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Nicolas Lapentti vs Patrick Rafter H2H: 0-3

Patrick Rafter holds a 3–0 lead over Nicolas Lapentti in their ATP head-to-head. Across 3 main-draw meetings, Patrick Rafter leads 2–0 on hard courts and 1–0 on clay. Most recently, Patrick Rafter won the 2001 US Open round of 32 7-6(3) 6-2 6-2.

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Nicolas Lapentti
ECU Age 50 Right-Handed 188 cm / 6'2"
H2H
0 – 3
3 main draw meetings
Patrick Rafter
AUS Age 53 Right-Handed 185 cm / 6'1"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Patrick Rafter #6 7-6(3) 6-2 6-2 Nicolas Lapentti #26 Match data Sep 2, 2001* R32 US Open Grand Slam Hard
Patrick Rafter #4 6-2 6-3 Nicolas Lapentti #21 Match data Aug 14, 1999* R16 Cincinnati Open Masters 1000 Hard
Patrick Rafter #4 4-6 7-5 6-1 Nicolas Lapentti #32 Match data May 16, 1999* QF Italian Open 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
Nicolas Lapentti #885 #6 2,293 1,933 282 283 49.9% 0 0 0 2 3 5
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 Lapentti Patrick Rafter
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
18 1995 5–0 100.0% #109 1,594 0 1 1991 0–1 0.0% #293 1,495 0 0
19 1996 11–20 35.5% #121 1,568 0 1 1992 0–3 0.0% #243 1,456 0 0
20 1997 17–18 48.6% #63 1,658 0 1 1993 11–11 50.0% #66 1,621 0 0
21 1998 16–29 35.6% #90 1,595 0 1 1994 43–26 62.3% #20 1,804 0 1
22 1999 52–24 68.4% #8 1,883 0 3 1995 29–23 55.8% #66 1,778 0 1
23 2000 40–28 58.8% #24 1,750 0 3 1996 25–20 55.6% #62 1,764 0 1
24 2001 30–22 57.7% #23 1,835 0 4 1997 63–26 70.8% #2 2,030 1 2
25 2002 32–27 54.2% #29 1,713 0 5 1998 58–20 74.4% #4 2,011 2 8
26 2003 20–22 47.6% #57 1,696 0 5 1999 31–16 66.0% #16 1,961 2 9
27 2004 7–15 31.8% #122 1,587 0 5 2000 31–17 64.6% #15 1,880 2 10
28 2005 9–16 36.0% #95 1,575 0 5 2001 42–15 73.7% #7 1,988 2 11
29 2006 12–9 57.1% #67 1,680 0 5 — — — — — — —
30 2007 10–14 41.7% #109 1,610 0 5 — — — — — — —
31 2008 14–18 43.8% #86 1,650 0 5 — — — — — — —
32 2009 6–14 30.0% #97 1,667 0 5 — — — — — — —
33 2010 1–7 12.5% #447 1,581 0 5 — — — — — — —

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 Lapentti 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 1995 — — — — 5 0 5 100.0% — — — — — — — — 1991 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
19 1996 1 8 9 11.1% 9 9 18 50.0% 1 2 3 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0% 1992 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
20 1997 3 6 9 33.3% 14 11 25 56.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 1993 5 7 12 41.7% — — — — 3 2 5 60.0% 3 2 5 60.0%
21 1998 4 11 15 26.7% 12 16 28 42.9% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — 1994 27 14 41 65.9% 4 4 8 50.0% 7 2 9 77.8% 5 6 11 45.5%
22 1999 22 12 34 64.7% 21 9 30 70.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 8 2 10 80.0% 1995 21 11 32 65.6% 1 6 7 14.3% 2 3 5 40.0% 5 3 8 62.5%
23 2000 23 15 38 60.5% 13 9 22 59.1% 2 2 4 50.0% 2 2 4 50.0% 1996 12 9 21 57.1% 4 5 9 44.4% 8 4 12 66.7% 1 2 3 33.3%
24 2001 12 10 22 54.5% 15 8 23 65.2% 0 1 1 0.0% 3 3 6 50.0% 1997 40 17 57 70.2% 10 3 13 76.9% 6 2 8 75.0% 7 4 11 63.6%
25 2002 10 12 22 45.5% 16 12 28 57.1% 4 1 5 80.0% 2 2 4 50.0% 1998 40 10 50 80.0% 1 3 4 25.0% 8 2 10 80.0% 9 5 14 64.3%
26 2003 6 7 13 46.2% 11 11 22 50.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 2 3 5 40.0% 1999 13 11 24 54.2% 7 3 10 70.0% 11 2 13 84.6% — — — —
27 2004 5 6 11 45.5% 2 9 11 18.2% — — — — — — — — 2000 13 10 23 56.5% 1 3 4 25.0% 12 2 14 85.7% 5 2 7 71.4%
28 2005 3 7 10 30.0% 6 7 13 46.2% — — — — 0 2 2 0.0% 2001 33 11 44 75.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 9 3 12 75.0% — — — —
29 2006 0 1 1 0.0% 12 8 20 60.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
30 2007 3 5 8 37.5% 6 6 12 50.0% 1 2 3 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
31 2008 4 6 10 40.0% 9 9 18 50.0% 0 2 2 0.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
32 2009 3 5 8 37.5% 3 8 11 27.3% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
33 2010 1 3 4 25.0% 0 4 4 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 100 114 214 46.7% 154 136 290 53.1% 10 16 26 38.5% 18 17 35 51.4% — 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 490/565 of Nicolas Lapentti'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 Lapentti 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 1995 3/5 6.3 2.7 62.2% 77.3% 59.8% 64.6% 47.2% 70.1% 38.4% 1991 1/1 2.0 0.0 53.4% 51.6% 44.4% 44.4% 100.0% 48.3% 26.2%
19 1996 25/31 3.8 3.4 56.2% 67.4% 47.9% 49.9% 41.1% 58.8% 37.9% 1992 2/3 3.5 6.0 53.5% 65.1% 45.6% 60.3% 54.2% 56.1% 36.1%
20 1997 32/35 4.4 2.8 60.4% 71.2% 48.1% 56.0% 46.1% 61.9% 40.2% 1993 21/22 6.0 4.7 59.8% 73.3% 46.8% 64.6% 48.0% 62.6% 36.2%
21 1998 40/45 3.4 3.8 63.2% 67.2% 44.6% 49.7% 42.8% 58.7% 38.4% 1994 61/69 8.1 4.0 59.7% 75.1% 50.4% 64.3% 40.3% 65.1% 34.8%
22 1999 59/76 5.3 2.4 61.7% 72.0% 50.2% 64.0% 40.2% 63.5% 40.7% 1995 47/52 6.7 4.1 58.5% 73.5% 49.2% 60.2% 37.0% 63.4% 35.5%
23 2000 53/68 6.3 3.4 57.6% 72.3% 49.1% 61.4% 43.9% 62.4% 38.6% 1996 39/45 6.2 3.5 57.5% 77.3% 54.7% 62.2% 40.1% 67.4% 38.4%
24 2001 38/52 5.7 3.2 56.1% 74.4% 47.9% 57.3% 41.7% 62.8% 38.8% 1997 74/89 6.8 4.1 60.3% 76.0% 53.6% 59.2% 41.4% 67.1% 38.9%
25 2002 49/59 6.6 2.6 59.0% 73.4% 49.0% 49.6% 35.4% 63.3% 38.5% 1998 65/78 6.7 3.0 65.0% 77.4% 55.2% 64.0% 40.8% 69.5% 40.1%
26 2003 41/42 4.9 2.2 61.5% 69.0% 50.1% 56.3% 40.4% 61.7% 36.8% 1999 41/47 6.9 3.0 65.2% 77.1% 52.1% 52.9% 43.7% 68.6% 39.4%
27 2004 21/22 4.1 2.3 58.4% 68.7% 52.6% 56.8% 36.5% 62.0% 35.6% 2000 37/48 6.7 2.9 64.2% 77.7% 56.2% 63.9% 35.3% 69.9% 35.8%
28 2005 25/25 3.2 1.6 64.4% 68.8% 50.2% 52.2% 32.3% 62.2% 35.8% 2001 48/57 8.5 3.7 65.0% 77.5% 54.5% 61.8% 46.3% 69.3% 38.0%
29 2006 21/21 3.5 1.4 63.2% 68.6% 45.4% 60.5% 42.1% 60.2% 41.5% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
30 2007 24/24 4.3 2.3 60.5% 68.8% 44.7% 57.7% 37.1% 59.0% 34.0% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
31 2008 31/32 3.2 2.0 62.5% 68.6% 50.4% 50.4% 43.5% 61.9% 36.0% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
32 2009 20/20 4.4 2.7 60.2% 66.9% 49.5% 55.4% 40.2% 60.0% 36.1% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
33 2010 8/8 1.6 2.3 53.8% 62.6% 45.5% 40.0% 35.4% 54.9% 34.4% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
Career — 490/565 4.7 2.7 60.2% 70.3% 48.7% 55.7% 40.4% 61.6% 38.0% — 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 Lapentti 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 1995 1595 115.3 +3.11 +1.13 1.285 52.9% — +53 — 83.3% +1.67 2–0 1–1 — +0.73 1991 1496 102.9 +2.28 -2.79 0.506 39.0% — — — 0.0% -3.50 — — — -0.17
19 1996 1569 122.4 -2.38 -0.82 0.920 48.4% -108 +97 +28 40.5% -0.77 7–8 (47%) 12–6 (67%) — +0.89 1992 1457 100.0 -2.19 +1.72 0.823 46.7% — — — 22.2% -2.00 0–1 0–1 — +0.25
20 1997 1659 129.3 +0.24 +1.23 1.054 50.8% -156 +64 — 45.0% -0.14 5–6 (45%) 3–6 (33%) — +0.41 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 1998 1595 132.1 -1.83 +0.31 0.932 48.6% -86 +85 — 40.4% -0.57 5–9 (36%) 5–8 (38%) — -0.69 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 1999 1883 154.4 +1.96 +3.11 1.116 52.2% -43 -24 — 59.3% +0.58 22–7 (76%) 17–14 (55%) — -1.12 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 2000 1751 142.0 +0.96 +0.97 1.026 50.6% +22 +87 -251 53.7% +0.39 16–5 (76%) 12–16 (43%) — +1.98 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 2001 1836 155.3 +1.70 +1.34 1.041 50.6% -27 +112 — 55.1% +0.40 10–5 (67%) 7–10 (41%) — -1.27 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 2002 1713 133.6 +1.50 +0.61 1.049 50.5% +6 +68 -121 50.6% +0.13 18–9 (67%) 13–13 (50%) — +1.94 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 2003 1697 131.8 -0.81 -0.35 0.961 49.4% -25 +79 — 48.2% -0.17 5–8 (38%) 6–5 (55%) — +0.89 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 2004 1588 121.8 -0.38 -0.79 0.938 48.5% +44 +67 — 38.0% -0.68 1–2 (33%) 1–5 (17%) — +0.01 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 2005 1575 129.8 -0.05 -0.90 0.948 48.9% -6 +95 — 37.5% -0.70 2–5 (29%) 6–5 (55%) — -1.17 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 2006 1681 124.7 -1.29 +2.41 1.042 50.7% — +73 — 52.7% +0.05 6–4 (60%) 7–2 (78%) — +0.31 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
30 2007 1611 123.4 -2.74 -2.10 0.829 47.0% -49 +93 -16 38.3% -0.87 4–2 (67%) 3–2 (60%) — +0.08 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
31 2008 1650 136.2 -0.69 -0.13 0.944 48.9% -103 +132 — 48.1% -0.15 6–8 (43%) 8–7 (53%) — +0.36 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
32 2009 1667 132.7 -1.19 +0.26 0.902 48.2% -65 +134 — 40.7% -0.64 5–8 (38%) 7–2 (78%) — -1.19 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
33 2010 1581 117.8 -2.88 -0.42 0.762 44.8% +18 +71 — 26.3% -1.74 0–2 0–1 — -0.76 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 1934 143.0 -0.03 +0.60 0.990 49.8% -30 +76 -105 48.7% -0.07 114–88 (56%) 108–103 (51%) 107.5 +0.25 — 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.