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A. Cherkasov#133 def. Patrick Rafter#62

6-2 7-6(13)

Match Information

Date	Jan 3, 1997*
Tournament	Adelaide
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	A. Cherkasov
Score	6-2 7-6(13)
Loser	Patrick Rafter
Duration	1h 55m

Stat	A. Cherkasov	Patrick Rafter
Aces	0	7
Double faults	0	5
First serve %	88	57
First serve points won %	71	58
Second serve points won %	44	53
Break points saved %	75	50
Break points converted %	50	25
Service points won %	68	56
Return points won %	44	32
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	A. Cherkasov	Patrick Rafter
Country	RUS	AUS
Birth date	Jul 4, 1970	Dec 28, 1972
Age	26	24
Height	180	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	133	62
Ranking points (entering)	339	741
Elo (entering)	1,488	1,767
Career W-L	170–198	332–177
Career earnings	$2,260,281	$11,133,128

Pre-match H2H

A. Cherkasov 0 – 0 Patrick Rafter

Path

A. Cherkasov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 2, 1997	R32	Renzo Furlan	4-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

A. Cherkasov's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 1997	QF	Mikael Tillstrom	2-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Patrick Rafter's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 2, 1997	R32	Jeff Salzenstein	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data