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Mark Philippoussis #15 def. Jiri Novak #12

6-2 6-1

Match Information

Date	Sep 28, 2003*
Tournament	Shanghai
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Mark Philippoussis
Score	6-2 6-1
Loser	Jiri Novak
Duration	46m

Stat	Mark Philippoussis	Jiri Novak
Aces	9	3
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	58	58
First serve points won %	95	59
Second serve points won %	75	31
Break points saved %	—	33
Break points converted %	67	—
Service points won %	87	47
Return points won %	53	13
Total points won %	70	30

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mark Philippoussis	Jiri Novak
Country	AUS	CZE
Birth date	Nov 7, 1976	Mar 22, 1975
Age	26	28
Height	196	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	15	12
Ranking points (entering)	1,380	1,720
Elo (entering)	1,928	1,860
Career W-L	287–190	318–250
Career earnings	$6,987,402	$7,618,613

Pre-match H2H

Mark Philippoussis 1 – 1 Jiri Novak

Path

Mark Philippoussis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 2003	SF	Robin Soderling	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 2003	QF	Guillermo Canas	6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 26, 2003	R16	Jeff Salzenstein	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 25, 2003	R32	Andreas Vinciguerra	6-4 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data

Mark Philippoussis's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Jiri Novak's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 2003	SF	Wayne Arthurs	6-7(7) 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 2003	QF	Magnus Norman	2-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 26, 2003	R16	Robert Kendrick	6-7(3) 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 25, 2003	R32	Dennis van Scheppingen	6-2 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data