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Tim Henman #19 def. Patrick Rafter #2

7-6(5) 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jan 17, 1998*
Tournament	Sydney Outdoor
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Tim Henman
Score	7-6(5) 7-5
Loser	Patrick Rafter
Duration	1h 40m

Stat	Tim Henman	Patrick Rafter
Aces	5	2
Double faults	3	1
First serve %	43	64
First serve points won %	80	66
Second serve points won %	52	46
Break points saved %	57	50
Break points converted %	50	43
Service points won %	64	59
Return points won %	41	36
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Tim Henman	Patrick Rafter
Country	GBR	AUS
Birth date	Sep 6, 1974	Dec 28, 1972
Age	23	25
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	19	2
Ranking points (entering)	1,622	3,210
Elo (entering)	1,929	2,059
Career W-L	468–260	332–177
Career earnings	$11,635,542	$11,133,128

Pre-match H2H

Tim Henman 0 – 1 Patrick Rafter

Path

Tim Henman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1998	QF	Thomas Enqvist	3-6 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 1998	R16	Albert Portas	7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 1998	R32	Mark Woodforde	6-2 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Tim Henman's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 1998	F	Karol Kucera	5-7 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Patrick Rafter's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1998	QF	Todd Martin	6-4 6-7(4) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 1998	R16	Alberto Berasategui	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 1998	R32	Todd Woodbridge	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data