 3-6 7-5
Indian Wells MastersHard, March
R64LArnaud Di Pasquale5-7 6-4 6-7(5)
MemphisHard, February
R32LLaurence Tieleman6-7(2) 0-6
San JoseHard, February
SFLMark Philippoussis6-4 3-6 4-6
QFWPaul Goldstein6-4 6-4
R16WHernan Gumy7-5 6-7(2) 7-6(4)
R32WEric Taino6-3 6-4
Australian OpenHard, January
R128LNicolas Escude7-6(4) 3-6 5-7 1-6

1999

Paris MastersCarpet, November
QFLMarat Safin2-6 4-6
R16WThomas Enqvist6-7(3) 7-6(4) 7-5
R32WCarlos Moya6-2 6-1
R64WArnaud Di Pasquale7-6(5) 3-6 7-6(6)
Stuttgart MastersHard, October
R32LAlex Corretja3-6 7-6(5) 3-6
R64WMarc Rosset4-6 7-6(6) 6-2
LyonCarpet, October
R16LVincent Spadea4-6 4-6
R32WMark Philippoussis6-3 3-6 6-1
R64WArnaud Di Pasquale2-6 7-6(2) 7-5
US OpenHard, August
R128LSlava Dosedel4-6 4-6 6-7(5)
BostonHard, August
R32LSargis Sargsian4-6 4-6
Cincinnati MastersHard, August
R32LCedric Pioline7-6(5) 6-7(4) 0-2 RET
R64WGoran Ivanisevic7-6(1) 6-2
Canada MastersHard, August
QFLThomas Johansson4-6 4-6
R16WWayne Ferreira6-7(3) 6-4 7-5
R32WTim Henman6-1 6-7(3) 6-4
R64WRainer Schuettler7-6(2) 6-2
Davis Cup WG QF: USA vs AUSHard, July
RRLPatrick Rafter6-7(5) 4-6 4-6
WimbledonGrass, June
R16LTim Henman6-4 5-7 5-7 7-6(5) 7-9
R32WSjeng Schalken7-6(2) 3-6 3-6 7-5 13-11
R64WCarlos Moya6-3 3-6 7-6(1) 3-6 6-2
R128WBarry Cowan6-3 6-4 6-4
Queen's ClubGrass, June
R32LKarol Kucera6-3 4-6 1-6
R64WKenneth Carlsen6-2 4-6 6-1
Roland GarrosClay, May
R64LHicham Arazi6-2 3-6 4-6 1-6
R128WAlex Calatrava6-1 6-3 7-5
Delray BeachClay, May
R32LMax Mirnyi6-4 2-6 6-7(6)
AtlantaClay, April
SFLSebastien Grosjean6-7(3) 3-6
QFWMartin Rodriguez6-1 7-6(2)
R16WJustin Gimelstob6-1 7-6(5)
R32WMikael Tillstrom6-3 6-4
OrlandoClay, April
QFLMax Mirnyi3-6 7-6(3) 4-6
R16WGalo Blanco7-5 6-4
R32WMikael Tillstrom6-4 7-5
Davis Cup WG R1: GBR vs USAHard, April
RRWTim Henman7-6(2) 2-6 7-6(3) 6-7(10) 7-5
RRWGreg Rusedski6-4 6-7(3) 6-3 1-6 8-6
Miami MastersHard, March
R64LPete Sampras3-6 6-7(3)
R128WJan Frode Andersen7-6(6) 6-2
Indian Wells MastersHard, March
R32LCarlos Moya6-7(6) 4-6
R64WFernando Vicente7-6(5) 6-4
MemphisHard, February
FLTommy Haas4-6 1-6
SFWJohn Van Lottum7-6(5) 4-6 6-4
QFWMariano Puerta6-0 6-2
R16WLaurence Tieleman6-7(5) 7-5 6-1
R32WMichael Chang6-4 7-6(8)
R64WGeoff Grant6-0 6-3

Jim Courier

Nick Bollettieri's academy housed flashier talents, but Jim Courier outworked the lot, hammering a forehand he swung like a baseball bat. His 4 majors arrived inside twenty months: back-to-back Roland Garros titles, the 1991 final taken from Andre Agassi in five sets, then back-to-back Australian Opens over Stefan Edberg in 1992 and 1993. World No. 1 at 21 in February 1992, he became at 22 the youngest man to reach all four major finals, a mark that stood until Carlos Alcaraz in 2026.

Then the engine seized. By November 1993 he was reading a novel at changeovers of a year-end championship match against Andrei Medvedev, desperate, he said, to clear his head. He never won another major. The ledger still closed well: 58 weeks at No. 1, 23 career titles, and Davis Cup crowns in 1992 and 1995 with a United States team he later captained. Since 2005 he has been the voice of the Australian Open, the on-court interviewer at the major he once ruled each January.