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Mark Philippoussis #38 def. M. Woodforde #30

2-6 7-6(5) 7-6(7)

Match Information

Date	Oct 19, 1996*
Tournament	Toulouse
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Mark Philippoussis
Score	2-6 7-6(5) 7-6(7)
Loser	M. Woodforde
Duration	2h 23m

Stat	Mark Philippoussis	M. Woodforde
Aces	19	3
Double faults	7	2
First serve %	58	65
First serve points won %	77	68
Second serve points won %	49	60
Break points saved %	60	100
Break points converted %	0	40
Service points won %	65	66
Return points won %	34	35
Total points won %	49	51

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mark Philippoussis	M. Woodforde
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	Nov 7, 1976	Sep 23, 1965
Age	19	31
Height	196	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	38	30
Ranking points (entering)	1,030	1,188
Elo (entering)	1,840	1,782
Career W-L	287–190	313–294
Career earnings	$6,987,402	$8,551,305

Pre-match H2H

Mark Philippoussis 1 – 1 M. Woodforde

Path

Mark Philippoussis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 19, 1996	QF	Hicham Arazi	6-4 3-6 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 18, 1996	R16	Guillaume Raoux	7-6(2) 6-7(2) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 17, 1996	R32	Fabrice Santoro	6-3 3-6 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data

Mark Philippoussis's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 20, 1996	F	Magnus Larsson	6-1 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

M. Woodforde's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 19, 1996	QF	Cedric Pioline	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 18, 1996	R16	Thomas Johansson	6-3 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 17, 1996	R32	Younes El Aynaoui	6-3 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data