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M. Petchey #243 def. Patrick Rafter #78

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jun 21, 1996*
Tournament	Nottingham
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	R16
Winner	M. Petchey
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	Patrick Rafter
Duration	1h 12m

Stat	M. Petchey	Patrick Rafter
Aces	1	5
Double faults	5	4
First serve %	56	61
First serve points won %	77	73
Second serve points won %	63	47
Break points saved %	100	33
Break points converted %	67	0
Service points won %	71	63
Return points won %	37	29
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	M. Petchey	Patrick Rafter
Country	GBR	AUS
Birth date	Aug 1, 1970	Dec 28, 1972
Age	25	23
Height	183	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	243	78
Ranking points (entering)	154	614
Elo (entering)	1,487	1,752
Career W-L	34–64	332–177
Career earnings	$657,776	$11,133,128

Pre-match H2H

M. Petchey 0 – 0 Patrick Rafter

Path

M. Petchey's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 20, 1996	R32	N. Pereira	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

M. Petchey's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 22, 1996	QF	Sandon Stolle	6-3 6-7(6) 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Patrick Rafter's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 20, 1996	R32	Jason Stoltenberg	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data