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Thomas Muster #2 def. Mark Philippoussis #32

6-3 7-6(8)

Match Information

Date Mar 16, 1997*
Tournament Indian Wells Masters
Category Masters 1000
Surface Hard
RoundQF
Winner Thomas Muster
Score6-3 7-6(8)
Loser Mark Philippoussis
Duration1h 19m
StatThomas MusterMark Philippoussis
Aces218
Double faults16
First serve %6454
First serve points won %8573
Second serve points won %6865
Break points saved %33
Break points converted %67
Service points won %7969
Return points won %3121
Total points won %5347

Pre-match Comparison

FieldThomas MusterMark Philippoussis
Country AUT AUS
Birth dateOct 2, 1967Nov 7, 1976
Age2920
Height180196
HandednessLeft-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)232
Ranking points (entering)3,6151,123
Elo (entering)2,0251,907
Career W-L590–267287–190
Career earnings$12,266,977$6,987,402
Pre-match H2H
Thomas Muster 1 0 Mark Philippoussis

Path

Thomas Muster's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Mar 15, 1997R16 Slava Dosedel 6-4 6-4WH2HMatch data
Mar 13, 1997R32 Adrian Voinea 6-2 6-4WH2HMatch data

Thomas Muster's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Mar 16, 1997SF Michael Chang 1-6 6-7(1)LH2HMatch data

Mark Philippoussis's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Mar 15, 1997R16 Carlos Moya 6-4 6-3WH2HMatch data
Mar 13, 1997R32 Todd Woodbridge 7-6(4) 7-6(9)WH2HMatch data
Mar 12, 1997R64 Andre Agassi 7-6(5) 7-6(5)WH2HMatch data