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Patrick Rafter #60 def. Justin Gimelstob #130

6-3 5-7 7-5

Match Information

Date	Feb 28, 1997*
Tournament	Philadelphia
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Patrick Rafter
Score	6-3 5-7 7-5
Loser	Justin Gimelstob
Duration	2h 26m

Stat	Patrick Rafter	Justin Gimelstob
Aces	7	5
Double faults	3	6
First serve %	56	55
First serve points won %	69	81
Second serve points won %	60	45
Break points saved %	60	67
Break points converted %	33	40
Service points won %	65	65
Return points won %	35	35
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Patrick Rafter	Justin Gimelstob
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	Dec 28, 1972	Jan 26, 1977
Age	24	20
Height	185	196
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	60	130
Ranking points (entering)	744	338
Elo (entering)	1,751	1,537
Career W-L	332–177	107–171
Career earnings	$11,133,128	$2,575,522

Pre-match H2H

Patrick Rafter 1 – 0 Justin Gimelstob

Path

Patrick Rafter's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 27, 1997	R32	Mark Woodforde	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Patrick Rafter's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 1997	QF	Byron Black	6-3 1-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Justin Gimelstob's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 27, 1997	R32	Michael Joyce	6-0 6-3	W	—	Match data