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Patrick Rafter #86 def. J. Palmer #145

7-5 4-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 10, 1996*
Tournament	Pinehurst
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Patrick Rafter
Score	7-5 4-6 6-4
Loser	J. Palmer
Duration	2h 14m

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Patrick Rafter	J. Palmer
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	Dec 28, 1972	Jul 2, 1971
Age	23	24
Height	185	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	86	145
Ranking points (entering)	555	294
Elo (entering)	1,731	1,688
Career W-L	332–177	69–80
Career earnings	$11,133,128	$3,413,189

Pre-match H2H

Patrick Rafter 0 – 1 J. Palmer

Path

Patrick Rafter's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 9, 1996	R32	Felix Mantilla	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Patrick Rafter's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 11, 1996	QF	Fernando Meligeni	6-3 6-7(7) 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

J. Palmer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 9, 1996	R32	B. Behrens	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data