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Greg Rusedski #10 def. Mark Philippoussis #21

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

Match Information

Date	Oct 5, 1997*
Tournament	Basel
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	Greg Rusedski
Score	6-3 7-6(6) 7-6(3)
Loser	Mark Philippoussis
Duration	1h 50m

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

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Greg Rusedski	Mark Philippoussis
Country	GBR	AUS
Birth date	Sep 6, 1973	Nov 7, 1976
Age	24	20
Height	193	196
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	10	21
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,994	1,907
Career W-L	415–276	287–190
Career earnings	$8,944,841	$6,987,402

Pre-match H2H

Greg Rusedski 1 – 0 Mark Philippoussis

Path

Greg Rusedski's path

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

Greg Rusedski'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
Oct 4, 1997	SF	Tim Henman	7-6(2) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 4, 1997	QF	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6-3 6-7(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 3, 1997	R16	Fabrice Santoro	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 2, 1997	R32	Albert Costa	7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data