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Mark Philippoussis #214 def. Jurgen Melzer #91

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

Match Information

Date	Jul 15, 2006*
Tournament	Newport
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Mark Philippoussis
Score	6-7(2) 6-2 6-0
Loser	Jurgen Melzer
Duration	1h 48m

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

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mark Philippoussis	Jurgen Melzer
Country	AUS	AUT
Birth date	Nov 7, 1976	May 22, 1981
Age	29	25
Height	196	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	214	91
Ranking points (entering)	184	435
Elo (entering)	1,731	1,676
Career W-L	287–190	326–303
Career earnings	$6,987,402	$10,739,212

Pre-match H2H

Mark Philippoussis 1 – 0 Jurgen Melzer

Path

Mark Philippoussis's path

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

Mark Philippoussis's next match

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

Jurgen Melzer's path

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