Patrick Rafter #3 def. Greg Rusedski #11

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

Patrick Rafter defeated Greg Rusedski 6-3 6-2 4-6 7-5 in the 1997 US Open final on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Sep 8, 1997*
Tournament: US Open
Edition: 1997
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: F
Duration: 2h 25m

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Patrick Rafter	Greg Rusedski
Country	AUS	GBR
Birth date	Dec 28, 1972	Sep 6, 1973
Age	24	24
Height	185 cm	193 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	3	11
Ranking points (entering)	2,889	2,235
Elo (entering)	2,036	1,980
Current career W-L	333–178	417–278
Current career earnings	$11,133,128	$8,944,841

Pre-match H2H

Patrick Rafter #3 2 – 1 Greg Rusedski #11

Path

Patrick Rafter's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Michael Chang #2	6-3 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 7, 1997	SF
Magnus Larsson #30	7-6(4) 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 5, 1997	QF
Andre Agassi #63	6-3 7-6(4) 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 3, 1997	R16
Lionel Roux #82	6-1 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 31, 1997	R32
Magnus Norman #24	6-2 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 29, 1997	R64
Andrei Medvedev #22	6-3 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 27, 1997	R128

Patrick Rafter's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Greg Rusedski's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jonas Bjorkman #17	6-1 3-6 3-6 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 7, 1997	SF
Richard Krajicek #18	7-5 7-6(5) 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 5, 1997	QF
Daniel Vacek #83	7-6(2) 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 3, 1997	R16
Jens Knippschild #100	7-6(5) 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 31, 1997	R32
Marcos Ondruska #112	7-6(3) 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 29, 1997	R64
David Wheaton #121	6-2 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 27, 1997	R128