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Michael Chang #2 def. Mark Philippoussis #30

7-5 3-6 7-6(7)

Match Information

Date	Oct 31, 1996*
Tournament	Paris Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Carpet
Round	R32
Winner	Michael Chang
Score	7-5 3-6 7-6(7)
Loser	Mark Philippoussis
Duration	2h 30m

Stat	Michael Chang	Mark Philippoussis
Aces	15	26
Double faults	3	5
First serve %	54	62
First serve points won %	69	76
Second serve points won %	51	47
Break points saved %	70	78
Break points converted %	22	30
Service points won %	60	65
Return points won %	35	40
Total points won %	49	51

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Michael Chang	Mark Philippoussis
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Feb 22, 1972	Nov 7, 1976
Age	24	19
Height	175	196
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	2	30
Ranking points (entering)	3,886	1,221
Elo (entering)	2,024	1,846
Career W-L	648–303	287–190
Career earnings	$19,145,632	$6,987,402

Pre-match H2H

Michael Chang 2 – 0 Mark Philippoussis

Path

Michael Chang's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Michael Chang's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 2, 1996	R16	Arnaud Boetsch	1-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Mark Philippoussis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 30, 1996	R64	Lionel Roux	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data