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Patrick Rafter #14 def. Michael Chang #2

6-3 6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 7, 1997*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Patrick Rafter
Score	6-3 6-3 6-4
Loser	Michael Chang
Duration	2h 2m

Stat	Patrick Rafter	Michael Chang
Aces	9	2
Double faults	4	2
First serve %	65	64
First serve points won %	85	67
Second serve points won %	46	48
Break points saved %	100	56
Break points converted %	44	0
Service points won %	71	60
Return points won %	40	29
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Patrick Rafter	Michael Chang
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	Dec 28, 1972	Feb 22, 1972
Age	24	25
Height	185	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	14	2
Ranking points (entering)	1,898	3,632
Elo (entering)	2,008	2,025
Career W-L	332–177	648–303
Career earnings	$11,133,128	$19,145,632

Pre-match H2H

Patrick Rafter 2 – 5 Michael Chang

Path

Patrick Rafter's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1997	QF	Magnus Larsson	7-6(4) 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1997	R16	Andre Agassi	6-3 7-6(4) 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1997	R32	Lionel Roux	6-1 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 1997	R64	Magnus Norman	6-2 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 1997	R128	Andrei Medvedev	6-3 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Patrick Rafter's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 1997	F	Greg Rusedski	6-3 6-2 4-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Michael Chang's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1997	QF	Marcelo Rios	7-5 6-2 4-6 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1997	R16	Cedric Pioline	6-3 0-6 5-7 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1997	R32	Sargis Sargsian	6-1 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 1997	R64	Jeff Salzenstein	4-6 6-2 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 1997	R128	Patrik Fredriksson	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data