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Mark Philippoussis #22 def. Tim Henman #13

7-5 0-6 6-4 6-1

Match Information

Date	Sep 9, 1998*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Mark Philippoussis
Score	7-5 0-6 6-4 6-1
Loser	Tim Henman

Stat	Mark Philippoussis	Tim Henman
Aces	7	11
Double faults	8	10
First serve %	48	54
First serve points won %	76	79
Second serve points won %	48	37
Break points saved %	62	62
Break points converted %	38	38
Service points won %	61	60
Return points won %	40	39
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mark Philippoussis	Tim Henman
Country	AUS	GBR
Birth date	Nov 7, 1976	Sep 6, 1974
Age	21	24
Height	196	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	22	13
Ranking points (entering)	1,468	2,286
Elo (entering)	1,859	1,928
Career W-L	287–190	468–260
Career earnings	$6,987,402	$11,635,542

Pre-match H2H

Mark Philippoussis 1 – 1 Tim Henman

Path

Mark Philippoussis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1998	R32	Lucas Arnold Ker	7-6(5) 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1998	R64	Sebastien Lareau	6-7(3) 6-3 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1998	R128	Christian Ruud	7-5 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Mark Philippoussis's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 11, 1998	QF	Thomas Johansson	4-6 6-3 6-7(3) 6-3 7-6(10)	W	H2H	Match data

Tim Henman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1998	R32	Michael Kohlmann	6-3 7-5 1-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1998	R64	Felix Mantilla	6-3 5-7 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1998	R128	Scott Draper	6-3 7-6(4) 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data