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Jonas Bjorkman #4 def. Patrick Rafter #3

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

Match Information

Date	Nov 8, 1997*
Tournament	Stockholm
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Jonas Bjorkman
Score	7-6(3) 7-6(3)
Loser	Patrick Rafter
Duration	1h 37m

Stat	Jonas Bjorkman	Patrick Rafter
Aces	3	3
Double faults	3	3
First serve %	60	60
First serve points won %	79	77
Second serve points won %	54	62
Break points saved %	67	0
Break points converted %	100	33
Service points won %	69	71
Return points won %	29	31
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jonas Bjorkman	Patrick Rafter
Country	SWE	AUS
Birth date	Mar 23, 1972	Dec 28, 1972
Age	25	24
Height	183	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	4	3
Ranking points (entering)	2,642	3,031
Elo (entering)	1,990	2,041
Career W-L	395–341	332–177
Career earnings	$14,610,671	$11,133,128

Pre-match H2H

Jonas Bjorkman 3 – 1 Patrick Rafter

Path

Jonas Bjorkman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 8, 1997	QF	Karol Kucera	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 7, 1997	R16	Thomas Johansson	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 6, 1997	R32	Marc Kevin Goellner	6-4 5-2 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

Jonas Bjorkman's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 9, 1997	F	Jan Siemerink	3-6 7-6(2) 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Patrick Rafter's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 8, 1997	QF	Tim Henman	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 7, 1997	R16	Johan Van Herck	6-3 6-4	W	—	Match data
Nov 6, 1997	R32	Mikael Tillstrom	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data