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Marat Safin #1 def. Mark Philippoussis #11

3-6 7-6(7) 6-4 3-6 7-6(8)

Match Information

Date	Nov 20, 2000*
Tournament	Paris Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	Marat Safin
Score	3-6 7-6(7) 6-4 3-6 7-6(8)
Loser	Mark Philippoussis
Duration	3h 29m

Stat	Marat Safin	Mark Philippoussis
Aces	22	22
Double faults	2	9
First serve %	54	58
First serve points won %	86	87
Second serve points won %	53	56
Break points saved %	75	50
Break points converted %	50	25
Service points won %	71	74
Return points won %	26	29
Total points won %	48	52

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marat Safin	Mark Philippoussis
Country	RUS	AUS
Birth date	Jan 27, 1980	Nov 7, 1976
Age	20	24
Height	193	196
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	11
Ranking points (entering)	3,920	1,865
Elo (entering)	2,060	1,908
Career W-L	395–247	287–190
Career earnings	$14,373,291	$6,987,402

Pre-match H2H

Marat Safin 1 – 1 Mark Philippoussis

Path

Marat Safin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 19, 2000	SF	Juan Carlos Ferrero	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 19, 2000	QF	Alex Corretja	7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 18, 2000	R16	Sebastien Grosjean	6-2 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 16, 2000	R32	George Bastl	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Marat Safin'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
Nov 19, 2000	SF	Gustavo Kuerten	7-6(5) 7-6(11)	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 19, 2000	QF	David Prinosil	4-6 6-4 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 18, 2000	R16	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 16, 2000	R32	Dominik Hrbaty	1-6 7-6(1) 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data