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Mark Philippoussis #42 def. Richey Reneberg #29

6-4 7-6(4)

Match Information

Date	Mar 9, 1997*
Tournament	Scottsdale
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Mark Philippoussis
Score	6-4 7-6(4)
Loser	Richey Reneberg
Duration	1h 31m

Stat	Mark Philippoussis	Richey Reneberg
Aces	13	7
Double faults	4	1
First serve %	51	58
First serve points won %	79	74
Second serve points won %	54	50
Break points saved %	75	60
Break points converted %	40	25
Service points won %	67	64
Return points won %	36	33
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mark Philippoussis	Richey Reneberg
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	Nov 7, 1976	Oct 5, 1965
Age	20	31
Height	196	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	42	29
Ranking points (entering)	942	1,226
Elo (entering)	1,840	1,862
Career W-L	287–190	305–261
Career earnings	$6,987,402	$4,407,308

Pre-match H2H

Mark Philippoussis 0 – 0 Richey Reneberg

Path

Mark Philippoussis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 8, 1997	SF	Chris Woodruff	4-6 7-6(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 8, 1997	QF	Byron Black	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 7, 1997	R16	Bryan Shelton	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 6, 1997	R32	Tommy Haas	2-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Mark Philippoussis's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Richey Reneberg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 8, 1997	SF	Jonas Bjorkman	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 8, 1997	QF	Jerome Golmard	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 7, 1997	R16	Hernan Gumy	2-6 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 6, 1997	R32	Vincent Spadea	7-6(1) 0-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data