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Patrick Rafter #3 def. Jonas Bjorkman #12

6-2 6-3 7-5

Match Information

Date	Sep 11, 1998*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Patrick Rafter
Score	6-2 6-3 7-5
Loser	Jonas Bjorkman

Stat	Patrick Rafter	Jonas Bjorkman
Aces	5	1
Double faults	0	1
First serve %	76	76
First serve points won %	74	58
Second serve points won %	58	52
Break points saved %	67	50
Break points converted %	50	33
Service points won %	70	56
Return points won %	44	30
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Patrick Rafter	Jonas Bjorkman
Country	AUS	SWE
Birth date	Dec 28, 1972	Mar 23, 1972
Age	25	26
Height	185	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	12
Ranking points (entering)	3,577	2,337
Elo (entering)	2,051	1,886
Career W-L	332–177	395–341
Career earnings	$11,133,128	$14,610,671

Pre-match H2H

Patrick Rafter 2 – 4 Jonas Bjorkman

Path

Patrick Rafter's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 1998	R16	Goran Ivanisevic	6-3 6-4 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1998	R32	David Nainkin	6-1 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1998	R64	Hernan Gumy	6-4 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1998	R128	Hicham Arazi	4-6 4-6 6-3 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Patrick Rafter's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 13, 1998	SF	Pete Sampras	6-7(8) 6-4 2-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Jonas Bjorkman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 1998	R16	Jan Siemerink	6-4 2-6 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1998	R32	Fabrice Santoro	6-3 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1998	R64	Jonathan Stark	6-2 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1998	R128	Cedric Pioline	6-2 4-6 6-1 6-7(3) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data