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Mark Philippoussis #42 def. Chris Woodruff #64

4-6 7-6(5) 6-2

Match Information

Date	Mar 8, 1997*
Tournament	Scottsdale
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Mark Philippoussis
Score	4-6 7-6(5) 6-2
Loser	Chris Woodruff
Duration	2h 10m

Stat	Mark Philippoussis	Chris Woodruff
Aces	19	7
Double faults	7	3
First serve %	60	54
First serve points won %	83	72
Second serve points won %	45	50
Break points saved %	60	73
Break points converted %	27	40
Service points won %	68	62
Return points won %	38	32
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mark Philippoussis	Chris Woodruff
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	Nov 7, 1976	Jan 2, 1973
Age	20	24
Height	196	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	42	64
Ranking points (entering)	942	697
Elo (entering)	1,825	1,784
Career W-L	287–190	108–106
Career earnings	$6,987,402	$1,900,659

Pre-match H2H

Mark Philippoussis 0 – 1 Chris Woodruff

Path

Mark Philippoussis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 8, 1997	QF	Byron Black	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 7, 1997	R16	Bryan Shelton	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 6, 1997	R32	Tommy Haas	2-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Mark Philippoussis's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 9, 1997	F	Richey Reneberg	6-4 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data

Chris Woodruff's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 8, 1997	QF	Carlos Moya	7-6(8) 5-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 7, 1997	R16	Javier Sanchez	4-6 6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 6, 1997	R32	Jeff Tarango	7-6(4) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data