Mark Philippoussis #15 def. Robin Soderling #94

6-4 6-4

Mark Philippoussis defeated Robin Soderling 6-4 6-4 in the 2003 Shanghai Masters semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Sep 27, 2003*
Tournament: Shanghai Masters
Edition: 2003
Category: ATP International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250
Surface: Hard
Round: SF
Duration: 1h 7m

Match Statistics

Stat	Mark Philippoussis	Robin Soderling
Aces	9	7
Double faults	4	4
First serve %	49	66
First serve points won %	88	60
Second serve points won %	50	45
Break points saved %	33	43
Break points converted %	57	67
Service points won %	69	55
Return points won %	45	31
Total points won %	56	44

Player Comparison

Field	Mark Philippoussis	Robin Soderling
Country	AUS	SWE
Birth date	Nov 7, 1976	Aug 14, 1984
Age	26	19
Height	196 cm	193 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	15	94
Ranking points (entering)	1,380	402
Elo (entering)	1,921	1,696
Current career W-L	291–193	285–168
Current career earnings	$6,987,402	$10,423,124

Pre-match H2H

Mark Philippoussis #15 0 – 0 Robin Soderling #94

Path

Mark Philippoussis's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Guillermo Canas #204	6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 27, 2003	QF
Jeff Salzenstein #122	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 26, 2003	R16
Andreas Vinciguerra #86	6-4 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 25, 2003	R32

Mark Philippoussis's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jiri Novak #12	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 28, 2003	F

Robin Soderling's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Scott Draper #112	6-7(2) 7-6(3) 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 27, 2003	QF
Justin Gimelstob #92	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 26, 2003	R16
John Van Lottum	6-2 6-0	W	—	Match data	Sep 25, 2003	R32