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Key facts
- Country sports
- United States
- Residence
- Orlando, Florida
- Born
- ( 1970-08-17 ) August 17, 1970 (age 55) , Sanford, Florida , U.S.
- Height
- 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
- Plays
- Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
- Coach
- Nick Bollettieri , Sergio Cruz (1988–1990) , Brad Stine (1990–1994), José Higueras (1990–1997), Harold Solomon (1997), Brad Stine (1997–2000)
- Prize money
- US$ 14,034,132
- Int tennis hof
- 2005 ( member page )
- Career record
- 506–237 (68.1%)
- Highest ranking
- No. 1 (February 10, 1992)
- Australian open
- W ( 1992 , 1993 )
- French open
- W ( 1991 , 1992 )
- Wimbledon
- F ( 1993 )
- Us open
- F ( 1991 )
- Tour finals
- F ( 1991 , 1992 )
- Grand slam cup
- QF ( 1996 )
- Olympic games
- 3R ( 1992 )
- Davis cup
- W ( 1992 , 1995 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jim
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Sanford
- Occupation
- tennis player
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- 1992 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- tennis
- Mass
- 83
- Image
- Jim Courier 2007.jpg
- Height
- 185
- Residence
- Orlando
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- name in native language
- Jim Courier
- date of birth
- 1970-08-17
- Commons category
- Jim Courier
- singles record
- 506–237
- doubles record
- 124–97
- playing hand
- right-handedness
- prize money
- 14034132
- end of work period
- 2000-00-00
- start of work period
- 1988-00-00
- handedness
- right-handedness
- ranking
- 20
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Encyclopedic overview
James Spencer Courier (born August 17, 1970) is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 58 weeks, including as the year-end No. 1 in 1992. Courier won 23 ATP Tour-level singles titles, including four majors – two at the French Open and two at the Australian Open – and was the youngest man in the Open Era to reach the final of all four singles majors, after reaching the final of the 1993 Wimbledon Championships aged 22 years, 319 days, a record that stood until Carlos Alcaraz achieved the same feat aged 22 years, 266 days at the 2026 Australian Open. He also won five Masters titles and was part of the victorious United States Davis Cup teams in 1992 and 1995.
Since 2005, Courier has worked as a tennis commentator, notably for Nine (and previously Seven), the host broadcaster of the Australian Open. He is also an analyst for Tennis Channel and Prime Video Sport.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jim Courier” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.