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

Patrick Rafter vs Justin Gimelstob H2H: 2-1

Patrick Rafter holds a 2–1 lead over Justin Gimelstob in their ATP head-to-head. Across 3 main-draw meetings, they are tied 1–1 on hard courts, while Patrick Rafter leads 1–0 on grass. Most recently, Justin Gimelstob won the 1998 Los Angeles Open quarterfinal 6-4 6-3.

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Patrick Rafter
AUS Age 53 Right-Handed 185 cm / 6'1"
H2H
2 – 1
3 main draw meetings
Justin Gimelstob
USA Age 49 Right-Handed 196 cm / 6'5"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Justin Gimelstob #98 6-4 6-3 Patrick Rafter #5 Match data Aug 1, 1998* QF Los Angeles Open ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250 Hard
Patrick Rafter #60 6-3 5-7 7-5 Justin Gimelstob #130 Match data Feb 28, 1997* R16 Philadelphia Championship Series → modern equivalent ATP 500 Hard
Patrick Rafter #63 7-6(4) 6-4 Justin Gimelstob #306 Match data Jul 11, 1996* R32 Newport World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250 Grass

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
Patrick Rafter #224 #1 3,673 2,105 333 178 65.2% 2 2 0 1 6 11
Justin Gimelstob #841 #63 733 1,722 107 171 38.5% 0 0 0 0 0 0

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 Patrick Rafter Justin Gimelstob
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
18 1991 0–1 0.0% #293 1,495 0 0 1995 1–1 50.0% — 1,529 0 0
19 1992 0–3 0.0% #243 1,456 0 0 1996 3–9 25.0% #152 1,510 0 0
20 1993 11–11 50.0% #66 1,621 0 0 1997 17–23 42.5% #104 1,630 0 0
21 1994 43–26 62.3% #20 1,804 0 1 1998 14–15 48.3% #80 1,661 0 0
22 1995 29–23 55.8% #66 1,778 0 1 1999 17–26 39.5% #82 1,645 0 0
23 1996 25–20 55.6% #62 1,764 0 1 2000 14–16 46.7% #97 1,675 0 0
24 1997 63–26 70.8% #2 2,030 1 2 2001 3–12 20.0% #177 1,595 0 0
25 1998 58–20 74.4% #4 2,011 2 8 2002 5–6 45.5% #106 1,619 0 0
26 1999 31–16 66.0% #16 1,961 2 9 2003 9–17 34.6% #106 1,532 0 0
27 2000 31–17 64.6% #15 1,880 2 10 2004 1–5 16.7% #162 1,507 0 0
28 2001 42–15 73.7% #7 1,988 2 11 2005 8–9 47.1% #104 1,595 0 0
29 — — — — — — — 2006 14–20 41.2% #86 1,606 0 0
30 — — — — — — — 2007 1–12 7.7% #556 1,537 0 0

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 Patrick Rafter Justin Gimelstob
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% — — — — — — — — — — — — 1995 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
19 1992 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 1996 3 7 10 30.0% — — — — 0 2 2 0.0% — — — —
20 1993 5 7 12 41.7% — — — — 3 2 5 60.0% 3 2 5 60.0% 1997 15 16 31 48.4% — — — — 1 4 5 20.0% 1 3 4 25.0%
21 1994 27 14 41 65.9% 4 4 8 50.0% 7 2 9 77.8% 5 6 11 45.5% 1998 5 7 12 41.7% 4 2 6 66.7% 3 4 7 42.9% 2 2 4 50.0%
22 1995 21 11 32 65.6% 1 6 7 14.3% 2 3 5 40.0% 5 3 8 62.5% 1999 13 16 29 44.8% 2 5 7 28.6% 1 4 5 20.0% 1 1 2 50.0%
23 1996 12 9 21 57.1% 4 5 9 44.4% 8 4 12 66.7% 1 2 3 33.3% 2000 10 9 19 52.6% 0 3 3 0.0% 4 4 8 50.0% — — — —
24 1997 40 17 57 70.2% 10 3 13 76.9% 6 2 8 75.0% 7 4 11 63.6% 2001 2 10 12 16.7% — — — — 1 2 3 33.3% — — — —
25 1998 40 10 50 80.0% 1 3 4 25.0% 8 2 10 80.0% 9 5 14 64.3% 2002 3 5 8 37.5% — — — — 2 1 3 66.7% — — — —
26 1999 13 11 24 54.2% 7 3 10 70.0% 11 2 13 84.6% — — — — 2003 5 11 16 31.3% 0 2 2 0.0% 4 4 8 50.0% — — — —
27 2000 13 10 23 56.5% 1 3 4 25.0% 12 2 14 85.7% 5 2 7 71.4% 2004 1 4 5 20.0% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
28 2001 33 11 44 75.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 9 3 12 75.0% — — — — 2005 6 8 14 42.9% — — — — 2 1 3 66.7% — — — —
29 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2006 6 13 19 31.6% 2 3 5 40.0% 6 4 10 60.0% — — — —
30 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2007 1 5 6 16.7% 0 2 2 0.0% 0 4 4 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
Career — 204 103 307 66.4% 28 28 56 50.0% 66 23 89 74.2% 35 24 59 59.3% — 71 112 183 38.8% 8 17 25 32.0% 24 35 59 40.7% 4 7 11 36.4%

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 436/511 of Patrick Rafter's and 259/278 of Justin Gimelstob'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 Patrick Rafter Justin Gimelstob
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% 1995 2/2 8.0 5.0 62.7% 69.5% 44.6% 68.1% 31.7% 59.4% 30.5%
19 1992 2/3 3.5 6.0 53.5% 65.1% 45.6% 60.3% 54.2% 56.1% 36.1% 1996 10/12 5.1 3.4 54.9% 73.3% 46.5% 41.8% 50.8% 61.4% 35.3%
20 1993 21/22 6.0 4.7 59.8% 73.3% 46.8% 64.6% 48.0% 62.6% 36.2% 1997 36/40 6.0 5.8 58.7% 71.8% 44.8% 51.3% 37.8% 60.5% 35.9%
21 1994 61/69 8.1 4.0 59.7% 75.1% 50.4% 64.3% 40.3% 65.1% 34.8% 1998 26/29 5.5 3.9 59.7% 72.6% 47.9% 55.6% 44.3% 62.5% 39.5%
22 1995 47/52 6.7 4.1 58.5% 73.5% 49.2% 60.2% 37.0% 63.4% 35.5% 1999 37/43 6.9 3.9 60.4% 72.2% 47.6% 56.4% 39.5% 62.4% 35.7%
23 1996 39/45 6.2 3.5 57.5% 77.3% 54.7% 62.2% 40.1% 67.4% 38.4% 2000 29/30 8.3 4.4 58.7% 73.7% 49.6% 57.8% 36.8% 63.2% 37.6%
24 1997 74/89 6.8 4.1 60.3% 76.0% 53.6% 59.2% 41.4% 67.1% 38.9% 2001 13/15 5.6 5.7 55.5% 71.2% 45.9% 45.8% 36.3% 59.8% 34.1%
25 1998 65/78 6.7 3.0 65.0% 77.4% 55.2% 64.0% 40.8% 69.5% 40.1% 2002 10/11 5.5 5.7 53.9% 69.8% 43.4% 49.0% 29.6% 57.9% 37.0%
26 1999 41/47 6.9 3.0 65.2% 77.1% 52.1% 52.9% 43.7% 68.6% 39.4% 2003 26/26 7.3 4.2 54.5% 73.8% 45.2% 63.5% 42.7% 60.7% 36.5%
27 2000 37/48 6.7 2.9 64.2% 77.7% 56.2% 63.9% 35.3% 69.9% 35.8% 2004 6/6 4.5 5.5 48.7% 73.2% 49.4% 40.7% 26.3% 60.7% 35.9%
28 2001 48/57 8.5 3.7 65.0% 77.5% 54.5% 61.8% 46.3% 69.3% 38.0% 2005 17/17 11.4 4.9 56.8% 77.1% 52.2% 59.4% 40.1% 66.2% 35.8%
29 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2006 34/34 7.0 2.9 56.6% 72.4% 47.8% 63.7% 36.2% 61.7% 34.9%
30 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2007 13/13 4.3 4.8 57.1% 65.3% 43.1% 49.5% 26.4% 55.8% 29.5%
Career — 436/511 7.0 3.7 61.7% 76.1% 52.8% 61.3% 41.3% 67.1% 37.6% — 259/278 6.8 4.4 57.4% 72.4% 47.1% 55.6% 38.2% 61.5% 35.9%

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 Patrick Rafter Justin Gimelstob
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 1995 1530 110.0 -1.36 +1.92 0.750 45.8% — — — 37.5% -0.63 1–0 — — -0.13
19 1992 1457 100.0 -2.19 +1.72 0.823 46.7% — — — 22.2% -2.00 0–1 0–1 — +0.25 1996 1510 118.9 +0.13 +0.36 0.915 48.2% +28 — — 29.6% -0.93 1–2 (33%) 1–4 (20%) — -0.63
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 1997 1630 134.5 -1.35 -0.78 0.909 48.5% +30 — -55 43.3% -0.47 7–6 (54%) 10–8 (56%) — +0.60
21 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 1998 1661 129.0 +0.39 +1.22 1.052 50.8% -10 -75 -71 50.7% +0.12 6–8 (43%) 4–9 (31%) — -0.12
22 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 1999 1645 137.7 -0.21 -1.19 0.949 49.1% +36 -75 -122 45.0% -0.28 3–10 (23%) 7–12 (37%) — -1.22
23 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 2000 1675 126.8 +0.05 +0.25 1.022 50.4% +34 -174 -115 47.5% -0.40 5–7 (42%) 10–6 (63%) — +0.17
24 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 2001 1596 108.5 -1.35 -2.71 0.849 47.0% +17 — -76 29.3% -1.39 2–4 (33%) 3–4 (43%) — +0.32
25 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 2002 1620 119.3 -1.95 +1.16 0.880 46.9% +9 — -59 40.7% -0.81 2–0 1–2 (33%) — -0.03
26 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 2003 1532 117.2 -2.07 -0.87 0.929 48.9% +13 — +76 40.0% -0.51 3–5 (38%) 3–7 (30%) — +1.70
27 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 2004 1507 110.1 -0.55 -0.52 0.913 47.3% +4 — — 23.1% -1.69 0–3 (0%) — — -0.42
28 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 2005 1596 127.5 +2.04 +0.31 1.059 51.1% -56 — +71 48.9% +0.08 2–5 (29%) 6–7 (46%) — -0.05
29 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2006 1606 122.4 -0.69 -1.72 0.913 49.0% -77 -132 +106 44.9% -0.32 3–5 (38%) 6–7 (46%) — +0.54
30 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2007 1537 116.4 -4.94 -3.75 0.668 43.5% -37 — +128 10.0% -2.37 0–1 0–2 — -0.45
Career — 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 — 1722 132.5 -0.75 -0.68 0.933 48.8% +5 -103 -6 41.7% -0.51 35–56 (38%) 51–68 (43%) 92.8 +0.10

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.