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Mark Philippoussis #21 def. Tim Henman #20

7-6(2) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Oct 4, 1997*
Tournament	Basel
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Mark Philippoussis
Score	7-6(2) 6-4
Loser	Tim Henman
Duration	1h 28m

Stat	Mark Philippoussis	Tim Henman
Aces	10	14
Double faults	1	0
First serve %	62	66
First serve points won %	78	80
Second serve points won %	67	46
Break points saved %	100	75
Break points converted %	25	0
Service points won %	73	69
Return points won %	31	27
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mark Philippoussis	Tim Henman
Country	AUS	GBR
Birth date	Nov 7, 1976	Sep 6, 1974
Age	20	23
Height	196	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	21	20
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,892	1,862
Career W-L	287–190	468–260
Career earnings	$6,987,402	$11,635,542

Pre-match H2H

Mark Philippoussis 0 – 1 Tim Henman

Path

Mark Philippoussis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 4, 1997	QF	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6-3 6-7(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 3, 1997	R16	Fabrice Santoro	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 2, 1997	R32	Albert Costa	7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Mark Philippoussis's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 5, 1997	F	Greg Rusedski	3-6 6-7(6) 6-7(3)	L	H2H	Match data

Tim Henman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 4, 1997	QF	Magnus Norman	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 3, 1997	R16	Karol Kucera	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 2, 1997	R32	Marc Kevin Goellner	7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data