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Mark Philippoussis #15 def. Robin Soderling #94

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 27, 2003*
Tournament	Shanghai
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Mark Philippoussis
Score	6-4 6-4
Loser	Robin Soderling
Duration	1h 7m

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

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mark Philippoussis	Robin Soderling
Country	AUS	SWE
Birth date	Nov 7, 1976	Aug 14, 1984
Age	26	19
Height	196	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	15	94
Ranking points (entering)	1,380	402
Elo (entering)	1,921	1,695
Career W-L	287–190	285–166
Career earnings	$6,987,402	$10,423,124

Pre-match H2H

Mark Philippoussis 0 – 0 Robin Soderling

Path

Mark Philippoussis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	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

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

Robin Soderling's path

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