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Mark Philippoussis #14 def. Gustavo Kuerten #3

7-6(5) 7-6(11)

Match Information

Date	Nov 19, 2000*
Tournament	Paris Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Mark Philippoussis
Score	7-6(5) 7-6(11)
Loser	Gustavo Kuerten
Duration	1h 53m

Stat	Mark Philippoussis	Gustavo Kuerten
Aces	11	12
Double faults	3	3
First serve %	45	63
First serve points won %	78	76
Second serve points won %	67	53
Break points saved %	—	100
Break points converted %	0	—
Service points won %	72	68
Return points won %	32	28
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mark Philippoussis	Gustavo Kuerten
Country	AUS	BRA
Birth date	Nov 7, 1976	Sep 10, 1976
Age	24	24
Height	196	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	14	3
Ranking points (entering)	1,535	3,392
Elo (entering)	1,888	1,977
Career W-L	287–190	336–182
Career earnings	$6,987,402	$14,807,000

Pre-match H2H

Mark Philippoussis 0 – 1 Gustavo Kuerten

Path

Mark Philippoussis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 19, 2000	QF	David Prinosil	4-6 6-4 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 18, 2000	R16	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 16, 2000	R32	Dominik Hrbaty	1-6 7-6(1) 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data

Mark Philippoussis's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 20, 2000	F	Marat Safin	6-3 6-7(7) 4-6 6-3 6-7(8)	L	H2H	Match data

Gustavo Kuerten's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 19, 2000	QF	Albert Costa	6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 18, 2000	R16	Patrick Rafter	6-4 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 16, 2000	R32	Chris Woodruff	6-3 7-6(0)	W	H2H	Match data