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Patrick Rafter #4 def. Nicolas Lapentti #32

4-6 7-5 6-1

Match Information

Date	May 16, 1999*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Patrick Rafter
Score	4-6 7-5 6-1
Loser	Nicolas Lapentti
Duration	2h 1m

Stat	Patrick Rafter	Nicolas Lapentti
Aces	5	1
Double faults	7	2
First serve %	65	69
First serve points won %	79	56
Second serve points won %	47	65
Break points saved %	80	43
Break points converted %	57	20
Service points won %	68	59
Return points won %	41	32
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Patrick Rafter	Nicolas Lapentti
Country	AUS	ECU
Birth date	Dec 28, 1972	Aug 13, 1976
Age	26	22
Height	185	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	32
Ranking points (entering)	2,978	1,134
Elo (entering)	1,875	1,821
Career W-L	332–177	282–280
Career earnings	$11,133,128	$6,315,143

Pre-match H2H

Patrick Rafter 0 – 0 Nicolas Lapentti

Path

Patrick Rafter's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 15, 1999	R16	Andre Agassi	6-1 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 1999	R32	Gaston Gaudio	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 12, 1999	R64	Goran Ivanisevic	7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Patrick Rafter's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 16, 1999	SF	Felix Mantilla	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Lapentti's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 15, 1999	R16	Nicolas Kiefer	3-6 7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 1999	R32	Greg Rusedski	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 12, 1999	R64	Albert Portas	6-7(5) 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data