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Patrick Rafter #25 def. Galo Blanco #111

6-3 7-6(3) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jun 6, 1997*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Patrick Rafter
Score	6-3 7-6(3) 6-3
Loser	Galo Blanco
Duration	2h 10m

Stat	Patrick Rafter	Galo Blanco
Aces	12	2
Double faults	3	4
First serve %	62	67
First serve points won %	87	64
Second serve points won %	61	45
Break points saved %	0	83
Break points converted %	17	100
Service points won %	77	58
Return points won %	42	23
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Patrick Rafter	Galo Blanco
Country	AUS	ESP
Birth date	Dec 28, 1972	Oct 8, 1976
Age	24	20
Height	185	173
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	25	111
Ranking points (entering)	1,322	411
Elo (entering)	1,903	1,636
Career W-L	332–177	122–175
Career earnings	$11,133,128	$1,832,691

Pre-match H2H

Patrick Rafter 0 – 0 Galo Blanco

Path

Patrick Rafter's path

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
Jun 1, 1997	R32	Richard Krajicek	6-3 4-6 6-4 6-2	W	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 8, 1997	SF	Sergi Bruguera	7-6(6) 1-6 5-7 6-7(1)	L	H2H	Match data

Galo Blanco's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 1997	R16	Petr Korda	1-6 6-1 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 1997	R32	Chris Woodruff	7-6(6) 6-3 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 1997	R64	Magnus Gustafsson	6-4 4-6 6-4 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 1997	R128	Neville Godwin	6-3 6-2 1-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data