Mark Philippoussis vs Karol Kucera — Paris Masters Round of 16

Paris Masters · ATP · Round of 16
AUS
Mark Philippoussis
49 yrs · 196 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 2 November 1998
hard
SVK
Karol Kucera
52 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLWLWLWL
Philippoussis M.
6-4 4-6 7-5
Kucera K.
Philippoussis M.
6472
Kucera K.
4651

Mark Philippoussis defeated Karol Kucera 6-4 4-6 7-5 in the Paris Masters round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Karol Kucera came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Mark Philippoussis claimed a first win over Karol Kucera in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2005-08-29US OpenR128hardKarol Kucera6-4 6-2 7-5

Serve vs return

This season
Philippoussis M.serving85% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Kucera K.

Kucera K.serving83% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Philippoussis M.

Serve-dominated — both hold easily, expect tiebreaks

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Philippoussis M.Kucera K.
1st serve in·Even
57%
56%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
80%
72%
2nd serve points won·Even
51%
48%
Service points won·Slight edge
67%
61%
Return points won·Slight edge
35%
40%
Break points saved·Slight edge
63%
57%
Aces / match·Dominant
14.6
5.6
Double faults / match·Even
5.1
4.8

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast
Weather
9°COvercast
Wind 14 km/hHumidity 77%

Draw

Final
Rusedski G.
Sampras P.
6-47-646-3
Semi-finals
Rusedski G.
Kafelnikov Y.
6-34-66-4
Sampras P.
Martin T.
6-47-65
Quarter-finals
Martin T.
Agassi A.
4-66-46-4
Kafelnikov Y.
Rios M.
6-36-2
Sampras P.
Philippoussis M.
6-36-3
Rusedski G.
Gustafsson M.
6-36-2
R16
Philippoussis M.
Kucera K.
6-44-67-5
Sampras P.
Golmard J.
6-746-46-4
Rios M.
Spadea V.
7-56-4
Kafelnikov Y.
Henman T.
6-36-757-62
Rusedski G.
Stoltenberg J.
7-666-4
Gustafsson M.
Haas T.
6-46-2
Agassi A.
Rosset M.
6-46-4
Martin T.
Rafter P.
5-77-657-66
R32
Rosset M.
Krajicek R.
6-45-72-5
Rusedski G.
Kiefer N.
6-36-4
Gustafsson M.
Bjorkman J.
6-36-2
Stoltenberg J.
Moya C.
2-66-26-3
Sampras P.
Johansson T.
7-676-1
Kafelnikov Y.
Norman M.
3-66-36-4
Agassi A.
Pozzi G.
6-46-2
Golmard J.
Costa A.
3-67-57-5
Philippoussis M.
Korda P.
2-66-46-4
Kucera K.
Santoro F.
6-23-66-0
Henman T.
Di Pasquale A.
6-36-3
Spadea V.
Siemerink J.
7-633-67-64
Rios M.
Woodbridge T.
6-06-4
Rafter P.
Escude N.
6-36-1
Martin T.
Ivanisevic G.
4-66-17-64
Haas T.
Corretja A.
7-622-66-3
R64
Johansson T.
Grosjean S.
7-646-736-4
Escude N.
Becker B.
6-727-56-4
Philippoussis M.
Vacek D.
7-657-66
Santoro F.
Arazi H.
4-66-46-1
Golmard J.
Black B.
7-626-4
Martin T.
Haarhuis P.
6-746-46-4
Gustafsson M.
Chang M.
6-43-66-3
Di Pasquale A.
Fromberg R.
6-36-4
Spadea V.
Pioline C.
6-46-4
Woodbridge T.
Ulihrach B.
6-32-67-63
Rosset M.
Ferreira W.
6-36-4
Pozzi G.
Enqvist T.
6-36-3
Kiefer N.
Kroslak J.
7-56-1
Haas T.
Costa C.
7-56-1
Stoltenberg J.
Raoux G.
2-67-616-4
Norman M.
Clement A.
7-656-3