Marcelo Filippini #73 def. Patrick Rafter #33

7-6(2) 6-2

Marcelo Filippini defeated Patrick Rafter 7-6(2) 6-2 in the 1997 St. Poelten final on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: May 25, 1997*
Tournament: St. Poelten
Edition: 1997
Category: World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250
Surface: Clay
Round: F
Duration: 1h 36m

Match Statistics

Stat	Marcelo 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

Player Comparison

Field	Marcelo Filippini	Patrick Rafter
Country	URU	AUS
Birth date	Aug 4, 1967	Dec 28, 1972
Age	29	24
Height	178 cm	185 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	73	33
Ranking points (entering)	647	1,170
Elo (entering)	1,776	1,863
Current career W-L	218–230	333–178
Current career earnings	$2,016,190	$11,133,128

Pre-match H2H

Marcelo Filippini #73 0 – 0 Patrick Rafter #33

Path

Marcelo Filippini's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Dominik Hrbaty #50	7-6(5) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	May 24, 1997	SF
Tomas Nydahl #185	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	May 24, 1997	QF
Marc Rosset #18	4-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data	May 23, 1997	R16
Juan Albert Viloca Puig	7-6(2) 7-5	W	—	Match data	May 22, 1997	R32

Marcelo Filippini's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Patrick Rafter's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Magnus Norman #70	6-1 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	May 24, 1997	SF
Thomas Muster #5	6-3 7-6(0)	W	H2H	Match data	May 24, 1997	QF
Jeff Tarango #74	6-7(4) 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	May 23, 1997	R16
Richard Fromberg #93	7-6(6) 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data	May 22, 1997	R32