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Richard Krajicek #25 def. Mark Philippoussis #29

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 18, 1996*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Richard Krajicek
Score	6-4 6-4
Loser	Mark Philippoussis
Duration	1h 21m

Stat	Richard Krajicek	Mark Philippoussis
Aces	10	2
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	45	64
First serve points won %	93	66
Second serve points won %	42	39
Break points saved %	67	60
Break points converted %	40	33
Service points won %	65	56
Return points won %	44	35
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Richard Krajicek	Mark Philippoussis
Country	NED	AUS
Birth date	Dec 6, 1971	Nov 7, 1976
Age	24	19
Height	196	196
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	25	29
Ranking points (entering)	1,115	1,063
Elo (entering)	1,843	1,797
Career W-L	408–207	287–190
Career earnings	$10,077,425	$6,987,402

Pre-match H2H

Richard Krajicek 0 – 1 Mark Philippoussis

Path

Richard Krajicek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 16, 1996	R32	Francisco Clavet	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 15, 1996	R64	Sergi Bruguera	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Richard Krajicek's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 19, 1996	QF	Stefan Edberg	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Mark Philippoussis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 16, 1996	R32	Adrian Voinea	7-6(4) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 15, 1996	R64	Roberto Carretero	6-3 4-6 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data