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Patrick Rafter #4 def. Gaston Gaudio #92

6-2 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 13, 1999*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Patrick Rafter
Score	6-2 6-3
Loser	Gaston Gaudio
Duration	1h 5m

Stat	Patrick Rafter	Gaston Gaudio
Aces	8	0
Double faults	3	0
First serve %	73	80
First serve points won %	79	51
Second serve points won %	43	55
Break points saved %	50	33
Break points converted %	67	50
Service points won %	69	52
Return points won %	48	31
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Patrick Rafter	Gaston Gaudio
Country	AUS	ARG
Birth date	Dec 28, 1972	Dec 9, 1978
Age	26	20
Height	185	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	4	92
Ranking points (entering)	2,978	572
Elo (entering)	1,850	1,510
Career W-L	332–177	253–188
Career earnings	$11,133,128	$6,066,156

Pre-match H2H

Patrick Rafter 0 – 0 Gaston Gaudio

Path

Patrick Rafter's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 12, 1999	R64	Goran Ivanisevic	7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Patrick Rafter's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 15, 1999	R16	Andre Agassi	6-1 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data

Gaston Gaudio's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 12, 1999	R64	Mariano Puerta	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data