Todd Woodbridge #37 def. Patrick Rafter #17

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

Todd Woodbridge defeated Patrick Rafter 6-7(2) 6-4 7-6(6) 6-3 in the 1997 Wimbledon round of 16 on grass courts.

Match Information

Date: Jul 2, 1997*
Tournament: Wimbledon
Edition: 1997
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Grass
Round: R16
Duration: 3h 16m

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Todd Woodbridge	Patrick Rafter
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	Apr 2, 1971	Dec 28, 1972
Age	26	24
Height	178 cm	185 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	37	17
Ranking points (entering)	1,072	1,700
Elo (entering)	1,810	1,922
Current career W-L	239–231	333–178
Current career earnings	$10,078,820	$11,133,128

Pre-match H2H

Todd Woodbridge #37 0 – 3 Patrick Rafter #17

Path

Todd Woodbridge's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Alex Radulescu #62	6-4 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 29, 1997	R32
Marcos Ondruska #100	7-5 6-1 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 27, 1997	R64
Michael Chang #2	7-6(5) 3-6 6-2 3-6 8-6	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 25, 1997	R128

Todd Woodbridge's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Nicolas Kiefer #98	7-6(7) 2-6 6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 4, 1997	QF

Patrick Rafter's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Christophe Van Garsse	7-5 6-4 4-6 6-3	W	—	Match data	Jun 29, 1997	R32
Jens Knippschild #93	6-3 4-6 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 27, 1997	R64
Grant Stafford #67	2-6 4-6 6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 25, 1997	R128