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Patrick Rafter #4 def. Felix Mantilla #15

6-3 7-5

Match Information

Date	May 16, 1999*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Patrick Rafter
Score	6-3 7-5
Loser	Felix Mantilla
Duration	1h 23m

Stat	Patrick Rafter	Felix Mantilla
Aces	4	3
Double faults	1	0
First serve %	71	68
First serve points won %	76	68
Second serve points won %	56	47
Break points saved %	0	50
Break points converted %	50	100
Service points won %	70	62
Return points won %	38	30
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Patrick Rafter	Felix Mantilla
Country	AUS	ESP
Birth date	Dec 28, 1972	Sep 23, 1974
Age	26	24
Height	185	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	4	15
Ranking points (entering)	2,978	1,888
Elo (entering)	1,888	1,904
Career W-L	332–177	307–218
Career earnings	$11,133,128	$5,332,214

Pre-match H2H

Patrick Rafter 3 – 0 Felix Mantilla

Path

Patrick Rafter's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 16, 1999	QF	Nicolas Lapentti	4-6 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 15, 1999	R16	Andre Agassi	6-1 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 1999	R32	Gaston Gaudio	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 12, 1999	R64	Goran Ivanisevic	7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Patrick Rafter's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 17, 1999	F	Gustavo Kuerten	4-6 5-7 6-7(6)	L	H2H	Match data

Felix Mantilla's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 16, 1999	QF	David Prinosil	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 15, 1999	R16	Fernando Meligeni	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 1999	R32	Dominik Hrbaty	6-2 4-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 12, 1999	R64	Mariano Zabaleta	6-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data