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

Javier Sanchez vs Patrick Rafter H2H: 1-2

Patrick Rafter holds a 2–1 lead over Javier Sanchez in their ATP head-to-head. Across 3 main-draw meetings, they are tied 1–1 on clay, while Patrick Rafter leads 1–0 on hard courts. Most recently, Patrick Rafter won the 1998 Long Island round of 32 6-2 4-6 6-4.

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Javier Sanchez
ESP Age 58 Right-Handed 177 cm / 5'10"
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 #3 6-2 4-6 6-4 Javier Sanchez #101 Match data Aug 27, 1998* R32 Long Island ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250 Hard
Patrick Rafter #39 6-3 3-6 7-6(4) Javier Sanchez #41 Match data May 10, 1995* R64 Hamburg Open Masters 1000 Clay
Javier Sanchez #29 6-1 6-3 Patrick Rafter #41 Match data Apr 26, 1995* R64 Monte-Carlo Masters Masters 1000 Clay

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
Javier Sanchez #957 #23 1,256 1,847 323 329 49.5% 0 0 0 0 4 4
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 Javier Sanchez Patrick Rafter
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
17 1985 0–1 0.0% #373 1,497 0 0 — — — — — — —
18 1986 2–1 66.7% #225 1,529 0 0 1991 0–1 0.0% #293 1,495 0 0
19 1987 16–19 45.7% #110 1,597 0 0 1992 0–3 0.0% #243 1,456 0 0
20 1988 18–16 52.9% #55 1,709 0 1 1993 11–11 50.0% #66 1,621 0 0
21 1989 25–17 59.5% #51 1,760 0 2 1994 43–26 62.3% #20 1,804 0 1
22 1990 22–23 48.9% #70 1,691 0 2 1995 29–23 55.8% #66 1,778 0 1
23 1991 36–28 56.2% #32 1,733 0 2 1996 25–20 55.6% #62 1,764 0 1
24 1992 33–32 50.8% #41 1,701 0 2 1997 63–26 70.8% #2 2,030 1 2
25 1993 39–31 55.7% #34 1,766 0 2 1998 58–20 74.4% #4 2,011 2 8
26 1994 25–33 43.1% #42 1,587 0 3 1999 31–16 66.0% #16 1,961 2 9
27 1995 33–32 50.8% #36 1,647 0 3 2000 31–17 64.6% #15 1,880 2 10
28 1996 30–33 47.6% #37 1,719 0 4 2001 42–15 73.7% #7 1,988 2 11
29 1997 35–33 51.5% #54 1,721 0 4 — — — — — — —
30 1998 8–26 23.5% #168 1,506 0 4 — — — — — — —
31 1999 1–3 25.0% #281 1,491 0 4 — — — — — — —
32 2000 0–1 0.0% #957 1,481 0 4 — — — — — — —

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 Javier Sanchez 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 %
17 1985 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
18 1986 — — — — 2 1 3 66.7% — — — — — — — — 1991 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
19 1987 5 8 13 38.5% 11 10 21 52.4% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 1992 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
20 1988 8 6 14 57.1% 10 8 18 55.6% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 1993 5 7 12 41.7% — — — — 3 2 5 60.0% 3 2 5 60.0%
21 1989 2 4 6 33.3% 19 12 31 61.3% — — — — 4 1 5 80.0% 1994 27 14 41 65.9% 4 4 8 50.0% 7 2 9 77.8% 5 6 11 45.5%
22 1990 5 6 11 45.5% 17 15 32 53.1% — — — — 0 2 2 0.0% 1995 21 11 32 65.6% 1 6 7 14.3% 2 3 5 40.0% 5 3 8 62.5%
23 1991 12 11 23 52.2% 18 14 32 56.3% 1 1 2 50.0% 5 2 7 71.4% 1996 12 9 21 57.1% 4 5 9 44.4% 8 4 12 66.7% 1 2 3 33.3%
24 1992 6 9 15 40.0% 23 17 40 57.5% 1 1 2 50.0% 3 5 8 37.5% 1997 40 17 57 70.2% 10 3 13 76.9% 6 2 8 75.0% 7 4 11 63.6%
25 1993 11 10 21 52.4% 27 16 43 62.8% 0 1 1 0.0% 1 4 5 20.0% 1998 40 10 50 80.0% 1 3 4 25.0% 8 2 10 80.0% 9 5 14 64.3%
26 1994 2 11 13 15.4% 23 17 40 57.5% — — — — 0 5 5 0.0% 1999 13 11 24 54.2% 7 3 10 70.0% 11 2 13 84.6% — — — —
27 1995 10 9 19 52.6% 23 21 44 52.3% — — — — 0 2 2 0.0% 2000 13 10 23 56.5% 1 3 4 25.0% 12 2 14 85.7% 5 2 7 71.4%
28 1996 15 8 23 65.2% 14 19 33 42.4% 0 1 1 0.0% 1 5 6 16.7% 2001 33 11 44 75.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 9 3 12 75.0% — — — —
29 1997 11 12 23 47.8% 18 16 34 52.9% 1 1 2 50.0% 5 4 9 55.6% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
30 1998 2 11 13 15.4% 6 13 19 31.6% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
31 1999 1 2 3 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
32 2000 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 90 108 198 45.5% 211 181 392 53.8% 3 8 11 27.3% 19 32 51 37.3% — 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 445/492 of Javier Sanchez'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 Javier Sanchez 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 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 1994 61/69 8.1 4.0 59.7% 75.1% 50.4% 64.3% 40.3% 65.1% 34.8%
22 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 1995 47/52 6.7 4.1 58.5% 73.5% 49.2% 60.2% 37.0% 63.4% 35.5%
23 1991 56/64 2.1 1.4 67.2% 66.5% 51.8% 61.6% 50.0% 61.6% 39.1% 1996 39/45 6.2 3.5 57.5% 77.3% 54.7% 62.2% 40.1% 67.4% 38.4%
24 1992 60/65 2.5 2.1 63.4% 67.4% 50.7% 56.3% 42.5% 61.1% 39.1% 1997 74/89 6.8 4.1 60.3% 76.0% 53.6% 59.2% 41.4% 67.1% 38.9%
25 1993 67/70 2.3 2.2 67.0% 67.0% 49.1% 56.7% 41.4% 61.3% 40.9% 1998 65/78 6.7 3.0 65.0% 77.4% 55.2% 64.0% 40.8% 69.5% 40.1%
26 1994 53/58 1.8 2.0 67.2% 66.1% 50.9% 54.1% 44.0% 60.9% 37.2% 1999 41/47 6.9 3.0 65.2% 77.1% 52.1% 52.9% 43.7% 68.6% 39.4%
27 1995 59/65 2.0 2.3 67.4% 65.2% 49.2% 57.9% 43.2% 59.9% 40.3% 2000 37/48 6.7 2.9 64.2% 77.7% 56.2% 63.9% 35.3% 69.9% 35.8%
28 1996 58/63 3.3 3.6 61.9% 68.2% 48.0% 56.4% 40.7% 60.3% 37.7% 2001 48/57 8.5 3.7 65.0% 77.5% 54.5% 61.8% 46.3% 69.3% 38.0%
29 1997 59/68 3.5 3.4 64.5% 67.8% 45.5% 56.2% 47.5% 60.0% 37.8% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
30 1998 28/34 2.7 2.7 66.3% 63.2% 44.4% 48.1% 42.7% 56.8% 35.0% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
31 1999 4/4 2.8 3.8 66.7% 65.8% 58.6% 68.1% 32.5% 63.0% 34.8% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
32 2000 1/1 0.0 0.0 66.7% 62.5% 50.0% 50.0% — 58.3% 28.1% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
Career — 445/652 2.5 2.5 65.6% 66.7% 49.1% 56.5% 43.8% 60.5% 38.6% — 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 Javier Sanchez 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
17 1985 1497 103.5 — — — — — — — 0.0% -4.50 — — — -0.24 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
18 1986 1529 113.1 — — — — — +34 — 62.5% +0.88 1–1 0–2 — +0.04 1991 1496 102.9 +2.28 -2.79 0.506 39.0% — — — 0.0% -3.50 — — — -0.17
19 1987 1597 132.5 — — — — -41 +44 — 48.3% -0.01 2–6 (25%) 6–6 (50%) — +0.55 1992 1457 100.0 -2.19 +1.72 0.823 46.7% — — — 22.2% -2.00 0–1 0–1 — +0.25
20 1988 1709 130.4 — — — — -96 +8 — 52.8% +0.21 7–4 (64%) 8–5 (62%) — +0.34 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 1989 1761 145.8 — — — — -108 +35 — 55.9% +0.49 8–6 (57%) 13–7 (65%) — -0.51 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 1990 1692 143.1 — — — — -33 +71 — 50.4% +0.41 7–8 (47%) 10–13 (43%) — +0.21 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 1991 1734 133.1 +0.90 -0.14 1.019 50.5% -24 -3 — 51.9% +0.16 13–10 (57%) 14–9 (61%) — +2.68 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 1992 1701 141.0 +0.06 +0.33 1.005 50.0% -24 +61 — 48.2% -0.09 15–13 (54%) 15–15 (50%) — -1.45 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 1993 1767 146.2 +1.07 +1.71 1.057 50.8% -82 +89 — 52.0% +0.30 18–10 (64%) 9–16 (36%) — -0.88 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 1994 1587 131.9 -0.04 -1.76 0.951 49.1% -72 +143 — 43.9% -0.34 9–9 (50%) 9–14 (39%) — +0.32 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 1995 1648 138.8 -0.74 +1.39 1.006 50.1% -51 +35 — 49.1% +0.06 14–13 (52%) 9–14 (39%) — +0.87 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 1996 1720 136.2 -0.84 -0.53 0.950 49.0% +41 -92 — 47.4% -0.30 10–8 (56%) 17–9 (65%) — +0.66 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 1997 1721 138.7 -0.89 -0.19 0.945 49.0% -19 +37 — 48.5% -0.23 15–9 (63%) 9–9 (50%) — -1.69 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
30 1998 1506 121.5 -3.40 -2.39 0.809 45.7% +72 +101 — 32.6% -1.41 2–10 (17%) 6–4 (60%) — -0.63 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
31 1999 1492 110.7 +0.11 -0.81 0.941 49.1% +81 — — 30.0% -1.00 — 0–3 (0%) — +0.12 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
32 2000 1481 100.7 -0.13 -0.95 0.675 44.1% — — — 0.0% -2.50 — 0–1 — +0.06 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 1848 142.5 -0.26 0.00 0.978 49.5% -30 +46 — 48.5% -0.05 121–107 (53%) 125–127 (50%) 101.6 +0.07 — 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.