SF Stockholm Open 1997

Jonas Bjorkman #4 def. Patrick Rafter #3

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

Jonas Bjorkman defeated Patrick Rafter 7-6(3) 7-6(3) in the 1997 Stockholm Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatJonas BjorkmanPatrick Rafter
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
33
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
33
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
60.2%59.7%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
79.2%76.7%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
54.3%62.1%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
66.7%0.0%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
69.3%70.8%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
100.0%33.3%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
29.2%30.7%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
51.2%48.8%
Match Serve+This match’s service points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+7.4+8.9
Match Return+This match’s return points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
-8.9-7.4

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the ATP 1997 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldJonas BjorkmanPatrick Rafter
Country SWE AUS
Birth dateMar 23, 1972Dec 28, 1972
Age2524
Height183 cm185 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandOne-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)43
Ranking points (entering)2,6423,031
Elo (entering)1,9912,036
Current career W-L395–344333–178
Current career earnings$14,610,671$11,133,128
Pre-match H2H

Path

Jonas Bjorkman's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Karol Kucera #256-3 6-2WH2HMatch dataNov 8, 1997QF
Thomas Johansson #366-4 7-5WH2HMatch dataNov 7, 1997R16
Marc Kevin Goellner #526-4 5-2 (ret.)WH2HMatch dataNov 6, 1997R32

Jonas Bjorkman's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Jan Siemerink #1053-6 7-6(2) 6-2 6-4WH2HMatch dataNov 9, 1997F

Patrick Rafter's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Tim Henman #176-3 6-3WH2HMatch dataNov 8, 1997QF
Johan Van Herck 6-3 6-4WMatch dataNov 7, 1997R16
Mikael Tillstrom #746-3 6-0WH2HMatch dataNov 6, 1997R32