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Patrick Rafter #3 def. Petr Korda #4

6-4 7-6(8)

Match Information

Date	Aug 16, 1998*
Tournament	Cincinnati Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Patrick Rafter
Score	6-4 7-6(8)
Loser	Petr Korda
Duration	1h 48m

Stat	Patrick Rafter	Petr Korda
Aces	4	3
Double faults	5	4
First serve %	68	55
First serve points won %	76	73
Second serve points won %	57	43
Break points saved %	67	75
Break points converted %	25	33
Service points won %	69	59
Return points won %	41	31
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Patrick Rafter	Petr Korda
Country	AUS	CZE
Birth date	Dec 28, 1972	Jan 23, 1968
Age	25	30
Height	185	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	3	4
Ranking points (entering)	3,306	3,195
Elo (entering)	1,965	1,917
Career W-L	332–177	378–238
Career earnings	$11,133,128	$10,448,900

Pre-match H2H

Patrick Rafter 1 – 3 Petr Korda

Path

Patrick Rafter's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 15, 1998	R16	Todd Martin	3-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 13, 1998	R32	Guillaume Raoux	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Patrick Rafter's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 1998	SF	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Petr Korda's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 15, 1998	R16	Goran Ivanisevic	5-7 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 13, 1998	R32	Marcos Ondruska	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data