James Spencer Courier (born August 17, 1970) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. Courier won four major singles titles, two at the French Open and two at the Australian Open, and was the youngest man to reach the singles finals of all four majors in the open era, at the age of 22 years and 11 months.

Jim Courier is an American former professional tennis player who won four Grand Slam singles titles. This biography of Jim Courier provides detailed information about his childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline.

Real reason Jim Courier is missing from the Australian Open. Jim Courier has been a noticeable absentee from Melbourne Park as the Australian Open got underway with the reason why now made public.

Jim Courier won the prestigious Orange Bowl at age 16 under coach Nick Bollettieri. Turned professional at age 18. Won the first of his 23 ATP singles titles in Basel, Switzerland, defeating Stefan Edberg with a comeback from a 2-1 sets deficit to victory in 7-6, 3-6, 2-6, 6-0, 7-5.

Dec 5, 2024 · Jim Courier was a great tennis player, after all he was world No.1 and won majors, but he was always very intense on a tennis court as he would strive to be the best among company that included Agassi, Chang and Sampras.

The U.S. was 13-1 with Jim in the lineup. The “1” was Australia in 1999 — his Cup finale. Retiring in 2000, he had won 23 singles (a finalist in nine others), 13 doubles pro titles, $14,033,132 in prize money, had a 25-match winning streak in 1992.

Official tennis player profile of Jim Courier on the ATP Tour. Featuring news, bio, rankings, playing activity, coach, stats, win-loss, points breakdown, videos, and more.

Jun 25, 2020 · As a part of a series highlighting all players to reach World No. 1 in the PIF ATP Rankings, ATPTour.com looks back on the career of Jim Courier. View Full List. Courier lifted four Grand Slam titles and reached the final of all four majors by age 22.

On this day, May 9, 2000, former world No 1 Jim Courier from the United States announced his retirement from professional tennis, just a few months before turning 30. Now ranked No 67, he had dominated tennis in the early 1990s.

After the dominance of Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe in the 1970s and 1980s, Jim Courier was the next American man to ascend to tennis’s #1 ranking. Courier was ranked #1 for 58 weeks between February 1992 and September 1993.