Andre Agassi #6 def. Patrick Rafter #15

7-5 2-6 6-7(5) 6-2 6-3

Andre Agassi defeated Patrick Rafter 7-5 2-6 6-7(5) 6-2 6-3 in the 2001 Australian Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 28, 2001*
Tournament: Australian Open
Edition: 2001
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: SF
Duration: 3h 7m

Match Statistics

Stat	Andre Agassi	Patrick Rafter
Aces	10	22
Double faults	3	6
First serve %	72	63
First serve points won %	78	82
Second serve points won %	62	39
Break points saved %	50	64
Break points converted %	36	50
Service points won %	74	66
Return points won %	34	26
Total points won %	53	47

Player Comparison

Field	Andre Agassi	Patrick Rafter
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Apr 29, 1970	Dec 28, 1972
Age	30	28
Height	180 cm	185 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	6	15
Ranking points (entering)	2,765	1,535
Elo (entering)	2,021	1,956
Current career W-L	842–268	333–178
Current career earnings	$31,152,975	$11,133,128

Pre-match H2H

Andre Agassi #6 7 – 4 Patrick Rafter #15

Path

Andre Agassi's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Todd Martin #54	7-5 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 26, 2001	QF
Andrew Ilie #49	6-7(1) 6-3 6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 24, 2001	R16
David Prinosil #39	7-6(11) 5-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 21, 2001	R32
Paul Goldstein #80	6-1 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 19, 2001	R64
Jiri Vanek #78	6-0 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 17, 2001	R128

Andre Agassi's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Arnaud Clement #12	6-4 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 29, 2001	F

Patrick Rafter's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Dominik Hrbaty #16	6-2 6-7(4) 7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 26, 2001	QF
Tim Henman #10	6-2 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 24, 2001	R16
Michel Kratochvil #94	6-4 6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 21, 2001	R32
Nikolay Davydenko #133	6-4 2-6 6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 19, 2001	R64
Scott Draper #253	6-3 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 17, 2001	R128