Mark Philippoussis #214 def. Jurgen Melzer #91

6-7(2) 6-2 6-0

Mark Philippoussis defeated Jurgen Melzer 6-7(2) 6-2 6-0 in the 2006 Newport semifinal on grass courts.

Match Information

Date: Jul 15, 2006*
Tournament: Newport
Edition: 2006
Category: ATP International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250
Surface: Grass
Round: SF
Duration: 1h 48m

Match Statistics

Stat	Mark Philippoussis	Jurgen Melzer
Aces	16	9
Double faults	6	5
First serve %	61	61
First serve points won %	87	60
Second serve points won %	53	57
Break points saved %	—	50
Break points converted %	50	—
Service points won %	74	59
Return points won %	41	26
Total points won %	56	44

Player Comparison

Field	Mark Philippoussis	Jurgen Melzer
Country	AUS	AUT
Birth date	Nov 7, 1976	May 22, 1981
Age	29	25
Height	196 cm	183 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	214	91
Ranking points (entering)	184	435
Elo (entering)	1,729	1,678
Current career W-L	291–193	331–307
Current career earnings	$6,987,402	$10,739,212

Pre-match H2H

Mark Philippoussis #214 1 – 0 Jurgen Melzer #91

Path

Mark Philippoussis's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Mardy Fish #70	7-6(7) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 15, 2006	QF
Rik De Voest #140	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 14, 2006	R16
Paul Goldstein #74	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 13, 2006	R32

Mark Philippoussis's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Justin Gimelstob #111	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 16, 2006	F

Jurgen Melzer's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Alex Bogdanovic #154	3-6 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 15, 2006	QF
Frank Dancevic #113	6-4 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 14, 2006	R16
Razvan Sabau #168	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 13, 2006	R32