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Mark Philippoussis #22 def. Carlos Moya #10

6-1 6-4 5-7 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 13, 1998*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Mark Philippoussis
Score	6-1 6-4 5-7 6-4
Loser	Carlos Moya

Stat	Mark Philippoussis	Carlos Moya
Aces	21	6
Double faults	11	4
First serve %	66	57
First serve points won %	88	79
Second serve points won %	39	43
Break points saved %	67	71
Break points converted %	29	33
Service points won %	71	64
Return points won %	36	29
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mark Philippoussis	Carlos Moya
Country	AUS	ESP
Birth date	Nov 7, 1976	Aug 27, 1976
Age	21	22
Height	196	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	22	10
Ranking points (entering)	1,468	2,509
Elo (entering)	1,910	1,964
Career W-L	287–190	551–309
Career earnings	$6,987,402	$13,443,970

Pre-match H2H

Mark Philippoussis 1 – 0 Carlos Moya

Path

Mark Philippoussis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 11, 1998	QF	Thomas Johansson	4-6 6-3 6-7(3) 6-3 7-6(10)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 1998	R16	Tim Henman	7-5 0-6 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1998	R32	Lucas Arnold Ker	7-6(5) 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1998	R64	Sebastien Lareau	6-7(3) 6-3 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1998	R128	Christian Ruud	7-5 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Mark Philippoussis's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 14, 1998	F	Patrick Rafter	3-6 6-3 2-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data

Carlos Moya's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 11, 1998	QF	Magnus Larsson	6-4 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 1998	R16	Alex Corretja	7-6(4) 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1998	R32	Jan-Michael Gambill	6-2 3-6 3-6 6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1998	R64	Michael Chang	3-6 1-6 7-6(5) 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1998	R128	Mariano Puerta	6-1 7-6(4) 6-7(3) 4-4 DEF	W	H2H	Match data