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Jim Courier #44 def. Mark Philippoussis #21

6-3 3-6 6-1

Match Information

Date	Oct 21, 1999*
Tournament	Lyon
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R32
Winner	Jim Courier
Score	6-3 3-6 6-1
Loser	Mark Philippoussis
Duration	1h 40m

Stat	Jim Courier	Mark Philippoussis
Aces	3	13
Double faults	1	4
First serve %	55	55
First serve points won %	74	83
Second serve points won %	68	40
Break points saved %	86	25
Break points converted %	75	14
Service points won %	71	64
Return points won %	36	29
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jim Courier	Mark Philippoussis
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Aug 17, 1970	Nov 7, 1976
Age	29	22
Height	185	196
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	44	21
Ranking points (entering)	942	1,518
Elo (entering)	1,761	1,882
Career W-L	487–222	287–190
Career earnings	$14,034,132	$6,987,402

Pre-match H2H

Jim Courier 1 – 3 Mark Philippoussis

Path

Jim Courier's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 20, 1999	R64	Arnaud Di Pasquale	2-6 7-6(2) 7-5	W	—	Match data

Jim Courier's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 22, 1999	R16	Vincent Spadea	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Mark Philippoussis's path

No prior matches in this tournament.