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Patrick Rafter #5 def. Jonas Bjorkman #7

6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date Aug 9, 1998*
Tournament Canada Masters
Category Masters 1000
Surface Hard
RoundQF
Winner Patrick Rafter
Score6-3 6-2
Loser Jonas Bjorkman
Duration1h 6m
StatPatrick RafterJonas Bjorkman
Aces50
Double faults00
First serve %7160
First serve points won %7056
Second serve points won %6933
Break points saved %7533
Break points converted %6725
Service points won %7047
Return points won %5330
Total points won %6139

Pre-match Comparison

FieldPatrick RafterJonas Bjorkman
Country AUS SWE
Birth dateDec 28, 1972Mar 23, 1972
Age2526
Height185183
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)57
Ranking points (entering)2,8782,563
Elo (entering)1,8951,870
Career W-L332–177395–341
Career earnings$11,133,128$14,610,671
Pre-match H2H
Patrick Rafter 1 4 Jonas Bjorkman

Path

Patrick Rafter's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Aug 8, 1998R16 Mark Philippoussis 6-3 6-3WH2HMatch data
Aug 6, 1998R32 Neville Godwin 7-5 6-3WH2HMatch data

Patrick Rafter's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Aug 9, 1998SF Tim Henman 6-2 6-4WH2HMatch data

Jonas Bjorkman's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Aug 8, 1998R16 Nicolas Kiefer 6-2 6-7(7) 6-3WH2HMatch data
Aug 6, 1998R32 Scott Draper 7-6(5) 6-3WH2HMatch data