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Nicolas Kiefer #71 def. Mark Philippoussis #21

7-5 5-7 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 28, 1997*
Tournament	Toulouse
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Nicolas Kiefer
Score	7-5 5-7 6-4
Loser	Mark Philippoussis
Duration	2h 3m

Stat	Nicolas Kiefer	Mark Philippoussis
Aces	3	17
Double faults	1	4
First serve %	54	58
First serve points won %	73	69
Second serve points won %	49	41
Break points saved %	38	60
Break points converted %	40	62
Service points won %	62	58
Return points won %	42	38
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nicolas Kiefer	Mark Philippoussis
Country	GER	AUS
Birth date	Jul 5, 1977	Nov 7, 1976
Age	20	20
Height	183	196
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	71	21
Ranking points (entering)	670	1,521
Elo (entering)	1,750	1,870
Career W-L	343–252	287–190
Career earnings	$7,480,465	$6,987,402

Pre-match H2H

Nicolas Kiefer 0 – 2 Mark Philippoussis

Path

Nicolas Kiefer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 1997	SF	Alex Radulescu	6-3 2-6 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 1997	QF	Guillaume Raoux	6-2 6-7(2) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 26, 1997	R16	Tim Henman	4-6 7-6(3) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 25, 1997	R32	Patrik Fredriksson	4-6 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Kiefer's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Mark Philippoussis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 1997	SF	Vincent Spadea	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 1997	QF	Arnaud Clement	7-5 3-6 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 26, 1997	R16	Lionel Roux	6-3 6-7(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 25, 1997	R32	Nicolas Thomann	6-4 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data