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Patrick Rafter #18 def. Greg Rusedski #25

7-5 4-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Aug 16, 1997*
Tournament	New Haven
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Patrick Rafter
Score	7-5 4-6 6-3
Loser	Greg Rusedski
Duration	1h 55m

Stat	Patrick Rafter	Greg Rusedski
Aces	11	7
Double faults	8	9
First serve %	70	49
First serve points won %	81	76
Second serve points won %	48	55
Break points saved %	91	75
Break points converted %	25	9
Service points won %	71	65
Return points won %	35	29
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Patrick Rafter	Greg Rusedski
Country	AUS	GBR
Birth date	Dec 28, 1972	Sep 6, 1973
Age	24	23
Height	185	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	18	25
Ranking points (entering)	1,587	1,408
Elo (entering)	1,907	1,906
Career W-L	332–177	415–276
Career earnings	$11,133,128	$8,944,841

Pre-match H2H

Patrick Rafter 1 – 1 Greg Rusedski

Path

Patrick Rafter's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 1997	QF	Sergi Bruguera	7-5 2-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 15, 1997	R16	Andrei Medvedev	6-3 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 14, 1997	R32	Marzio Martelli	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Patrick Rafter's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 17, 1997	F	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6-7(4) 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Greg Rusedski's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 1997	QF	Richard Krajicek	7-6(5) 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 15, 1997	R16	Albert Costa	6-3 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 14, 1997	R32	Jeff Salzenstein	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 13, 1997	R64	Peter Wessels	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data