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Patrick Rafter#3 def. D. Nainkin#188

6-1 6-1 6-1

Match Information

Date	Sep 6, 1998*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Patrick Rafter
Score	6-1 6-1 6-1
Loser	D. Nainkin

Stat	Patrick Rafter	D. Nainkin
Aces	5	0
Double faults	0	7
First serve %	75	51
First serve points won %	86	39
Second serve points won %	73	26
Break points saved %	—	30
Break points converted %	70	—
Service points won %	83	33
Return points won %	67	17
Total points won %	75	25

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Patrick Rafter	D. Nainkin
Country	AUS	RSA
Birth date	Dec 28, 1972	Sep 20, 1970
Age	25	27
Height	185	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	3	188
Ranking points (entering)	3,577	231
Elo (entering)	2,031	1,614
Career W-L	332–177	26–43
Career earnings	$11,133,128	$501,132

Pre-match H2H

Patrick Rafter 0 – 0 D. Nainkin

Path

Patrick Rafter's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1998	R64	Hernan Gumy	6-4 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1998	R128	Hicham Arazi	4-6 4-6 6-3 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Patrick Rafter's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 1998	R16	Goran Ivanisevic	6-3 6-4 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

D. Nainkin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1998	R64	Gustavo Kuerten	2-6 6-4 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1998	R128	M. Merklein	6-7(3) 6-0 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data