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Mark Philippoussis #15 def. Patrick Rafter #18

7-6(2) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Oct 7, 2000*
Tournament	Hong Kong
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Mark Philippoussis
Score	7-6(2) 6-4
Loser	Patrick Rafter
Duration	1h 36m

Stat	Mark Philippoussis	Patrick Rafter
Aces	14	5
Double faults	3	4
First serve %	65	62
First serve points won %	76	70
Second serve points won %	56	45
Break points saved %	50	67
Break points converted %	33	50
Service points won %	69	61
Return points won %	39	31
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mark Philippoussis	Patrick Rafter
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	Nov 7, 1976	Dec 28, 1972
Age	23	27
Height	196	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	15	18
Ranking points (entering)	1,470	1,275
Elo (entering)	1,848	1,906
Career W-L	287–190	332–177
Career earnings	$6,987,402	$11,133,128

Pre-match H2H

Mark Philippoussis 0 – 3 Patrick Rafter

Path

Mark Philippoussis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 7, 2000	QF	Sergi Bruguera	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 6, 2000	R16	Chris Woodruff	6-7(4) 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 5, 2000	R32	Byron Black	7-6(4) 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data

Mark Philippoussis's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 8, 2000	F	Nicolas Kiefer	6-7(4) 6-2 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Patrick Rafter's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 7, 2000	QF	Gustavo Kuerten	7-6(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 6, 2000	R16	Jonas Bjorkman	6-4 5-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 5, 2000	R32	Kristian Pless	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data