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Tim Henman #18 def. Patrick Rafter #6

6-3 6-7(3) 6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jul 1, 1998*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R16
Winner	Tim Henman
Score	6-3 6-7(3) 6-3 6-2
Loser	Patrick Rafter
Duration	2h 33m

Stat	Tim Henman	Patrick Rafter
Aces	6	3
Double faults	8	8
First serve %	55	59
First serve points won %	84	67
Second serve points won %	45	43
Break points saved %	71	45
Break points converted %	55	29
Service points won %	67	57
Return points won %	43	33
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Tim Henman	Patrick Rafter
Country	GBR	AUS
Birth date	Sep 6, 1974	Dec 28, 1972
Age	23	25
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	18	6
Ranking points (entering)	1,840	2,852
Elo (entering)	1,820	1,918
Career W-L	468–260	332–177
Career earnings	$11,635,542	$11,133,128

Pre-match H2H

Tim Henman 1 – 1 Patrick Rafter

Path

Tim Henman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 1998	R32	Byron Black	6-4 6-4 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 1998	R64	David Nainkin	6-3 5-7 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 24, 1998	R128	Jiri Novak	7-6(4) 7-5 5-7 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Tim Henman's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 3, 1998	QF	Petr Korda	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Patrick Rafter's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 1998	R32	Magnus Gustafsson	6-3 6-7(7) 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 1998	R64	Tomas Nydahl	7-6(3) 6-2 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 24, 1998	R128	Ivo Heuberger	6-1 6-2 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data