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Patrick Rafter #2 def. Mark Philippoussis #14

6-3 3-6 6-2 6-0

Match Information

Date	Sep 14, 1998*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Patrick Rafter
Score	6-3 3-6 6-2 6-0
Loser	Mark Philippoussis

Stat	Patrick Rafter	Mark Philippoussis
Aces	7	5
Double faults	1	13
First serve %	72	52
First serve points won %	82	64
Second serve points won %	58	35
Break points saved %	67	70
Break points converted %	30	33
Service points won %	76	50
Return points won %	50	24
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Patrick Rafter	Mark Philippoussis
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	Dec 28, 1972	Nov 7, 1976
Age	25	21
Height	185	196
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	14
Ranking points (entering)	3,575	2,110
Elo (entering)	2,090	1,937
Career W-L	332–177	287–190
Career earnings	$11,133,128	$6,987,402

Pre-match H2H

Patrick Rafter 2 – 0 Mark Philippoussis

Path

Patrick Rafter's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 13, 1998	SF	Pete Sampras	6-7(8) 6-4 2-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 11, 1998	QF	Jonas Bjorkman	6-2 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 1998	R16	Goran Ivanisevic	6-3 6-4 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1998	R32	David Nainkin	6-1 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1998	R64	Hernan Gumy	6-4 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1998	R128	Hicham Arazi	4-6 4-6 6-3 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Patrick Rafter'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 13, 1998	SF	Carlos Moya	6-1 6-4 5-7 6-4	W	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
Sep 9, 1998	R16	Tim Henman	7-5 0-6 6-4 6-1	W	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