Jim Courier
Jim Courier
James Spencer "Jim" Courier, Jr.is an American former World No. 1 professional tennis player. During his career, he won four Grand Slam singles titles, two at the French Open and two at the Australian Open. He holds the record for being the youngest man to have reached the finals of all four Grand Slam singles tournaments, at the age of 22 years and 11 months. He also won five Masters 1000 series titles. Until Novak Djokovic in 2016, Courier was...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth17 August 1970
CitySanford, FL
CountryUnited States of America
We are excited to launch the Champions Cup Series and unveil another high quality tennis property in the United States.
My initial dream was to be a baseball player, ... I remember throwing a baseball at 2-years-old in the house. My dreams of playing tennis just kept changing. It's been a remarkable road.
The writing's been on the wall. Tennis takes us all over the world. People aspire to be the players they see on TV, and that's where dreams come from.
Unbelievable, yet, what else could it be?
Flying has opened up new horizons for tennis.
The dumber you are on court, the better you're going to play.
Tennis doesn't encourage any kind of intellectual development.
You'd have to think that if he'd been around today, Rod Laver would have been Rod Laver.
I really try not to read the tennis articles, because a lot of times they're guessing at how a player is feeling, and I like to keep myself kind of open minded about how I'm feeling, rather than have someone else explain to me what's going on.
The match was decided by absolutely top-flight tennis at the most crucial moments -- rather than nerves, rather than bad calls. It was a pure tennis match, in that sense, by two guys who everyone could aspire to be, battling it out in the most sportsmanlike fashion. And it was a truly heartfelt hug afterwards, too. It was a moving match, and they don't come as often as we'd like.
Roger (Federer) has said unequivocally that he doesn't want Hawk-Eye, he doesn't want to change anything, but if you're playing as well as he is, you don't want to change your socks, your underwear, your girlfriend, your agent, anything.
I think it will be a terrific addition for tennis.
We'll fill in with someone else. We have some options. I'll play at 7 (p.m.), just not with Michael.
We want to be clear to the fans that the players take this very seriously and will be competing hard in every match. With the prize money and ranking points in every event there will be no doubt that these are tournaments, not exhibitions.