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M. Filippini #73 def. Patrick Rafter #33

7-6(2) 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 25, 1997*
Tournament	St. Poelten
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	M. Filippini
Score	7-6(2) 6-2
Loser	Patrick Rafter
Duration	1h 36m

Stat	M. Filippini	Patrick Rafter
Aces	1	2
Double faults	1	9
First serve %	75	49
First serve points won %	70	72
Second serve points won %	64	32
Break points saved %	33	33
Break points converted %	67	67
Service points won %	68	51
Return points won %	49	32
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	M. Filippini	Patrick Rafter
Country	URU	AUS
Birth date	Aug 4, 1967	Dec 28, 1972
Age	29	24
Height	178	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	73	33
Ranking points (entering)	647	1,170
Elo (entering)	1,779	1,861
Career W-L	217–229	332–177
Career earnings	$2,016,190	$11,133,128

Pre-match H2H

M. Filippini 0 – 0 Patrick Rafter

Path

M. Filippini's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 24, 1997	SF	Dominik Hrbaty	7-6(5) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 24, 1997	QF	T. Nydahl	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 23, 1997	R16	Marc Rosset	4-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
May 22, 1997	R32	Juan Albert Viloca Puig	7-6(2) 7-5	W	—	Match data

M. Filippini's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Patrick Rafter's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 24, 1997	SF	Magnus Norman	6-1 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 24, 1997	QF	Thomas Muster	6-3 7-6(0)	W	H2H	Match data
May 23, 1997	R16	Jeff Tarango	6-7(4) 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 22, 1997	R32	Richard Fromberg	7-6(6) 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data