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Mark Philippoussis#40 def. E. Ran#157

2-6 6-4 6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 19, 1996*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Mark Philippoussis
Score	2-6 6-4 6-4 6-2
Loser	E. Ran

Stat	Mark Philippoussis	E. Ran
Aces	11	3
Double faults	3	6
First serve %	64	46
First serve points won %	81	61
Second serve points won %	40	47
Break points saved %	60	71
Break points converted %	29	40
Service points won %	66	53
Return points won %	47	34
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mark Philippoussis	E. Ran
Country	AUS	ISR
Birth date	Nov 7, 1976	Nov 21, 1972
Age	19	23
Height	196	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	40	157
Ranking points (entering)	852	268
Elo (entering)	1,752	1,519
Career W-L	287–190	13–30
Career earnings	$6,987,402	$492,055

Pre-match H2H

Mark Philippoussis 0 – 0 E. Ran

Path

Mark Philippoussis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1996	R128	Nicolas Kiefer	7-6(3) 6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Mark Philippoussis's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 1996	R32	Pete Sampras	6-4 7-6(9) 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data

E. Ran's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1996	R128	A. Cherkasov	6-1 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data