Mark Philippoussis vs Gustavo Kuerten — Los Angeles Quarter-final

Los Angeles · ATP · Quarter-final
AUS
Mark Philippoussis
49 yrs · 196 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 28 July 2003
hard
BRA
Gustavo Kuerten
49 yrs · 190 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLLWL
Philippoussis M.
6-3 3-6 7-6
Kuerten G.
Philippoussis M.
63772
Kuerten G.
36651

Mark Philippoussis defeated Gustavo Kuerten 6-3 3-6 7-6 in the Los Angeles quarter-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Gustavo Kuerten came in leading the head-to-head 2–1, defending last year's quarter-final. Mark Philippoussis narrowed the head-to-head to 2–2.

Key context

Head to head

1–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2003-10-27Paris MastersR32hardGustavo Kuerten6-7(5) 7-6(11) 7-6(1)
2000-11-13Paris MastersSFhardMark Philippoussis7-6(5) 7-6(11)
2000-05-08Rome MastersR32clayGustavo Kuerten6-2 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Philippoussis M.serving88% hold

wins 68% of points on serve vs Kuerten G.

Kuerten G.serving89% hold

wins 69% 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.Kuerten G.
1st serve in·Even
58%
55%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
79%
74%
2nd serve points won·Even
49%
50%
Service points won·Even
66%
64%
Return points won·Even
34%
37%
Break points saved·Even
63%
60%
Aces / match·Dominant
13.7
7.8
Double faults / match·Dominant
4.9
2.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (113 vs 115). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Draw

Final
Ferreira W.
Hewitt L.
6-34-67-5
Semi-finals
Ferreira W.
Philippoussis M.
6-47-5
Hewitt L.
Kiefer N.
6-26-4
Quarter-finals
Kiefer N.
Spadea V.
1-67-56-3
Hewitt L.
Carlsen K.
6-736-46-3
Philippoussis M.
Kuerten G.
6-33-67-65
Ferreira W.
Grosjean S.
7-646-746-2
R16
Hewitt L.
Joyce M.
6-36-0
Kiefer N.
Schalken S.
6-46-4
Spadea V.
Vacek J.
7-52-66-2
Carlsen K.
Amritraj P.
6-46-2
Philippoussis M.
Chang M.
6-26-4
Kuerten G.
Taino E.
6-37-65
Ferreira W.
Bogomolov Jr A.
7-616-3
Grosjean S.
Ginepri R.
6-26-3
R32
Ferreira W.
Yim R.
6-46-4
Amritraj P.
Safin M.
5-3
Kuerten G.
Niemeyer F.
3-67-626-4
Taino E.
Lee H.
3-67-656-2
Chang M.
Fleishman Z.
6-16-1
Philippoussis M.
Kennedy A.
6-36-2
Spadea V.
Gimelstob J.
6-46-3
Vacek J.
Kim K.
2-66-16-4
Kiefer N.
Thomann N.
6-16-4
Schalken S.
Golovanov D.
6-46-4
Carlsen K.
Reynolds B.
6-24-67-63
Joyce M.
Gambill J.
7-652-67-64
Hewitt L.
Mamiit C.
6-07-5
Grosjean S.
Malisse X.
4-67-56-3
Ginepri R.
Ilie A.
6-16-1
Bogomolov Jr A.
Mello R.
6-36-2