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Patrick Rafter #3 def. Goran Ivanisevic #14

6-3 6-4 4-6 6-1

Match Information

Date Sep 9, 1998*
Tournament US Open
Category Grand Slam
Surface Hard
RoundR16
Winner Patrick Rafter
Score6-3 6-4 4-6 6-1
Loser Goran Ivanisevic
StatPatrick RafterGoran Ivanisevic
Aces119
Double faults21
First serve %7645
First serve points won %8679
Second serve points won %4456
Break points saved %7538
Break points converted %6225
Service points won %7666
Return points won %3424
Total points won %5644

Pre-match Comparison

FieldPatrick RafterGoran Ivanisevic
Country AUS CRO
Birth dateDec 28, 1972Sep 13, 1971
Age2526
Height185194
HandednessRight-HandedLeft-Handed
Backhand style—Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)314
Ranking points (entering)3,5772,062
Elo (entering)2,0351,922
Career W-L332–177561–316
Career earnings$11,133,128$19,878,007
Pre-match H2H
Patrick Rafter 0 – 1 Goran Ivanisevic

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Path

Patrick Rafter's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Sep 6, 1998R32 David Nainkin 6-1 6-1 6-1WH2HMatch data
Sep 4, 1998R64 Hernan Gumy 6-4 6-1 6-2WH2HMatch data
Sep 2, 1998R128 Hicham Arazi 4-6 4-6 6-3 6-3 6-1WH2HMatch data

Patrick Rafter's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Sep 11, 1998QF Jonas Bjorkman 6-2 6-3 7-5WH2HMatch data

Goran Ivanisevic's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Sep 6, 1998R32 Paul Haarhuis 7-6(5) 6-3 6-4WH2HMatch data
Sep 4, 1998R64 Todd Martin 1-6 7-6(5) 7-5 6-3WH2HMatch data
Sep 2, 1998R128 Mark Woodforde 6-3 6-4 6-4WH2HMatch data