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Mark Philippoussis #21 def. Vincent Spadea #107

7-5 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 27, 1997*
Tournament	Toulouse
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Mark Philippoussis
Score	7-5 6-4
Loser	Vincent Spadea
Duration	1h 31m

Stat	Mark Philippoussis	Vincent Spadea
Aces	4	3
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	66	52
First serve points won %	76	70
Second serve points won %	54	62
Break points saved %	100	80
Break points converted %	20	0
Service points won %	69	66
Return points won %	34	31
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mark Philippoussis	Vincent Spadea
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	Nov 7, 1976	—
Age	20	—
Height	196	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	21	107
Ranking points (entering)	1,521	426
Elo (entering)	1,861	1,698
Career W-L	287–190	310–348
Career earnings	$6,987,402	$5,004,860

Pre-match H2H

Mark Philippoussis 1 – 0 Vincent Spadea

Path

Mark Philippoussis's path

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
Sep 26, 1997	R16	Lionel Roux	6-3 6-7(5) 6-3	W	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 28, 1997	F	Nicolas Kiefer	5-7 7-5 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Vincent Spadea's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 1997	QF	Justin Gimelstob	6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 26, 1997	R16	Paul Haarhuis	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 25, 1997	R32	Renzo Furlan	7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data