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Nicolas Kiefer #17 def. Patrick Rafter #2

6-3 6-7(5) 7-6(4)

Match Information

Date Aug 8, 1999*
Tournament Canada Masters
Category Masters 1000
Surface Hard
RoundQF
Winner Nicolas Kiefer
Score6-3 6-7(5) 7-6(4)
Loser Patrick Rafter
Duration2h 42m
StatNicolas KieferPatrick Rafter
Aces59
Double faults13
First serve %4962
First serve points won %7066
Second serve points won %6155
Break points saved %6043
Break points converted %5740
Service points won %6562
Return points won %3835
Total points won %5248

Pre-match Comparison

FieldNicolas KieferPatrick Rafter
Country GER AUS
Birth dateJul 5, 1977Dec 28, 1972
Age2226
Height183185
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)172
Ranking points (entering)1,6733,664
Elo (entering)1,9101,980
Career W-L343–252332–177
Career earnings$7,480,465$11,133,128
Pre-match H2H
Nicolas Kiefer 2 0 Patrick Rafter

Path

Nicolas Kiefer's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Aug 7, 1999R16 Tommy Haas 6-3 7-6(4)WH2HMatch data
Aug 5, 1999R32 Guillaume Raoux 6-4 6-0WH2HMatch data
Aug 4, 1999R64 Daniel Vacek 6-2 7-5WH2HMatch data

Nicolas Kiefer's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Aug 8, 1999SF Thomas Johansson 6-4 1-6 3-6LH2HMatch data

Patrick Rafter's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Aug 7, 1999R16 Jiri Novak 6-3 6-4WH2HMatch data
Aug 5, 1999R32 Alex Obrien 6-0 6-2WMatch data