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Tennis Biography

Jim Courier

American · Born 1970

USAFour SlamsCourier-Agassi Rivalry
Tennis Player
4
grand slams
58
weeks at no1

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The power-baseline player who dominated clay and hard courts in the early 1990s — four Grand Slam titles and a former world number one who faced Agassi in one of tennis' greatest rivalries.

Jim Courier won four Grand Slam singles titles — two French Opens and two Australian Opens — and was world number one for 58 weeks. His rivalry with Andre Agassi produced some of the finest matches of the early 1990s. His high-intensity baseline game and extraordinary fitness made him one of the fittest players of his era.

His rivalry with Agassi in the early 1990s produced matches that many experts regard as the finest competitive tennis of the decade.

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Career Honours

  • French Open 2x
  • Australian Open 2x
  • World No.1
  • Davis Cup 1992