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Mark Philippoussis #28 def. Wayne Ferreira #10

6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Mar 20, 1997*
Tournament	Miami Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Mark Philippoussis
Score	6-3 6-3
Loser	Wayne Ferreira
Duration	1h 1m

Stat	Mark Philippoussis	Wayne Ferreira
Aces	6	5
Double faults	6	1
First serve %	52	48
First serve points won %	88	60
Second serve points won %	55	52
Break points saved %	0	20
Break points converted %	80	100
Service points won %	72	56
Return points won %	44	28
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mark Philippoussis	Wayne Ferreira
Country	AUS	RSA
Birth date	Nov 7, 1976	Sep 15, 1971
Age	20	25
Height	196	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	28	10
Ranking points (entering)	1,249	1,940
Elo (entering)	1,906	1,797
Career W-L	287–190	483–314
Career earnings	$6,987,402	$9,969,617

Pre-match H2H

Mark Philippoussis 0 – 2 Wayne Ferreira

Path

Mark Philippoussis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 19, 1997	R64	Martin Damm Sr	7-5 7-6(4)	W	—	Match data

Mark Philippoussis's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 22, 1997	R16	Jonas Bjorkman	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Wayne Ferreira's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 19, 1997	R64	Jiri Novak	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data