Greg Rusedski #10 def. Mark Philippoussis #21

6-3 7-6(6) 7-6(3)

Greg Rusedski defeated Mark Philippoussis 6-3 7-6(6) 7-6(3) in the 1997 Swiss Indoors final on carpet courts.

Match Information

Date: Oct 5, 1997*
Tournament: Swiss Indoors
Edition: 1997
Category: World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250
Surface: Carpet
Round: F
Duration: 1h 50m

Match Statistics

Stat	Greg Rusedski	Mark Philippoussis
Aces	22	9
Double faults	5	4
First serve %	64	67
First serve points won %	92	82
Second serve points won %	61	44
Break points saved %	100	80
Break points converted %	20	0
Service points won %	81	70
Return points won %	30	19
Total points won %	55	45

Player Comparison

Field	Greg Rusedski	Mark Philippoussis
Country	GBR	AUS
Birth date	Sep 6, 1973	Nov 7, 1976
Age	24	20
Height	193 cm	196 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	10	21
Ranking points (entering)	2,277	1,521
Elo (entering)	1,998	1,907
Current career W-L	417–278	291–193
Current career earnings	$8,944,841	$6,987,402

Pre-match H2H

Greg Rusedski #10 1 – 0 Mark Philippoussis #21

Path

Greg Rusedski's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Petr Korda #16	6-7(5) 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 4, 1997	SF
Thomas Enqvist #15	7-6(4) 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 4, 1997	QF
Wayne Ferreira #38	6-3 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 3, 1997	R16
David Prinosil #48	4-6 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 2, 1997	R32

Greg Rusedski's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Mark Philippoussis's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Tim Henman #20	7-6(2) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 4, 1997	SF
Yevgeny Kafelnikov #4	6-3 6-7(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 4, 1997	QF
Fabrice Santoro #41	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 3, 1997	R16
Albert Costa #19	7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 2, 1997	R32