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Patrick Rafter #3 def. Greg Rusedski #11

6-3 6-2 4-6 7-5

Match Information

Date	Sep 8, 1997*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Patrick Rafter
Score	6-3 6-2 4-6 7-5
Loser	Greg Rusedski
Duration	2h 25m

Stat	Patrick Rafter	Greg Rusedski
Aces	7	9
Double faults	6	4
First serve %	62	62
First serve points won %	84	68
Second serve points won %	40	45
Break points saved %	67	65
Break points converted %	35	33
Service points won %	67	60
Return points won %	40	33
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Patrick Rafter	Greg Rusedski
Country	AUS	GBR
Birth date	Dec 28, 1972	Sep 6, 1973
Age	24	24
Height	185	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	3	11
Ranking points (entering)	2,889	2,235
Elo (entering)	2,034	1,975
Career W-L	332–177	415–276
Career earnings	$11,133,128	$8,944,841

Pre-match H2H

Patrick Rafter 2 – 1 Greg Rusedski

Path

Patrick Rafter's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1997	SF	Michael Chang	6-3 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1997	QF	Magnus Larsson	7-6(4) 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1997	R16	Andre Agassi	6-3 7-6(4) 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1997	R32	Lionel Roux	6-1 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 1997	R64	Magnus Norman	6-2 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 1997	R128	Andrei Medvedev	6-3 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Patrick Rafter's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Greg Rusedski's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1997	SF	Jonas Bjorkman	6-1 3-6 3-6 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1997	QF	Richard Krajicek	7-5 7-6(5) 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1997	R16	Daniel Vacek	7-6(2) 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1997	R32	Jens Knippschild	7-6(5) 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 1997	R64	Marcos Ondruska	7-6(3) 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 1997	R128	David Wheaton	6-2 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data