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Gustavo Kuerten #17 def. Mark Philippoussis #12

6-7(5) 7-6(11) 7-6(1)

Match Information

Date	Oct 30, 2003*
Tournament	Paris Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Carpet
Round	R32
Winner	Gustavo Kuerten
Score	6-7(5) 7-6(11) 7-6(1)
Loser	Mark Philippoussis
Duration	2h 6m

Stat	Gustavo Kuerten	Mark Philippoussis
Aces	19	31
Double faults	3	8
First serve %	61	64
First serve points won %	90	90
Second serve points won %	66	55
Service points won %	80	77
Return points won %	23	20
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gustavo Kuerten	Mark Philippoussis
Country	BRA	AUS
Birth date	Sep 10, 1976	Nov 7, 1976
Age	27	26
Height	190	196
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	17	12
Ranking points (entering)	1,400	1,615
Elo (entering)	1,851	1,899
Career W-L	336–182	287–190
Career earnings	$14,807,000	$6,987,402

Pre-match H2H

Gustavo Kuerten 1 – 2 Mark Philippoussis

Path

Gustavo Kuerten's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 29, 2003	R64	Mardy Fish	6-4 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data

Gustavo Kuerten's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 1, 2003	R16	Tim Henman	4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Mark Philippoussis's path

No prior matches in this tournament.