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Greg Rusedski #13 def. Patrick Rafter #3

7-6(4) 6-7(5) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Oct 31, 1998*
Tournament	Stuttgart Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Greg Rusedski
Score	7-6(4) 6-7(5) 6-4
Loser	Patrick Rafter
Duration	2h 17m

Stat	Greg Rusedski	Patrick Rafter
Aces	8	4
Double faults	6	7
First serve %	59	69
First serve points won %	74	78
Second serve points won %	50	39
Break points saved %	89	57
Break points converted %	43	11
Service points won %	64	66
Return points won %	34	36
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Greg Rusedski	Patrick Rafter
Country	GBR	AUS
Birth date	Sep 6, 1973	Dec 28, 1972
Age	25	25
Height	193	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	13	3
Ranking points (entering)	1,886	3,489
Elo (entering)	1,900	2,049
Career W-L	415–276	332–177
Career earnings	$8,944,841	$11,133,128

Pre-match H2H

Greg Rusedski 2 – 5 Patrick Rafter

Path

Greg Rusedski's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 29, 1998	R32	Jason Stoltenberg	7-6(5) 6-7(2) 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data

Greg Rusedski's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 1, 1998	QF	Jonas Bjorkman	3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Patrick Rafter's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 29, 1998	R32	Magnus Gustafsson	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data