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Patrick Rafter #4 def. Mikael Tillstrom #86

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Apr 12, 1998*
Tournament	Chennai
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Patrick Rafter
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	Mikael Tillstrom
Duration	1h 14m

Stat	Patrick Rafter	Mikael Tillstrom
Aces	3	2
Double faults	2	6
First serve %	65	54
First serve points won %	71	41
Second serve points won %	48	60
Break points saved %	78	43
Break points converted %	57	22
Service points won %	63	50
Return points won %	50	37
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Patrick Rafter	Mikael Tillstrom
Country	AUS	SWE
Birth date	Dec 28, 1972	Mar 5, 1972
Age	25	26
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	86
Ranking points (entering)	3,211	546
Elo (entering)	1,959	1,694
Career W-L	332–177	107–108
Career earnings	$11,133,128	$2,030,525

Pre-match H2H

Patrick Rafter 1 – 0 Mikael Tillstrom

Path

Patrick Rafter's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 11, 1998	SF	Leander Paes	6-3 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 11, 1998	QF	Lars Burgsmuller	7-6(3) 0-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 10, 1998	R16	Ivo Heuberger	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 9, 1998	R32	Orlin Stanoytchev	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Patrick Rafter's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Mikael Tillstrom's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 11, 1998	SF	Todd Woodbridge	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 11, 1998	QF	Mark Woodforde	6-3 2-6 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 10, 1998	R16	Olivier Delaitre	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 9, 1998	R32	Oleg Ogorodov	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data