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Patrick Rafter #6 def. Kristian Pless #94

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Aug 13, 2001
Tournament	Indianapolis
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Patrick Rafter
Score	6-4 6-4
Loser	Kristian Pless
Duration	1h 23m

Stat	Patrick Rafter	Kristian Pless
Aces	6	7
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	65	59
First serve points won %	81	63
Second serve points won %	60	56
Break points saved %	100	82
Break points converted %	18	0
Service points won %	74	60
Return points won %	40	26
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Patrick Rafter	Kristian Pless
Country	AUS	DEN
Birth date	Dec 28, 1972	Feb 9, 1981
Age	28	20
Height	185	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	6	94
Ranking points (entering)	2,695	438
Elo (entering)	2,035	1,650
Career W-L	332–177	43–81
Career earnings	$11,133,128	$1,127,884

Pre-match H2H

Patrick Rafter 1 – 0 Kristian Pless

Path

Patrick Rafter's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 13, 2001	R32	Michal Tabara	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Patrick Rafter's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 13, 2001	QF	Max Mirnyi	6-3 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data

Kristian Pless's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 13, 2001	R32	Andrei Pavel	7-6(6) 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 13, 2001	R64	Cedric Pioline	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data