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Patrick Rafter #3 def. Greg Rusedski #6

6-4 7-5

Match Information

Date	Aug 29, 1998*
Tournament	Long Island
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Patrick Rafter
Score	6-4 7-5
Loser	Greg Rusedski
Duration	1h 20m

Stat	Patrick Rafter	Greg Rusedski
Aces	7	9
Double faults	2	4
First serve %	71	51
First serve points won %	80	76
Second serve points won %	63	51
Break points saved %	100	60
Break points converted %	40	0
Service points won %	75	64
Return points won %	36	25
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Patrick Rafter	Greg Rusedski
Country	AUS	GBR
Birth date	Dec 28, 1972	Sep 6, 1973
Age	25	24
Height	185	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	3	6
Ranking points (entering)	3,405	2,619
Elo (entering)	2,000	1,837
Career W-L	332–177	415–276
Career earnings	$11,133,128	$8,944,841

Pre-match H2H

Patrick Rafter 4 – 1 Greg Rusedski

Path

Patrick Rafter's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 1998	QF	Nicolas Escude	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 1998	R16	Martin Damm Sr	6-4 6-3	W	—	Match data
Aug 27, 1998	R32	Javier Sanchez	6-2 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Patrick Rafter's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1998	F	Felix Mantilla	7-6(3) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Greg Rusedski's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 1998	QF	Daniel Vacek	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 1998	R16	Fernando Meligeni	6-2 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 1998	R32	Magnus Norman	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data