Fernando Verdasco #39 def. Mark Philippoussis #178

7-6(4) 4-6 6-2

Fernando Verdasco defeated Mark Philippoussis 7-6(4) 4-6 6-2 in the 2005 St. Petersburg round of 32 on carpet courts.

Match Information

Date: Oct 27, 2005*
Tournament: St. Petersburg
Edition: 2005
Category: ATP International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250
Surface: Carpet
Round: R32
Duration: 1h 52m

Match Statistics

Stat	Fernando Verdasco	Mark Philippoussis
Aces	7	10
Double faults	4	1
First serve %	66	73
First serve points won %	75	71
Second serve points won %	67	58
Break points saved %	67	67
Break points converted %	33	33
Service points won %	72	68
Return points won %	32	28
Total points won %	52	48

Player Comparison

Field	Fernando Verdasco	Mark Philippoussis
Country	ESP	AUS
Birth date	Nov 15, 1983	Nov 7, 1976
Age	21	28
Height	188 cm	196 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	39	178
Ranking points (entering)	845	223
Elo (entering)	1,783	1,666
Current career W-L	549–442	291–193
Current career earnings	$18,368,908	$6,987,402

Pre-match H2H

Fernando Verdasco #39 0 – 0 Mark Philippoussis #178

No prior-path match data is available for this tournament stage.