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Patrick Rafter #4 def. M. Woodforde #64

6-2 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 22, 1999*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Patrick Rafter
Score	6-2 6-4 6-4
Loser	M. Woodforde
Duration	1h 37m

Stat	Patrick Rafter	M. Woodforde
Aces	5	2
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	75	73
First serve points won %	85	61
Second serve points won %	48	52
Break points saved %	—	50
Break points converted %	50	—
Service points won %	76	58
Return points won %	42	24
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Patrick Rafter	M. Woodforde
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	Dec 28, 1972	Sep 23, 1965
Age	26	33
Height	185	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	4	64
Ranking points (entering)	3,269	739
Elo (entering)	1,963	1,747
Career W-L	332–177	313–294
Career earnings	$11,133,128	$8,551,305

Pre-match H2H

Patrick Rafter 3 – 1 M. Woodforde

Path

Patrick Rafter's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 1999	R128	O. Gross	6-2 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Patrick Rafter's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 1999	R32	Thomas Enqvist	4-6 6-4 4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

M. Woodforde's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 1999	R128	M. Draper	7-6(4) 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data