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Mark Philippoussis #21 def. Lionel Roux #75

6-3 6-7(5) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 26, 1997*
Tournament	Toulouse
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Mark Philippoussis
Score	6-3 6-7(5) 6-3
Loser	Lionel Roux
Duration	1h 44m

Stat	Mark Philippoussis	Lionel Roux
Aces	23	11
Double faults	3	2
First serve %	62	55
First serve points won %	75	87
Second serve points won %	79	49
Break points saved %	67	50
Break points converted %	50	33
Service points won %	76	70
Return points won %	30	24
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mark Philippoussis	Lionel Roux
Country	AUS	FRA
Birth date	Nov 7, 1976	Apr 12, 1973
Age	20	24
Height	196	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	21	75
Ranking points (entering)	1,521	646
Elo (entering)	1,847	1,650
Career W-L	287–190	76–116
Career earnings	$6,987,402	$1,255,648

Pre-match H2H

Mark Philippoussis 1 – 0 Lionel Roux

Path

Mark Philippoussis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 25, 1997	R32	Nicolas Thomann	6-4 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data

Mark Philippoussis's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 1997	QF	Arnaud Clement	7-5 3-6 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data

Lionel Roux's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 25, 1997	R32	Sjeng Schalken	7-6(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data