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Patrick Rafter #25 def. Mark Woodforde #79

6-2 5-7 6-1 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jun 4, 1997*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Patrick Rafter
Score	6-2 5-7 6-1 6-2
Loser	Mark Woodforde
Duration	2h 24m

Stat	Patrick Rafter	Mark Woodforde
Aces	4	1
Double faults	4	3
First serve %	58	51
First serve points won %	84	71
Second serve points won %	42	40
Break points saved %	60	30
Break points converted %	70	40
Service points won %	66	56
Return points won %	44	34
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Patrick Rafter	Mark Woodforde
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	Dec 28, 1972	Sep 23, 1965
Age	24	31
Height	185	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	25	79
Ranking points (entering)	1,322	603
Elo (entering)	1,886	1,787
Career W-L	332–177	313–294
Career earnings	$11,133,128	$8,551,305

Pre-match H2H

Patrick Rafter 2 – 1 Mark Woodforde

Path

Patrick Rafter's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 1997	R32	Richard Krajicek	6-3 4-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 1997	R64	Frederic Fontang	6-3 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 1997	R128	Andrea Gaudenzi	3-6 7-6(3) 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Patrick Rafter's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 6, 1997	QF	Galo Blanco	6-3 7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Mark Woodforde's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 1997	R32	Albert Costa	6-4 7-6(2) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 1997	R64	Alexander Volkov	7-6(5) 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 1997	R128	Javier Sanchez	5-7 7-6(6) 6-7(10) 6-4 8-6	W	H2H	Match data