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Patrick Rafter #14 def. Andre Agassi #63

6-3 7-6(4) 4-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 3, 1997*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Patrick Rafter
Score	6-3 7-6(4) 4-6 6-3
Loser	Andre Agassi
Duration	2h 52m

Stat	Patrick Rafter	Andre Agassi
Aces	10	5
Double faults	8	9
First serve %	56	61
First serve points won %	77	67
Second serve points won %	42	43
Break points saved %	64	57
Break points converted %	43	36
Service points won %	61	58
Return points won %	42	39
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Patrick Rafter	Andre Agassi
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	Dec 28, 1972	Apr 29, 1970
Age	24	27
Height	185	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	14	63
Ranking points (entering)	1,898	775
Elo (entering)	1,973	1,862
Career W-L	332–177	836–268
Career earnings	$11,133,128	$31,152,975

Pre-match H2H

Patrick Rafter 1 – 4 Andre Agassi

Path

Patrick Rafter's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1997	R32	Lionel Roux	6-1 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 1997	R64	Magnus Norman	6-2 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 1997	R128	Andrei Medvedev	6-3 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Patrick Rafter's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1997	QF	Magnus Larsson	7-6(4) 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Andre Agassi's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1997	R32	Mark Woodforde	6-2 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 1997	R64	Adrian Voinea	6-0 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 1997	R128	Steve Campbell	6-1 6-1 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data