Thomas Muster #2 def. Mark Philippoussis #32

6-3 7-6(8)

Thomas Muster defeated Mark Philippoussis 6-3 7-6(8) in the 1997 Indian Wells Open quarterfinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Mar 16, 1997*
Tournament: Indian Wells Open
Edition: 1997
Category: Masters 1000
Surface: Hard
Round: QF
Duration: 1h 19m

Match Statistics

Stat	Thomas Muster	Mark Philippoussis
Aces	2	18
Double faults	1	6
First serve %	64	54
First serve points won %	85	73
Second serve points won %	68	65
Break points saved %	—	33
Break points converted %	67	—
Service points won %	79	69
Return points won %	31	21
Total points won %	53	47

Player Comparison

Field	Thomas Muster	Mark Philippoussis
Country	AUT	AUS
Birth date	Oct 2, 1967	Nov 7, 1976
Age	29	20
Height	180 cm	196 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	32
Ranking points (entering)	3,615	1,123
Elo (entering)	2,032	1,910
Current career W-L	590–268	291–193
Current career earnings	$12,266,977	$6,987,402

Pre-match H2H

Thomas Muster #2 1 – 0 Mark Philippoussis #32

Path

Thomas Muster's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Slava Dosedel #59	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 15, 1997	R16
Adrian Voinea #71	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 13, 1997	R32

Thomas Muster's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Michael Chang #3	1-6 6-7(1)	L	H2H	Match data	Mar 16, 1997	SF

Mark Philippoussis's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Carlos Moya #9	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 15, 1997	R16
Todd Woodbridge #29	7-6(4) 7-6(9)	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 13, 1997	R32
Andre Agassi #13	7-6(5) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 12, 1997	R64