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Nicolas Kiefer vs Patrick Rafter H2H: 3-1

Nicolas Kiefer holds a 3–1 lead over Patrick Rafter in their ATP head-to-head. Across 4 main-draw meetings, Nicolas Kiefer leads 3–1 on hard courts. Most recently, Patrick Rafter won the 2001 Dubai Tennis Championships round of 32 6-2 6-4.

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Nicolas Kiefer
GER Age 49 Right-Handed 183 cm / 6'0"
H2H
3 – 1
4 main draw meetings
Patrick Rafter
AUS Age 53 Right-Handed 185 cm / 6'1"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Patrick Rafter #11 6-2 6-4 Nicolas Kiefer #47 Match data Mar 1, 2001* R32 Dubai Tennis Championships ATP International Series Gold → modern equivalent ATP 500 Hard
Nicolas Kiefer #17 6-3 6-7(5) 7-6(4) Patrick Rafter #2 Match data Aug 8, 1999* QF Canadian Open Masters 1000 Hard
Nicolas Kiefer #30 7-6(5) 6-4 Patrick Rafter #5 Match data Mar 18, 1999* R32 Miami Open Masters 1000 Hard
Nicolas Kiefer #33 7-6(2) 3-6 7-5 Patrick Rafter #5 Match data Mar 11, 1999* R32 Indian Wells Open Masters 1000 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
Nicolas Kiefer #720 #4 2,447 1,995 347 255 57.6% 0 0 0 1 5 6
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 Nicolas Kiefer Patrick Rafter
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
16 1994 0–1 0.0% — 1,489 0 0 — — — — — — —
17 1995 3–3 50.0% #206 1,527 0 0 — — — — — — —
18 1996 7–9 43.8% #128 1,563 0 0 1991 0–1 0.0% #293 1,495 0 0
19 1997 26–16 61.9% #32 1,799 0 1 1992 0–3 0.0% #243 1,456 0 0
20 1998 31–25 55.4% #35 1,792 0 1 1993 11–11 50.0% #66 1,621 0 0
21 1999 53–21 71.6% #6 1,922 0 4 1994 43–26 62.3% #20 1,804 0 1
22 2000 30–16 65.2% #20 1,900 0 6 1995 29–23 55.8% #66 1,778 0 1
23 2001 26–25 51.0% #42 1,763 0 6 1996 25–20 55.6% #62 1,764 0 1
24 2002 19–24 44.2% #72 1,717 0 6 1997 63–26 70.8% #2 2,030 1 2
25 2003 19–17 52.8% #58 1,727 0 6 1998 58–20 74.4% #4 2,011 2 8
26 2004 34–20 63.0% #21 1,886 0 6 1999 31–16 66.0% #16 1,961 2 9
27 2005 31–22 58.5% #22 1,862 0 6 2000 31–17 64.6% #15 1,880 2 10
28 2006 14–8 63.6% #48 1,863 0 6 2001 42–15 73.7% #7 1,988 2 11
29 2007 19–12 61.3% #49 1,906 0 6 — — — — — — —
30 2008 22–17 56.4% #38 1,889 0 6 — — — — — — —
31 2009 12–16 42.9% #116 1,762 0 6 — — — — — — —
32 2010 1–3 25.0% #722 1,722 0 6 — — — — — — —

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 Nicolas Kiefer 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 %
16 1994 — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
17 1995 — — — — — — — — — — — — 3 3 6 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
18 1996 1 2 3 33.3% 3 4 7 42.9% 1 1 2 50.0% 2 2 4 50.0% 1991 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
19 1997 7 5 12 58.3% 3 4 7 42.9% 5 2 7 71.4% 11 5 16 68.8% 1992 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
20 1998 24 15 39 61.5% 4 4 8 50.0% 2 3 5 40.0% 1 3 4 25.0% 1993 5 7 12 41.7% — — — — 3 2 5 60.0% 3 2 5 60.0%
21 1999 41 15 56 73.2% 2 2 4 50.0% 6 1 7 85.7% 4 3 7 57.1% 1994 27 14 41 65.9% 4 4 8 50.0% 7 2 9 77.8% 5 6 11 45.5%
22 2000 27 11 38 71.1% 1 3 4 25.0% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — 1995 21 11 32 65.6% 1 6 7 14.3% 2 3 5 40.0% 5 3 8 62.5%
23 2001 11 13 24 45.8% 6 6 12 50.0% 4 2 6 66.7% 5 4 9 55.6% 1996 12 9 21 57.1% 4 5 9 44.4% 8 4 12 66.7% 1 2 3 33.3%
24 2002 10 15 25 40.0% 1 5 6 16.7% 7 3 10 70.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 1997 40 17 57 70.2% 10 3 13 76.9% 6 2 8 75.0% 7 4 11 63.6%
25 2003 14 11 25 56.0% 1 3 4 25.0% 4 3 7 57.1% — — — — 1998 40 10 50 80.0% 1 3 4 25.0% 8 2 10 80.0% 9 5 14 64.3%
26 2004 30 14 44 68.2% 2 4 6 33.3% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — 1999 13 11 24 54.2% 7 3 10 70.0% 11 2 13 84.6% — — — —
27 2005 15 13 28 53.6% 6 4 10 60.0% 2 2 4 50.0% 8 3 11 72.7% 2000 13 10 23 56.5% 1 3 4 25.0% 12 2 14 85.7% 5 2 7 71.4%
28 2006 8 4 12 66.7% 6 4 10 60.0% — — — — — — — — 2001 33 11 44 75.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 9 3 12 75.0% — — — —
29 2007 17 9 26 65.4% — — — — 2 3 5 40.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
30 2008 12 11 23 52.2% 5 4 9 55.6% 5 2 7 71.4% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
31 2009 4 7 11 36.4% 7 7 14 50.0% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
32 2010 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 221 145 366 60.4% 47 55 102 46.1% 44 30 74 59.5% 35 25 60 58.3% — 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 537/601 of Nicolas Kiefer'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 Nicolas Kiefer 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%
17 1995 6/6 4.7 2.3 61.5% 72.6% 51.3% 62.7% 44.1% 64.8% 36.3% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
18 1996 11/16 6.1 2.5 52.2% 76.6% 47.8% 53.2% 49.7% 62.7% 39.8% 1991 1/1 2.0 0.0 53.4% 51.6% 44.4% 44.4% 100.0% 48.3% 26.2%
19 1997 37/42 7.9 3.5 55.2% 77.0% 48.3% 60.5% 52.5% 64.1% 36.7% 1992 2/3 3.5 6.0 53.5% 65.1% 45.6% 60.3% 54.2% 56.1% 36.1%
20 1998 49/56 6.2 4.7 53.7% 74.8% 47.8% 55.1% 44.4% 62.5% 39.0% 1993 21/22 6.0 4.7 59.8% 73.3% 46.8% 64.6% 48.0% 62.6% 36.2%
21 1999 56/74 6.6 4.3 51.5% 75.7% 53.2% 61.8% 43.5% 64.7% 40.4% 1994 61/69 8.1 4.0 59.7% 75.1% 50.4% 64.3% 40.3% 65.1% 34.8%
22 2000 38/46 6.4 4.3 52.7% 74.9% 52.3% 61.7% 48.3% 64.3% 40.1% 1995 47/52 6.7 4.1 58.5% 73.5% 49.2% 60.2% 37.0% 63.4% 35.5%
23 2001 44/51 6.3 4.1 50.3% 71.1% 48.8% 54.0% 50.7% 60.0% 40.0% 1996 39/45 6.2 3.5 57.5% 77.3% 54.7% 62.2% 40.1% 67.4% 38.4%
24 2002 40/43 6.2 4.5 52.6% 74.1% 47.8% 58.8% 50.7% 61.5% 37.6% 1997 74/89 6.8 4.1 60.3% 76.0% 53.6% 59.2% 41.4% 67.1% 38.9%
25 2003 36/36 6.5 3.8 50.8% 73.1% 49.9% 58.1% 44.7% 61.8% 37.4% 1998 65/78 6.7 3.0 65.0% 77.4% 55.2% 64.0% 40.8% 69.5% 40.1%
26 2004 51/54 7.3 3.8 54.9% 77.8% 48.4% 61.1% 41.4% 64.5% 38.7% 1999 41/47 6.9 3.0 65.2% 77.1% 52.1% 52.9% 43.7% 68.6% 39.4%
27 2005 52/53 7.6 3.8 53.4% 74.2% 51.4% 56.4% 51.3% 63.6% 40.9% 2000 37/48 6.7 2.9 64.2% 77.7% 56.2% 63.9% 35.3% 69.9% 35.8%
28 2006 21/22 7.4 4.0 51.7% 72.0% 50.1% 59.5% 43.3% 61.3% 40.2% 2001 48/57 8.5 3.7 65.0% 77.5% 54.5% 61.8% 46.3% 69.3% 38.0%
29 2007 30/31 6.7 2.5 57.0% 79.9% 51.6% 64.6% 33.9% 67.8% 38.1% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
30 2008 34/39 7.2 2.4 53.6% 76.3% 51.9% 55.4% 44.9% 64.9% 39.6% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
31 2009 28/28 7.7 3.9 52.0% 75.0% 47.3% 62.9% 45.8% 61.9% 35.4% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
32 2010 4/4 11.3 6.5 51.8% 77.7% 47.3% 55.7% 31.0% 63.0% 28.6% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
Career — 537/602 6.9 3.8 53.1% 75.1% 49.9% 58.9% 46.0% 63.3% 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 Nicolas Kiefer 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
16 1994 1489 97.0 — — — — — — — 0.0% -4.00 — — — +0.05 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
17 1995 1528 117.0 +1.19 -1.22 1.032 51.3% +26 — — 50.0% 0.00 1–1 — — +0.08 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
18 1996 1563 122.9 +0.33 +1.12 1.067 50.9% +8 -24 — 44.1% +0.09 0–1 2–3 (40%) — +0.80 1991 1496 102.9 +2.28 -2.79 0.506 39.0% — — — 0.0% -3.50 — — — -0.17
19 1997 1799 139.8 +1.52 -0.54 1.021 50.8% -25 -229 -48 55.6% +0.30 14–3 (82%) 8–7 (53%) — +0.64 1992 1457 100.0 -2.19 +1.72 0.823 46.7% — — — 22.2% -2.00 0–1 0–1 — +0.25
20 1998 1792 151.1 +0.77 +1.69 1.039 50.9% +29 -161 -60 55.6% +0.37 10–11 (48%) 12–8 (60%) — -0.30 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 1999 1923 157.7 +2.57 +3.33 1.144 52.6% +23 -302 -126 65.4% +0.99 15–6 (71%) 16–8 (67%) — +0.49 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 2000 1900 146.0 +2.09 +2.25 1.124 52.3% +54 -332 -120 61.3% +0.85 9–2 (82%) 7–6 (54%) — -0.03 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 2001 1763 149.2 -1.17 +2.22 1.001 50.2% +25 -132 +43 53.5% +0.24 6–10 (38%) 7–5 (58%) — -2.55 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 2002 1718 142.5 -0.77 +1.14 0.977 49.8% +5 -139 +119 46.5% -0.05 4–4 (50%) 4–7 (36%) — -0.90 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 2003 1727 134.5 +0.10 +0.13 0.980 49.8% +22 -144 +93 48.1% -0.22 6–1 (86%) 3–3 (50%) — +0.36 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 2004 1887 148.7 +1.38 +2.62 1.092 51.5% +33 -284 -100 60.2% +0.52 12–6 (67%) 14–7 (67%) — +0.23 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 2005 1862 154.9 +1.31 +3.44 1.125 52.2% +10 -139 -50 60.9% +0.77 8–8 (50%) 7–5 (58%) — -1.12 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 2006 1863 140.5 -0.75 +2.34 1.039 50.6% +65 -104 — 60.0% +0.60 8–3 (73%) 7–4 (64%) — +0.78 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 2007 1907 153.1 +4.21 +1.95 1.186 52.7% +55 — -153 65.2% +0.94 1–1 8–5 (62%) — -1.12 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
30 2008 1889 153.4 +2.15 +3.22 1.128 51.9% +5 -79 -37 57.0% +0.37 7–5 (58%) 7–4 (64%) — -1.13 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
31 2009 1762 145.0 -1.02 -0.24 0.930 49.3% +63 +45 +54 48.5% -0.09 4–4 (50%) 5–4 (56%) — -1.73 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
32 2010 1722 106.1 +0.99 -2.77 0.774 46.3% — — +51 27.3% -1.09 1–1 0–1 — -0.60 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 1995 155.1 +1.02 +1.86 1.060 51.2% +25 -127 -17 56.7% +0.45 106–67 (61%) 107–77 (58%) 111.9 -1.01 — 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.