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Jim Courier
Height: 6-foot-1
Weight: 175 		Plays: Right-handed
Career Titles: 20 		Birthplace: Sanford, Fla.
Birthdate: Aug. 17, 1970


Career Highlights

1997

  • Captured his second title of the season by beating Magnus Gustafsson, 7-6 (12-10), 3-6, 6-3, to win the China Open.

  • Defeated Thomas Enqvist 6-4, 6-4, to win the Infiniti Open.

  • Entered the new year with a new coach in former top-10-player Harold Solomon after finishing 1996 out of the top 25 for the first time since 1988.

  • Vaulted to 15th in the world by winning the Qatar Open, snapping a 10-month drought for his 20th career singles title and first since prevailing in Philadelphia the previous March.

    1996
    Lost to Andre Agassi in the Australian Open quarterfinals after blowing a two-set advantage to Pete Sampras in a quarterfinal match the year before.

    1993
    Defended his Australian Open crown and posted runner-up finishes at both the French Open and Wimbledon.

    1992

  • Won his first Australian Open title to go along with his second French Open championship.

  • Earned the world's No. 1 ranking for the first time in his career.

    1991

  • Won three titles, including Key Biscayne and the French Open.

  • Held off fellow American Andre Agassi in the French final, the first all-American final since 1954.

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