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Patrick Rafter #3 def. Richard Krajicek #8

7-6(3) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Aug 10, 1998*
Tournament	Canada Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Patrick Rafter
Score	7-6(3) 6-4
Loser	Richard Krajicek
Duration	1h 31m

Stat	Patrick Rafter	Richard Krajicek
Aces	4	10
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	65	56
First serve points won %	76	68
Second serve points won %	58	52
Break points saved %	50	60
Break points converted %	40	50
Service points won %	70	61
Return points won %	39	30
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Patrick Rafter	Richard Krajicek
Country	AUS	NED
Birth date	Dec 28, 1972	Dec 6, 1971
Age	25	26
Height	185	196
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	3	8
Ranking points (entering)	3,306	2,642
Elo (entering)	1,926	1,988
Career W-L	332–177	408–207
Career earnings	$11,133,128	$10,077,425

Pre-match H2H

Patrick Rafter 1 – 6 Richard Krajicek

Path

Patrick Rafter's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 9, 1998	SF	Tim Henman	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 9, 1998	QF	Jonas Bjorkman	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 8, 1998	R16	Mark Philippoussis	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 6, 1998	R32	Neville Godwin	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Patrick Rafter's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Richard Krajicek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 9, 1998	SF	Andre Agassi	4-6 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 9, 1998	QF	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 8, 1998	R16	Alex Obrien	3-6 6-2 6-3	W	—	Match data
Aug 6, 1998	R32	David Nainkin	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data