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Patrick Rafter#3 def. D. Scala#153

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Mar 6, 1998*
Tournament	Rotterdam
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Patrick Rafter
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	D. Scala
Duration	1h 9m

Stat	Patrick Rafter	D. Scala
Aces	13	2
Double faults	3	3
First serve %	57	47
First serve points won %	94	70
Second serve points won %	57	50
Break points saved %	—	60
Break points converted %	40	—
Service points won %	78	60
Return points won %	40	22
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Patrick Rafter	D. Scala
Country	AUS	ITA
Birth date	Dec 28, 1972	Jan 2, 1972
Age	25	26
Height	185	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	3	153
Ranking points (entering)	3,211	292
Elo (entering)	2,000	1,554
Career W-L	332–177	8–13
Career earnings	$11,133,128	$168,066

Pre-match H2H

Patrick Rafter 0 – 0 D. Scala

Path

Patrick Rafter's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 5, 1998	R32	Peter Wessels	5-7 7-6(3) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Patrick Rafter's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 7, 1998	QF	Jan Siemerink	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

D. Scala's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 5, 1998	R32	John Van Lottum	7-5 6-3	W	—	Match data