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Todd Woodbridge #37 def. Patrick Rafter #17

6-7(2) 6-4 7-6(6) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jul 2, 1997*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R16
Winner	Todd Woodbridge
Score	6-7(2) 6-4 7-6(6) 6-3
Loser	Patrick Rafter
Duration	3h 16m

Stat	Todd Woodbridge	Patrick Rafter
Aces	4	10
Double faults	6	11
First serve %	62	59
First serve points won %	81	75
Second serve points won %	49	40
Break points saved %	60	69
Break points converted %	31	40
Service points won %	69	60
Return points won %	40	31
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Todd Woodbridge	Patrick Rafter
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	Apr 2, 1971	Dec 28, 1972
Age	26	24
Height	178	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	37	17
Ranking points (entering)	1,072	1,700
Elo (entering)	1,802	1,920
Career W-L	237–229	332–177
Career earnings	$10,078,820	$11,133,128

Pre-match H2H

Todd Woodbridge 0 – 3 Patrick Rafter

Path

Todd Woodbridge's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 1997	R32	Alex Radulescu	6-4 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 1997	R64	Marcos Ondruska	7-5 6-1 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 1997	R128	Michael Chang	7-6(5) 3-6 6-2 3-6 8-6	W	H2H	Match data

Todd Woodbridge's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 1997	QF	Nicolas Kiefer	7-6(7) 2-6 6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Patrick Rafter's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 1997	R32	Christophe Van Garsse	7-5 6-4 4-6 6-3	W	—	Match data
Jun 27, 1997	R64	Jens Knippschild	6-3 4-6 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 1997	R128	Grant Stafford	2-6 4-6 6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data