Jim Courier

James “Jim” Courier is a 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 the last man to win both the Australian and French Open titles in the same calendar year.

As a junior player in the 1980s, Courier won the prestigious Orange Bowl in 1986 and 1987, as well as the French Open junior doubles title. In 1992, Courier won both the Australian Open and French Open titles and enjoyed a 25-match winning streak before finishing out the year as the World No. 1 ranked player. His other Grand Slam titles came at the French Open in 1991 and the Australian Open in 1993. Courier was also a member of the U.S. teams which won the 1992 and 1995 Davis Cup.

Courier retired from the professional tour in 2000. Over the course of his career, he captured a total of 23 singles titles and 6 doubles titles and spent a total of 58 weeks ranked as the World No. 1 in 1992 and 1993. He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2005.

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.