H2H data updated: 2026-09-02 00:00 UTC

Roger Federer vs Patrick Rafter H2H: 0-3

Patrick Rafter holds a 3–0 lead over Roger Federer in their ATP head-to-head. Across 3 main-draw meetings, Patrick Rafter leads 1–0 on clay and 1–0 on grass. Most recently, Patrick Rafter won the 2001 Halle Open quarterfinal 4-6 7-6(6) 7-6(4).

SUI Age 45 Right-Handed 185 cm / 6'1"
H2H
0 3
3 main draw meetings
AUS Age 53 Right-Handed 185 cm / 6'1"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Patrick Rafter #10 4-6 7-6(6) 7-6(4) Roger Federer #14 Match data Jun 16, 2001* QF Halle Open ATP International Series modern equivalent ATP 250 Grass
Patrick Rafter #8 6-3 6-1 Roger Federer #24 Match data Mar 25, 2001* QF Miami Open Masters 1000 Hard
Patrick Rafter #3 5-7 6-3 6-0 6-2 Roger Federer #111 Match data May 26, 1999* R128 Roland Garros Grand Slam 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
Roger Federer #97 #1 12,315 2,432 1,219 272 81.8% 20 28 6 24 25 103
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 Roger Federer Patrick Rafter
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
16 1998 2–3 40.0% #301 1,530 0 0
17 1999 12–14 46.2% #64 1,663 0 0
18 2000 34–29 54.0% #29 1,790 0 0 1991 0–1 0.0% #293 1,495 0 0
19 2001 46–20 69.7% #13 1,874 0 1 1992 0–3 0.0% #243 1,456 0 0
20 2002 55–22 71.4% #6 1,944 0 4 1993 11–11 50.0% #66 1,621 0 0
21 2003 74–16 82.2% #2 2,103 1 11 1994 43–26 62.3% #20 1,804 0 1
22 2004 71–6 92.2% #1 2,277 4 22 1995 29–23 55.8% #66 1,778 0 1
23 2005 80–4 95.2% #1 2,342 6 33 1996 25–20 55.6% #62 1,764 0 1
24 2006 90–5 94.7% #1 2,399 9 45 1997 63–26 70.8% #2 2,030 1 2
25 2007 67–9 88.2% #1 2,327 12 53 1998 58–20 74.4% #4 2,011 2 8
26 2008 66–16 80.5% #2 2,212 13 57 1999 31–16 66.0% #16 1,961 2 9
27 2009 59–12 83.1% #1 2,264 15 61 2000 31–17 64.6% #15 1,880 2 10
28 2010 66–13 83.5% #2 2,311 16 66 2001 42–15 73.7% #7 1,988 2 11
29 2011 61–12 83.6% #3 2,338 16 70
30 2012 72–12 85.7% #2 2,339 17 76
31 2013 45–17 72.6% #6 2,189 17 77
32 2014 68–12 85.0% #2 2,354 17 82
33 2015 61–11 84.7% #3 2,402 17 88
34 2016 21–7 75.0% #16 2,285 17 88
35 2017 53–5 91.4% #2 2,387 19 95
36 2018 49–10 83.1% #3 2,259 20 99
37 2019 53–11 82.8% #3 2,238 20 103
38 2020 5–1 83.3% #5 2,238 20 103
39 2021 9–5 64.3% #16 2,155 20 103

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 Roger Federer 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 1998 2 2 4 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
17 1999 7 6 13 53.8% 0 3 3 0.0% 0 2 2 0.0% 5 3 8 62.5%
18 2000 24 16 40 60.0% 3 7 10 30.0% 2 3 5 40.0% 5 3 8 62.5% 1991 0 1 1 0.0%
19 2001 19 9 28 67.9% 9 5 14 64.3% 9 3 12 75.0% 9 3 12 75.0% 1992 0 2 2 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
20 2002 31 11 42 73.8% 8 4 12 66.7% 5 3 8 62.5% 11 4 15 73.3% 1993 5 7 12 41.7% 3 2 5 60.0% 3 2 5 60.0%
21 2003 43 10 53 81.1% 16 4 20 80.0% 12 0 12 100.0% 3 2 5 60.0% 1994 27 14 41 65.9% 4 4 8 50.0% 7 2 9 77.8% 5 6 11 45.5%
22 2004 45 4 49 91.8% 14 2 16 87.5% 12 0 12 100.0% 1995 21 11 32 65.6% 1 6 7 14.3% 2 3 5 40.0% 5 3 8 62.5%
23 2005 50 1 51 98.0% 14 2 16 87.5% 12 0 12 100.0% 4 1 5 80.0% 1996 12 9 21 57.1% 4 5 9 44.4% 8 4 12 66.7% 1 2 3 33.3%
24 2006 57 2 59 96.6% 16 3 19 84.2% 12 0 12 100.0% 5 0 5 100.0% 1997 40 17 57 70.2% 10 3 13 76.9% 6 2 8 75.0% 7 4 11 63.6%
25 2007 44 6 50 88.0% 16 3 19 84.2% 7 0 7 100.0% 1998 40 10 50 80.0% 1 3 4 25.0% 8 2 10 80.0% 9 5 14 64.3%
26 2008 34 11 45 75.6% 21 4 25 84.0% 11 1 12 91.7% 1999 13 11 24 54.2% 7 3 10 70.0% 11 2 13 84.6%
27 2009 36 10 46 78.3% 16 2 18 88.9% 7 0 7 100.0% 2000 13 10 23 56.5% 1 3 4 25.0% 12 2 14 85.7% 5 2 7 71.4%
28 2010 48 7 55 87.3% 10 4 14 71.4% 8 2 10 80.0% 2001 33 11 44 75.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 9 3 12 75.0%
29 2011 45 7 52 86.5% 12 4 16 75.0% 4 1 5 80.0%
30 2012 44 8 52 84.6% 13 2 15 86.7% 15 2 17 88.2%
31 2013 28 11 39 71.8% 12 5 17 70.6% 5 1 6 83.3%
32 2014 51 8 59 86.4% 7 3 10 70.0% 10 1 11 90.9%
33 2015 37 6 43 86.0% 13 4 17 76.5% 11 1 12 91.7%
34 2016 8 2 10 80.0% 3 2 5 60.0% 10 3 13 76.9%
35 2017 41 4 45 91.1% 12 1 13 92.3%
36 2018 37 8 45 82.2% 12 2 14 85.7%
37 2019 33 7 40 82.5% 9 3 12 75.0% 11 1 12 91.7%
38 2020 5 1 6 83.3%
39 2021 1 1 2 50.0% 3 2 5 60.0% 5 2 7 71.4%
Career 770 158 928 83.0% 215 69 284 75.7% 192 29 221 86.9% 42 16 58 72.4% 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 1,415/1,491 of Roger Federer'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 Roger Federer 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%
16 1998 5/5 4.8 2.8 55.6% 71.3% 52.0% 68.0% 41.3% 62.8% 37.0% —/—
17 1999 22/26 5.4 3.7 58.0% 70.6% 50.7% 55.9% 43.7% 62.1% 36.5% —/—
18 2000 46/63 7.2 3.5 59.1% 72.0% 53.4% 61.8% 43.8% 64.1% 35.0% 1991 1/1 2.0 0.0 53.4% 51.6% 44.4% 44.4% 100.0% 48.3% 26.2%
19 2001 56/66 8.0 3.1 58.6% 74.0% 52.8% 63.2% 40.8% 65.3% 38.3% 1992 2/3 3.5 6.0 53.5% 65.1% 45.6% 60.3% 54.2% 56.1% 36.1%
20 2002 66/77 6.7 2.6 60.6% 76.0% 54.5% 64.5% 47.2% 67.6% 39.2% 1993 21/22 6.0 4.7 59.8% 73.3% 46.8% 64.6% 48.0% 62.6% 36.2%
21 2003 85/90 7.7 3.0 59.5% 77.4% 58.1% 62.8% 46.8% 69.5% 42.5% 1994 61/69 8.1 4.0 59.7% 75.1% 50.4% 64.3% 40.3% 65.1% 34.8%
22 2004 74/77 7.6 2.1 62.0% 78.8% 59.2% 71.0% 43.0% 71.3% 42.1% 1995 47/52 6.7 4.1 58.5% 73.5% 49.2% 60.2% 37.0% 63.4% 35.5%
23 2005 84/84 7.1 1.8 63.3% 76.8% 60.1% 63.0% 48.6% 70.7% 42.8% 1996 39/45 6.2 3.5 57.5% 77.3% 54.7% 62.2% 40.1% 67.4% 38.4%
24 2006 95/95 6.9 1.2 62.8% 77.7% 60.6% 66.4% 47.5% 71.3% 43.0% 1997 74/89 6.8 4.1 60.3% 76.0% 53.6% 59.2% 41.4% 67.1% 38.9%
25 2007 75/76 8.0 1.1 62.0% 77.8% 60.2% 63.1% 42.8% 70.9% 41.4% 1998 65/78 6.7 3.0 65.0% 77.4% 55.2% 64.0% 40.8% 69.5% 40.1%
26 2008 76/82 8.8 0.9 64.7% 77.3% 59.2% 68.9% 44.9% 71.0% 41.2% 1999 41/47 6.9 3.0 65.2% 77.1% 52.1% 52.9% 43.7% 68.6% 39.4%
27 2009 71/71 9.3 1.9 62.6% 79.9% 58.4% 70.4% 44.8% 71.8% 38.7% 2000 37/48 6.7 2.9 64.2% 77.7% 56.2% 63.9% 35.3% 69.9% 35.8%
28 2010 78/79 8.4 1.4 62.0% 79.6% 57.1% 67.9% 46.1% 71.2% 40.9% 2001 48/57 8.5 3.7 65.0% 77.5% 54.5% 61.8% 46.3% 69.3% 38.0%
29 2011 73/73 6.9 1.3 63.8% 79.4% 59.9% 63.0% 46.1% 72.3% 41.2% —/—
30 2012 74/84 8.3 1.6 62.6% 79.2% 61.5% 71.3% 47.3% 72.4% 39.8% —/—
31 2013 62/62 6.4 1.7 62.7% 77.1% 57.4% 66.7% 42.8% 69.6% 40.8% —/—
32 2014 78/80 8.0 1.5 63.8% 80.2% 59.1% 74.8% 46.1% 72.4% 40.9% —/—
33 2015 72/72 8.3 1.7 64.2% 81.1% 59.1% 64.0% 42.9% 73.2% 41.2% —/—
34 2016 28/28 8.8 1.8 62.3% 80.2% 56.9% 55.7% 39.5% 71.6% 39.6% —/—
35 2017 57/58 9.6 1.8 62.2% 80.7% 60.5% 64.9% 42.3% 73.1% 40.6% —/—
36 2018 58/59 9.2 1.9 61.8% 81.4% 60.0% 64.9% 46.0% 73.3% 39.1% —/—
37 2019 61/64 7.5 1.6 64.7% 79.1% 60.9% 70.9% 45.6% 72.7% 40.1% —/—
38 2020 6/6 11.0 2.2 66.8% 74.8% 56.0% 71.6% 39.6% 68.3% 40.6% —/—
39 2021 13/14 8.4 0.8 66.0% 74.0% 57.1% 68.3% 38.5% 68.3% 34.7% —/—
Career 1,415/1,491 7.9 1.9 62.3% 78.1% 58.5% 66.3% 45.0% 70.7% 40.5% 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 Roger Federer 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 1998 1531 124.1 -0.27 +1.46 0.992 49.4% +46 40.0% -0.20 1–1 -0.29
17 1999 1664 137.6 +0.59 -0.29 0.962 49.3% +54 -178 46.2% -0.37 5–4 (56%) 6–7 (46%) -0.88
18 2000 1791 147.8 +1.73 -1.34 0.976 49.9% +29 -256 -255 53.5% +0.23 7–11 (39%) 15–15 (50%) -1.66 1991 1496 102.9 +2.28 -2.79 0.506 39.0% 0.0% -3.50 -0.17
19 2001 1874 152.8 +2.77 +1.18 1.104 51.6% +6 -185 -97 62.8% +0.73 16–7 (70%) 24–17 (59%) -0.94 1992 1457 100.0 -2.19 +1.72 0.823 46.7% 22.2% -2.00 0–1 0–1 +0.25
20 2002 1944 157.7 +4.95 +1.81 1.207 53.2% +36 -161 -172 67.4% +1.09 8–10 (44%) 17–11 (61%) +0.25 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 2003 2104 160.5 +6.67 +5.07 1.392 55.5% +4 -242 -6 75.8% +1.74 14–8 (64%) 25–16 (61%) -0.34 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 2004 2278 170.0 +8.06 +5.97 1.467 56.2% +13 -270 -32 83.5% +2.21 12–3 (80%) 20–5 (80%) -2.04 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 2005 2343 171.0 +8.25 +6.57 1.459 56.2% +49 -222 +90 86.0% +2.09 15–3 (83%) 28–11 (72%) -0.43 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 2006 2400 172.2 +8.93 +6.54 1.498 56.6% +70 -164 +113 84.6% +2.25 18–2 (90%) 37–14 (73%) -0.72 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 2007 2327 174.3 +8.00 +5.89 1.420 55.4% +70 -34 +244 82.4% +1.89 11–4 (73%) 27–9 (75%) -0.78 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 2008 2212 171.1 +7.83 +5.50 1.420 55.4% +57 +138 +349 77.1% +1.70 8–9 (47%) 23–13 (64%) -1.55 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 2009 2265 175.1 +8.67 +3.94 1.370 54.6% -22 +153 +391 77.7% +1.60 10–11 (48%) 26–11 (70%) -1.08 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 2010 2311 176.3 +8.19 +5.25 1.418 55.4% +74 +19 +260 77.9% +1.71 11–6 (65%) 21–10 (68%) -1.35 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 2011 2339 179.2 +9.63 +5.23 1.485 56.2% +64 +28 +206 79.3% +1.80 6–6 (50%) 19–9 (68%) -1.12
30 2012 2339 177.8 +9.37 +4.25 1.443 55.4% +40 +42 +234 77.1% +1.76 14–4 (78%) 21–14 (60%) -2.11
31 2013 2189 175.5 +6.21 +4.69 1.339 54.7% +90 +81 +316 68.1% +1.26 13–8 (62%) 15–10 (60%) -0.39
32 2014 2354 179.1 +8.51 +5.79 1.484 55.8% +49 -129 +147 77.1% +1.71 17–7 (71%) 24–15 (62%) -0.07
33 2015 2402 182.0 +9.20 +6.49 1.539 56.3% +67 -142 +145 79.2% +1.90 9–4 (69%) 17–13 (57%) -2.68
34 2016 2286 158.1 +6.68 +3.70 1.395 54.6% +156 -88 +162 73.4% +1.43 3–4 (43%) 9–5 (64%) -0.57
35 2017 2388 178.6 +8.73 +5.24 1.507 55.6% +54 +46 80.4% +1.83 13–3 (81%) 21–9 (70%) -1.39
36 2018 2259 172.5 +8.65 +3.59 1.461 55.1% +62 +144 76.7% +1.56 11–5 (69%) 18–12 (60%) +0.23
37 2019 2238 175.5 +8.09 +5.05 1.469 55.6% +3 +2 +219 77.6% +1.73 7–5 (58%) 19–6 (76%) -0.61
38 2020 2238 141.5 +2.80 +1.39 1.278 54.4% -14 65.2% +1.17 2–0 3–1 (75%) -0.16
39 2021 2156 128.1 +2.89 -0.44 1.094 51.1% +100 +258 65.8% +0.50 1–3 (25%) 6–2 (75%) +0.15
Career 2432 176.3 +7.47 +4.63 1.383 55.0% +44 -66 +132 75.7% +1.60 231–127 (65%) 442–236 (65%) 102.7 -1.39 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.