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Patrick Rafter #14 def. Thomas Enqvist #11

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Aug 23, 1997*
Tournament	Long Island
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Patrick Rafter
Score	6-4 6-4
Loser	Thomas Enqvist
Duration	1h 16m

Stat	Patrick Rafter	Thomas Enqvist
Aces	11	5
Double faults	5	3
First serve %	59	64
First serve points won %	73	66
Second serve points won %	45	67
Break points saved %	88	40
Break points converted %	60	12
Service points won %	62	66
Return points won %	34	38
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Patrick Rafter	Thomas Enqvist
Country	AUS	SWE
Birth date	Dec 28, 1972	Mar 13, 1974
Age	24	23
Height	185	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	14	11
Ranking points (entering)	1,831	2,043
Elo (entering)	1,944	1,849
Career W-L	332–177	422–281
Career earnings	$11,133,128	$10,461,641

Pre-match H2H

Patrick Rafter 1 – 1 Thomas Enqvist

Path

Patrick Rafter's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 23, 1997	QF	Michael Chang	6-4 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 22, 1997	R16	Bohdan Ulihrach	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 21, 1997	R32	Karol Kucera	6-3 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Patrick Rafter's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 24, 1997	F	Carlos Moya	4-6 6-7(1)	L	H2H	Match data

Thomas Enqvist's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 23, 1997	QF	Richey Reneberg	5-7 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 22, 1997	R16	Cedric Pioline	7-5 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 21, 1997	R32	Thomas Johansson	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data