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Patrick Rafter #72 def. M. Goellner #94

6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Aug 15, 1996*
Tournament	New Haven
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Patrick Rafter
Score	6-3 6-2
Loser	M. Goellner
Duration	1h 7m

Stat	Patrick Rafter	M. Goellner
Aces	3	6
Double faults	1	6
First serve %	45	48
First serve points won %	87	76
Second serve points won %	57	34
Break points saved %	100	43
Break points converted %	57	0
Service points won %	71	54
Return points won %	46	29
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Patrick Rafter	M. Goellner
Country	AUS	GER
Birth date	Dec 28, 1972	Sep 22, 1970
Age	23	25
Height	185	196
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	72	94
Ranking points (entering)	677	474
Elo (entering)	1,793	1,656
Career W-L	332–177	152–188
Career earnings	$11,133,128	$2,700,899

Pre-match H2H

Patrick Rafter 1 – 0 M. Goellner

Path

Patrick Rafter's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 14, 1996	R64	Mats Wilander	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Patrick Rafter's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 1996	R16	Richard Krajicek	4-6 7-5 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

M. Goellner's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 14, 1996	R64	Younes El Aynaoui	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data