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Patrick Rafter #25 def. Richard Krajicek #6

6-3 4-6 6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jun 1, 1997*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Patrick Rafter
Score	6-3 4-6 6-4 6-2
Loser	Richard Krajicek
Duration	2h 15m

Stat	Patrick Rafter	Richard Krajicek
Aces	4	6
Double faults	3	7
First serve %	61	48
First serve points won %	80	85
Second serve points won %	59	38
Break points saved %	67	64
Break points converted %	36	33
Service points won %	72	61
Return points won %	39	28
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Patrick Rafter	Richard Krajicek
Country	AUS	NED
Birth date	Dec 28, 1972	Dec 6, 1971
Age	24	25
Height	185	196
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	25	6
Ranking points (entering)	1,322	2,573
Elo (entering)	1,857	1,922
Career W-L	332–177	408–207
Career earnings	$11,133,128	$10,077,425

Pre-match H2H

Patrick Rafter 0 – 5 Richard Krajicek

Path

Patrick Rafter's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 30, 1997	R64	Frederic Fontang	6-3 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 1997	R128	Andrea Gaudenzi	3-6 7-6(3) 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Patrick Rafter's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 1997	R16	Mark Woodforde	6-2 5-7 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Richard Krajicek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 30, 1997	R64	Bohdan Ulihrach	6-2 3-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 1997	R128	Scott Draper	7-6(3) 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data