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1. Voo de Mar says:

   January 30, 2024 at 11:03 am

   Points won by each set: | 31-26, 31-35, 36-32, 32-20 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   24 % Courier – 30 of 123
   27 % Edberg – 33 of 120

   The two best players in the world at the time… Courier [2] had an impressive run to the final (also a bit lucky because Krajicek gave him a walkover in the semifinal – the first case at this stage in the Open Era) and took advantage of it avenging a 5-set defeat to Edberg [1] one year before on the same court in the fourth round. The Swede was a slight favourite because he destroyed Courier a few months earlier in the US Open final (at the time the conditions in New York were faster than in Melbourne, helping in the serve-and-volley enforcement). In the 3rd set, Edberg had a point for 5-all, but Courier forced a volley error and the next two points he won thanks to Edberg’s two consecutive double faults. The American finished the event with two return winners. “This tastes just as sweet,” said Courier, comparing his fresh Australian title to the French Open ’91 title. “It’s a little bit different because I’ve done it before. But it’s no less significant.”

   Courier’s route to his 5th title (2nd major!):
   1 Rodolphe Gilbert 6-4, 7-6(4), 6-3
   2 Thomas Enqvist 2-6, 6-3, 6-1, 6-4
   3 Thomas Muster 6-1, 6-4, 6-2
   4 Marc Rosset 6-3, 6-1, 6-3
   Q Amos Mansdorf 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
   S Richard Krajicek w/o
   W Stefan Edberg 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2

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2. Voo de Mar says:

   January 30, 2024 at 11:09 am

   18-year-old Enqvist, the future no. 4, was ranked 190th at the time, he was a qualifier, so stealing a quick set from Courier could have been perceived as shocking then even though Enqvist had established himself as an excellent junior

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