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Mark Philippoussis#130 def. J. Varlet#229

1-6 6-7(5) 6-4 7-6(3) 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 29, 2002*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R128
Winner	Mark Philippoussis
Score	1-6 6-7(5) 6-4 7-6(3) 6-3
Loser	J. Varlet
Duration	3h 59m

Stat	Mark Philippoussis	J. Varlet
Aces	19	5
Double faults	14	2
First serve %	51	71
First serve points won %	78	60
Second serve points won %	46	54
Break points saved %	68	67
Break points converted %	33	32
Service points won %	62	58
Return points won %	42	38
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mark Philippoussis	J. Varlet
Country	AUS	FRA
Birth date	Nov 7, 1976	Sep 8, 1977
Age	25	24
Height	196	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	130	229
Ranking points (entering)	315	154
Elo (entering)	1,767	1,550
Career W-L	287–190	3–8
Career earnings	$6,987,402	$188,412

Pre-match H2H

Mark Philippoussis 0 – 0 J. Varlet

Path

Mark Philippoussis's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Mark Philippoussis's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2002	R64	Carlos Moya	2-6 6-7(7) 6-7(9)	L	H2H	Match data

J. Varlet's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2002	Q3	Stefano Galvani	6-4 4-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2002	Q2	J. Morrison	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 2002	Q1	Igor Kunitsyn	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data