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Patrick Rafter #4 def. L. Paes #130

6-3 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	Apr 11, 1998*
Tournament	Chennai
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Patrick Rafter
Score	6-3 7-6(5)
Loser	L. Paes
Duration	1h 34m

Stat	Patrick Rafter	L. Paes
Aces	5	2
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	68	57
First serve points won %	77	67
Second serve points won %	52	59
Break points saved %	67	75
Break points converted %	25	33
Service points won %	69	63
Return points won %	37	31
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Patrick Rafter	L. Paes
Country	AUS	IND
Birth date	Dec 28, 1972	Jun 17, 1973
Age	25	24
Height	185	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	4	130
Ranking points (entering)	3,211	360
Elo (entering)	1,954	1,638
Career W-L	332–177	48–74
Career earnings	$11,133,128	$8,587,586

Pre-match H2H

Patrick Rafter 0 – 0 L. Paes

Path

Patrick Rafter's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 11, 1998	QF	Lars Burgsmuller	7-6(3) 0-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 10, 1998	R16	Ivo Heuberger	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 9, 1998	R32	O. Stanoytchev	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Patrick Rafter's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 12, 1998	F	Mikael Tillstrom	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

L. Paes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 11, 1998	QF	G. Solves	6-7(3) 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 10, 1998	R16	Jerome Golmard	7-6(4) 2-6 3-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 9, 1998	R32	Bjorn Phau	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data