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Patrick Rafter #14 def. Lionel Roux #82

6-1 6-1 6-2

Match Information

Date	Aug 31, 1997*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Patrick Rafter
Score	6-1 6-1 6-2
Loser	Lionel Roux
Duration	1h 37m

Stat	Patrick Rafter	Lionel Roux
Aces	5	2
Double faults	6	5
First serve %	66	54
First serve points won %	83	66
Second serve points won %	33	15
Break points saved %	83	56
Break points converted %	44	17
Service points won %	66	43
Return points won %	57	34
Total points won %	61	39

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Patrick Rafter	Lionel Roux
Country	AUS	FRA
Birth date	Dec 28, 1972	Apr 12, 1973
Age	24	24
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	14	82
Ranking points (entering)	1,898	606
Elo (entering)	1,967	1,642
Career W-L	332–177	76–116
Career earnings	$11,133,128	$1,255,648

Pre-match H2H

Patrick Rafter 2 – 0 Lionel Roux

Path

Patrick Rafter's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	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 3, 1997	R16	Andre Agassi	6-3 7-6(4) 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Lionel Roux's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 1997	R64	Paul Haarhuis	7-6(5) 6-3 6-7(5) 6-7(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 1997	R128	Gilbert Schaller	4-6 0-6 6-3 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data