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1. Voo de Mar says:

   February 12, 2016 at 6:22 pm

   Points won by each set: | 30-22, 41-36 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   27 % Courier – 18 of 65
   18 % Chang – 12 of 64

   Courier, along with Edberg & Sampras, the most successful player of the years 1991-93, after a disappointing 1994 season, regained his passion to tennis in 1995. Admittedly it was a year of three players: Sampras, Agassi & Muster, but in the shadow of a tremendous Sampras-Agassi rivalry, Courier & Chang co-created their own “Who’s the third best player in America” – they faced each other as many as seven times in 1995, equalling the McEnroe-Lendl record of 1984. Their rivalry eventually won Chang 4-3 #, but three places lower ranked Courier was appointed to play in the Davis Cup ’95 final vs Russia… In that Tokyo semifinal, Courier [15] saved the only break point in the 2nd game of the 2nd set, later on he trailed 4:5 (15/30).

   # Chang vs. Courier in 1995… 4-3 (sets: 8:9)
   San Jose, SF: Chang 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-4
   Tokyo, SF: Courier 6-4, 7-5
   Hong Kong, SF: Chang 6-4, 6-2
   Cincinnati, QF: Chang 3-6, 7-6(6), 7-5
   US Open, QF: Courier 7-6(5), 7-6(3), 7-5
   Paris, QF: Courier 6-2, 7-6(5)
   Frankfurt, RR: Chang 6-2, 7-5

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