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Patrick Rafter#25 def. F. Fontang#188

6-3 6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 30, 1997*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R64
Winner	Patrick Rafter
Score	6-3 6-4 6-3
Loser	F. Fontang
Duration	1h 48m

Stat	Patrick Rafter	F. Fontang
Aces	14	2
Double faults	3	4
First serve %	68	63
First serve points won %	95	60
Second serve points won %	52	46
Break points saved %	50	58
Break points converted %	42	50
Service points won %	81	55
Return points won %	45	19
Total points won %	61	39

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Patrick Rafter	F. Fontang
Country	AUS	FRA
Birth date	Dec 28, 1972	Mar 18, 1970
Age	24	27
Height	185	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	25	188
Ranking points (entering)	1,322	234
Elo (entering)	1,852	1,493
Career W-L	332–177	28–60
Career earnings	$11,133,128	$513,509

Pre-match H2H

Patrick Rafter 0 – 0 F. Fontang

Path

Patrick Rafter's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	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 1, 1997	R32	Richard Krajicek	6-3 4-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

F. Fontang's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 28, 1997	R128	P. Fredriksson	6-3 6-7(6) 6-0 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data