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Wayne Ferreira #25 def. Mark Philippoussis #20

6-4 7-5

Match Information

Date	Aug 2, 2003*
Tournament	Los Angeles
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Wayne Ferreira
Score	6-4 7-5
Loser	Mark Philippoussis
Duration	1h 21m

Stat	Wayne Ferreira	Mark Philippoussis
Aces	6	12
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	73	64
First serve points won %	74	66
Second serve points won %	71	46
Break points saved %	75	62
Break points converted %	38	25
Service points won %	73	59
Return points won %	41	27
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Wayne Ferreira	Mark Philippoussis
Country	RSA	AUS
Birth date	Sep 15, 1971	Nov 7, 1976
Age	31	26
Height	185	196
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	25	20
Ranking points (entering)	1,135	1,285
Elo (entering)	1,844	1,957
Career W-L	483–314	287–190
Career earnings	$9,969,617	$6,987,402

Pre-match H2H

Wayne Ferreira 5 – 2 Mark Philippoussis

Path

Wayne Ferreira's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 2, 2003	QF	Sebastien Grosjean	7-6(4) 6-7(4) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 1, 2003	R16	Alex Bogomolov Jr	7-6(1) 6-3	W	—	Match data
Jul 31, 2003	R32	Robert Yim	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Wayne Ferreira's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 3, 2003	F	Lleyton Hewitt	6-3 4-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Mark Philippoussis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 2, 2003	QF	Gustavo Kuerten	6-3 3-6 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 1, 2003	R16	Michael Chang	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 31, 2003	R32	Adam Kennedy	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data