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Marc Rosset #26 def. Patrick Rafter #3

7-6(4) 7-6(2)

Match Information

Date	Feb 21, 1998*
Tournament	Antwerp
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Marc Rosset
Score	7-6(4) 7-6(2)
Loser	Patrick Rafter
Duration	2h 4m

Stat	Marc Rosset	Patrick Rafter
Aces	13	5
Double faults	10	2
First serve %	52	63
First serve points won %	81	68
Second serve points won %	56	63
Break points saved %	100	100
Break points converted %	0	0
Service points won %	69	66
Return points won %	34	31
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marc Rosset	Patrick Rafter
Country	SUI	AUS
Birth date	Nov 7, 1970	Dec 28, 1972
Age	27	25
Height	201	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	26	3
Ranking points (entering)	1,370	3,250
Elo (entering)	1,780	2,035
Career W-L	398–334	332–177
Career earnings	$6,812,693	$11,133,128

Pre-match H2H

Marc Rosset 1 – 2 Patrick Rafter

Path

Marc Rosset's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 21, 1998	QF	Magnus Larsson	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 20, 1998	R16	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 19, 1998	R32	Nicolas Kiefer	7-6(3) 4-6 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data

Marc Rosset's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 22, 1998	F	Greg Rusedski	6-7(3) 6-3 1-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Patrick Rafter's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 21, 1998	QF	Jeff Tarango	6-7(1) 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 20, 1998	R16	Cedric Pioline	6-4 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 19, 1998	R32	Arnaud Boetsch	6-2 7-6(8)	W	H2H	Match data