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Petr Korda #17 def. Patrick Rafter #3

6-4 7-6(3)

Match Information

Date	Oct 26, 1997*
Tournament	Stuttgart Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Petr Korda
Score	6-4 7-6(3)
Loser	Patrick Rafter
Duration	1h 30m

Stat	Petr Korda	Patrick Rafter
Aces	6	9
Double faults	7	5
First serve %	55	55
First serve points won %	80	74
Second serve points won %	52	54
Break points saved %	80	75
Break points converted %	25	20
Service points won %	67	65
Return points won %	35	33
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Petr Korda	Patrick Rafter
Country	CZE	AUS
Birth date	Jan 23, 1968	Dec 28, 1972
Age	29	24
Height	190	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	17	3
Ranking points (entering)	1,880	2,889
Elo (entering)	1,937	2,058
Career W-L	378–238	332–177
Career earnings	$10,448,900	$11,133,128

Pre-match H2H

Petr Korda 2 – 1 Patrick Rafter

Path

Petr Korda's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 26, 1997	QF	Marcelo Rios	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 1997	R16	Cedric Pioline	6-3 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 23, 1997	R32	Chris Woodruff	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Petr Korda's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 1997	F	Richard Krajicek	7-6(6) 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Patrick Rafter's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 26, 1997	QF	Todd Martin	4-6 7-6(7) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 1997	R16	David Prinosil	3-6 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 23, 1997	R32	Thomas Enqvist	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data