H2H data updated: 2026-09-01 00:00 UTC

Byron Black vs Patrick Rafter H2H: 1-2

Patrick Rafter holds a 2–1 lead over Byron Black in their ATP head-to-head. Across 3 main-draw meetings, Patrick Rafter leads 1–0 on carpet, while Byron Black leads 1–0 on clay. Most recently, Patrick Rafter won the 1998 Vienna Open round of 32 6-3 7-6(3).

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Byron Black
ZIM Age 56 Right-Handed 175 cm / 5'9"
H2H
1 – 2
3 main draw meetings
Patrick Rafter
AUS Age 53 Right-Handed 185 cm / 6'1"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Patrick Rafter #2 6-3 7-6(3) Byron Black #28 Match data Oct 15, 1998* R32 Vienna Open ATP Championship Series → modern equivalent ATP 500 Carpet
Byron Black #53 6-3 6-4 Patrick Rafter #4 Match data May 21, 1998* R32 St. Poelten ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250 Clay
Patrick Rafter #60 6-3 1-6 6-1 Byron Black #55 Match data Mar 1, 1997* QF Philadelphia Championship Series → modern equivalent ATP 500 Hard

Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player Current Peak Pts Elo W L Win % GS 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories Finals 500 including documented historical predecessor categories 250 including documented historical predecessor categories Titles
Byron Black #876 #22 1,283 1,873 240 230 51.1% 0 0 0 0 2 2
Patrick Rafter #224 #1 3,673 2,105 333 178 65.2% 2 2 0 1 6 11

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Age Byron Black Patrick Rafter
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
18 — — — — — — — 1991 0–1 0.0% #293 1,495 0 0
19 — — — — — — — 1992 0–3 0.0% #243 1,456 0 0
20 — — — — — — — 1993 11–11 50.0% #66 1,621 0 0
21 1991 2–3 40.0% #123 1,521 0 0 1994 43–26 62.3% #20 1,804 0 1
22 1992 10–18 35.7% #142 1,544 0 0 1995 29–23 55.8% #66 1,778 0 1
23 1993 19–20 48.7% #84 1,662 0 0 1996 25–20 55.6% #62 1,764 0 1
24 1994 22–26 45.8% #66 1,734 0 0 1997 63–26 70.8% #2 2,030 1 2
25 1995 28–24 53.8% #40 1,834 0 0 1998 58–20 74.4% #4 2,011 2 8
26 1996 35–27 56.5% #44 1,746 0 1 1999 31–16 66.0% #16 1,961 2 9
27 1997 27–24 52.9% #76 1,723 0 1 2000 31–17 64.6% #15 1,880 2 10
28 1998 37–25 59.7% #28 1,737 0 1 2001 42–15 73.7% #7 1,988 2 11
29 1999 24–23 51.1% #65 1,690 0 2 — — — — — — —
30 2000 27–24 52.9% #35 1,710 0 2 — — — — — — —
31 2001 8–13 38.1% #196 1,652 0 2 — — — — — — —
32 2002 1–3 25.0% #317 1,636 0 2 — — — — — — —

Surface Results by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Age Byron Black Patrick Rafter
Yr HardClayGrassCarpet Yr HardClayGrassCarpet
W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win %
18 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1991 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
19 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1992 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
20 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1993 5 7 12 41.7% — — — — 3 2 5 60.0% 3 2 5 60.0%
21 1991 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — 1994 27 14 41 65.9% 4 4 8 50.0% 7 2 9 77.8% 5 6 11 45.5%
22 1992 7 10 17 41.2% 0 2 2 0.0% 2 3 5 40.0% 1 3 4 25.0% 1995 21 11 32 65.6% 1 6 7 14.3% 2 3 5 40.0% 5 3 8 62.5%
23 1993 10 11 21 47.6% 1 1 2 50.0% 5 4 9 55.6% 3 4 7 42.9% 1996 12 9 21 57.1% 4 5 9 44.4% 8 4 12 66.7% 1 2 3 33.3%
24 1994 14 17 31 45.2% 0 1 1 0.0% 4 4 8 50.0% 4 4 8 50.0% 1997 40 17 57 70.2% 10 3 13 76.9% 6 2 8 75.0% 7 4 11 63.6%
25 1995 12 12 24 50.0% 1 2 3 33.3% 7 4 11 63.6% 8 6 14 57.1% 1998 40 10 50 80.0% 1 3 4 25.0% 8 2 10 80.0% 9 5 14 64.3%
26 1996 21 15 36 58.3% 1 3 4 25.0% 4 4 8 50.0% 9 5 14 64.3% 1999 13 11 24 54.2% 7 3 10 70.0% 11 2 13 84.6% — — — —
27 1997 16 14 30 53.3% 4 5 9 44.4% 5 3 8 62.5% 2 2 4 50.0% 2000 13 10 23 56.5% 1 3 4 25.0% 12 2 14 85.7% 5 2 7 71.4%
28 1998 24 16 40 60.0% 2 2 4 50.0% 10 3 13 76.9% 1 4 5 20.0% 2001 33 11 44 75.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 9 3 12 75.0% — — — —
29 1999 12 15 27 44.4% 2 1 3 66.7% 2 3 5 40.0% 8 4 12 66.7% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
30 2000 17 16 33 51.5% 1 4 5 20.0% 9 3 12 75.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
31 2001 4 9 13 30.8% 0 1 1 0.0% 4 3 7 57.1% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
32 2002 1 3 4 25.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 139 140 279 49.8% 12 22 34 35.3% 53 35 88 60.2% 36 33 69 52.2% — 204 103 307 66.4% 28 28 56 50.0% 66 23 89 74.2% 35 24 59 59.3%

Performance Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Detailed serve and return statistics available for 381/470 of Byron Black's and 436/511 of Patrick Rafter's main draw matches. Sample is shown as matches with detailed serve and return statistics / total main draw matches. Bold green marks the stronger value when both stat samples contain at least 5 matches; lower is better for DFs/M.

Age Byron Black Patrick Rafter
Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts% Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts%
18 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 1991 1/1 2.0 0.0 53.4% 51.6% 44.4% 44.4% 100.0% 48.3% 26.2%
19 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 1992 2/3 3.5 6.0 53.5% 65.1% 45.6% 60.3% 54.2% 56.1% 36.1%
20 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 1993 21/22 6.0 4.7 59.8% 73.3% 46.8% 64.6% 48.0% 62.6% 36.2%
21 1991 4/5 3.0 2.8 56.1% 63.3% 48.1% 30.0% 32.9% 56.7% 35.5% 1994 61/69 8.1 4.0 59.7% 75.1% 50.4% 64.3% 40.3% 65.1% 34.8%
22 1992 21/28 2.4 3.0 60.8% 64.6% 50.3% 49.1% 40.0% 58.9% 38.4% 1995 47/52 6.7 4.1 58.5% 73.5% 49.2% 60.2% 37.0% 63.4% 35.5%
23 1993 36/39 2.9 3.6 60.3% 64.1% 48.9% 55.0% 49.1% 57.8% 40.0% 1996 39/45 6.2 3.5 57.5% 77.3% 54.7% 62.2% 40.1% 67.4% 38.4%
24 1994 42/48 3.2 2.5 57.5% 67.6% 49.1% 56.6% 44.7% 59.6% 37.7% 1997 74/89 6.8 4.1 60.3% 76.0% 53.6% 59.2% 41.4% 67.1% 38.9%
25 1995 40/52 3.8 2.9 60.8% 70.9% 51.6% 57.0% 39.7% 63.4% 38.2% 1998 65/78 6.7 3.0 65.0% 77.4% 55.2% 64.0% 40.8% 69.5% 40.1%
26 1996 47/62 2.5 2.6 60.1% 65.3% 50.9% 57.2% 48.7% 59.4% 37.8% 1999 41/47 6.9 3.0 65.2% 77.1% 52.1% 52.9% 43.7% 68.6% 39.4%
27 1997 41/51 4.0 3.0 57.5% 68.7% 51.7% 56.7% 44.2% 61.2% 41.1% 2000 37/48 6.7 2.9 64.2% 77.7% 56.2% 63.9% 35.3% 69.9% 35.8%
28 1998 46/62 3.8 2.4 60.0% 68.6% 52.1% 59.0% 43.0% 62.0% 40.8% 2001 48/57 8.5 3.7 65.0% 77.5% 54.5% 61.8% 46.3% 69.3% 38.0%
29 1999 42/47 4.9 2.3 59.3% 68.9% 51.3% 59.2% 37.1% 61.8% 38.3% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
30 2000 40/51 3.5 1.6 62.1% 70.9% 53.0% 60.1% 42.1% 64.1% 40.4% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
31 2001 20/21 2.2 1.7 64.3% 65.2% 51.4% 50.5% 42.5% 60.0% 34.9% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
32 2002 2/4 3.0 1.0 66.7% 62.0% 42.4% 43.7% 55.6% 54.9% 29.3% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
Career — 381/470 3.4 2.6 60.0% 67.7% 51.0% 56.4% 43.3% 60.9% 38.9% — 436/511 7.0 3.7 61.7% 76.1% 52.8% 61.3% 41.3% 67.1% 37.6%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics are precomputed from eligible main-draw results; point-stat values use the available detailed sample. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Age Byron Black Patrick Rafter
Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule
18 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1991 1496 102.9 +2.28 -2.79 0.506 39.0% — — — 0.0% -3.50 — — — -0.17
19 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1992 1457 100.0 -2.19 +1.72 0.823 46.7% — — — 22.2% -2.00 0–1 0–1 — +0.25
20 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1993 1622 136.3 +1.15 -0.18 0.967 49.7% -9 — -4 50.0% -0.20 5–3 (63%) 6–2 (75%) — +0.35
21 1991 1521 104.2 -1.02 -0.06 0.821 45.3% +14 — — 41.7% -0.83 1–1 1–1 — -0.22 1994 1804 145.1 +3.43 -2.20 0.997 50.2% -27 -159 -76 58.6% +0.21 16–12 (57%) 23–10 (70%) — -0.58
22 1992 1545 120.6 -1.55 +0.16 0.935 48.9% +19 — +38 39.1% -0.64 2–6 (25%) 6–5 (55%) — +0.55 1995 1779 148.5 +2.26 -1.35 0.971 49.8% +63 -150 -102 52.2% +0.07 12–6 (67%) 14–11 (56%) — -0.96
23 1993 1663 132.7 -3.10 +1.66 0.948 49.0% -11 — -11 50.0% 0.00 3–4 (43%) 5–6 (45%) — +1.18 1996 1764 147.3 +4.50 +1.21 1.177 52.7% +12 -147 +37 57.0% +0.89 4–6 (40%) 5–13 (28%) — -0.78
24 1994 1735 137.9 -1.20 +0.09 0.933 48.6% 0 — -52 44.4% -0.50 8–4 (67%) 10–9 (53%) — -1.35 1997 2031 163.0 +5.33 +2.03 1.183 52.9% +9 -197 -179 62.0% +0.89 24–5 (83%) 20–22 (48%) — -3.40
25 1995 1834 141.6 +1.31 +1.27 1.043 50.6% -19 -332 -108 53.3% -0.04 9–9 (50%) 17–8 (68%) — -0.98 1998 2011 157.8 +6.57 +2.62 1.316 54.2% +18 -246 -117 66.8% +1.21 16–5 (76%) 23–19 (55%) — +0.93
26 1996 1747 135.8 -2.17 +0.51 0.929 48.8% +32 -274 -13 51.4% -0.06 13–5 (72%) 11–10 (52%) — +0.90 1999 1961 149.8 +5.69 +2.07 1.255 53.4% -61 -140 +14 65.8% +1.21 4–4 (50%) 12–14 (46%) — -0.61
27 1997 1724 143.0 -0.46 +2.90 1.057 51.0% +19 -166 +77 51.6% +0.20 7–7 (50%) 11–8 (58%) — -1.28 2000 1880 143.7 +6.33 -0.70 1.186 52.5% -46 -112 +237 62.6% +0.90 7–6 (54%) 12–15 (44%) — -0.12
28 1998 1738 141.5 +0.32 +2.69 1.074 51.1% -11 -159 +112 57.4% +0.59 10–8 (56%) 8–12 (40%) — +1.98 2001 1989 159.0 +6.46 +1.48 1.241 53.4% -2 — +117 69.0% +1.14 9–7 (56%) 17–8 (68%) — -0.75
29 1999 1691 138.9 -0.27 +0.43 1.001 49.9% +27 -63 +73 48.7% 0.00 7–4 (64%) 5–9 (36%) — +0.97 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
30 2000 1711 136.3 +1.49 +2.31 1.126 52.1% -21 -150 +129 53.6% +0.51 6–8 (43%) 9–14 (39%) — +1.00 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
31 2001 1652 123.1 -1.09 -1.12 0.873 47.9% -23 — +160 36.7% -0.80 2–1 (67%) 3–5 (38%) — -1.02 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
32 2002 1637 107.3 -2.90 -0.76 0.651 44.4% +5 — — 25.0% -1.50 1–0 0–1 — +0.04 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 1873 141.2 -0.61 +1.24 0.995 49.9% +4 -184 +41 49.9% 0.00 69–57 (55%) 86–88 (49%) 103.5 +0.38 — 2105 157.4 +4.84 +0.68 1.144 52.2% 0 -164 +17 61.2% +0.74 97–55 (64%) 132–115 (53%) 108.1 -1.15

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.