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Patrick Rafter #60 def. Grant Stafford #78

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Mar 1, 1997*
Tournament	Philadelphia
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Patrick Rafter
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	Grant Stafford
Duration	1h 22m

Stat	Patrick Rafter	Grant Stafford
Aces	6	1
Double faults	2	4
First serve %	61	57
First serve points won %	78	66
Second serve points won %	57	42
Break points saved %	67	57
Break points converted %	43	33
Service points won %	69	56
Return points won %	44	31
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Patrick Rafter	Grant Stafford
Country	AUS	RSA
Birth date	Dec 28, 1972	May 27, 1971
Age	24	25
Height	185	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	60	78
Ranking points (entering)	744	605
Elo (entering)	1,773	1,647
Career W-L	332–177	83–111
Career earnings	$11,133,128	$1,307,208

Pre-match H2H

Patrick Rafter 2 – 1 Grant Stafford

Path

Patrick Rafter's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 1997	QF	Byron Black	6-3 1-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 1997	R16	Justin Gimelstob	6-3 5-7 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 27, 1997	R32	Mark Woodforde	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Patrick Rafter's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 2, 1997	F	Pete Sampras	7-5 6-7(4) 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Grant Stafford's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 1997	QF	Sandon Stolle	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 1997	R16	Jim Courier	6-3 5-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 27, 1997	R32	Alex Radulescu	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data