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Richard Krajicek #6 def. Patrick Rafter #39

7-6(5) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Apr 19, 1997*
Tournament	Tokyo
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Richard Krajicek
Score	7-6(5) 6-3
Loser	Patrick Rafter
Duration	1h 16m

Stat	Richard Krajicek	Patrick Rafter
Aces	8	2
Double faults	2	4
First serve %	57	68
First serve points won %	80	78
Second serve points won %	58	37
Break points saved %	100	0
Break points converted %	100	0
Service points won %	71	65
Return points won %	35	29
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Richard Krajicek	Patrick Rafter
Country	NED	AUS
Birth date	Dec 6, 1971	Dec 28, 1972
Age	25	24
Height	196	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	6	39
Ranking points (entering)	2,598	1,055
Elo (entering)	1,909	1,820
Career W-L	408–207	332–177
Career earnings	$10,077,425	$11,133,128

Pre-match H2H

Richard Krajicek 4 – 0 Patrick Rafter

Path

Richard Krajicek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 19, 1997	QF	David Prinosil	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 18, 1997	R16	Magnus Norman	7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 1997	R32	Neville Godwin	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Richard Krajicek's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 20, 1997	F	Lionel Roux	6-2 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Patrick Rafter's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 19, 1997	QF	Todd Woodbridge	6-4 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 18, 1997	R16	Henrik Holm	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 1997	R32	Eyal Ran	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data