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Fabrice Santoro #42 def. Mark Philippoussis #18

6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Oct 18, 1997*
Tournament	Lyon
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Fabrice Santoro
Score	6-4 6-2
Loser	Mark Philippoussis
Duration	58m

Stat	Fabrice Santoro	Mark Philippoussis
Aces	5	4
Double faults	0	5
First serve %	65	72
First serve points won %	81	62
Second serve points won %	76	40
Break points saved %	100	57
Break points converted %	43	0
Service points won %	79	56
Return points won %	44	21
Total points won %	61	39

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Fabrice Santoro	Mark Philippoussis
Country	FRA	AUS
Birth date	Dec 9, 1972	Nov 7, 1976
Age	24	20
Height	178	196
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	42	18
Ranking points (entering)	951	1,887
Elo (entering)	1,757	1,894
Career W-L	456–432	287–190
Career earnings	$10,013,832	$6,987,402

Pre-match H2H

Fabrice Santoro 0 – 2 Mark Philippoussis

Path

Fabrice Santoro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 18, 1997	QF	Felix Mantilla	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 17, 1997	R16	Richard Krajicek	2-6 7-6(6) 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 16, 1997	R32	Christophe Van Garsse	6-3 6-2	W	—	Match data

Fabrice Santoro's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 19, 1997	F	Tommy Haas	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Mark Philippoussis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 18, 1997	QF	Cedric Pioline	6-3 3-6 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 17, 1997	R16	Richey Reneberg	4-6 7-6(6) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 16, 1997	R32	Nicolas Thomann	7-6(4) 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data