Patrick Rafter vs Leander Paes — Chennai Semi-final

Chennai · ATP · Semi-final
AUS
Patrick Rafter
53 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WLLLLWLWWW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 6 April 1998
hard
IND
Leander Paes
53 yrs · 178 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWLWLWWW
Rafter P.
6-3 7-6
Paes L.
Rafter P.
6772
Paes L.
365–

Patrick Rafter defeated Leander Paes 6-3 7-6 in the Chennai semi-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Leander Paes came in defending last year's round of 32.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Rafter P.serving94% hold

wins 74% of points on serve vs Paes L.

Paes L.serving76% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Rafter P.

Serve advantage — Rafter P.

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Rafter P.Paes L.
1st serve in·Slight edge
65%
58%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
76%
70%
2nd serve points won·Even
54%
50%
Service points won·Slight edge
69%
61%
Return points won·Slight edge
39%
34%
Break points saved·Slight edge
67%
61%
Aces / match·Dominant
7.2
4.2
Double faults / match·Clear edge
3.1
4.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 48). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Rafter P.
Tillstrom M.
6-36-4
Semi-finals
Tillstrom M.
Woodbridge T.
6-26-2
Rafter P.
Paes L.
6-37-65
Quarter-finals
Tillstrom M.
Woodforde M.
6-32-67-63
Rafter P.
Burgsmuller L.
7-630-67-5
Paes L.
Solves G.
6-736-47-5
Woodbridge T.
Pavel A.
6-46-4
R16
Paes L.
Golmard J.
7-642-63-1
Woodforde M.
Schuettler R.
6-46-2
Rafter P.
Heuberger I.
6-26-4
Burgsmuller L.
Clement A.
6-36-2
Solves G.
Becker B.
4-66-36-2
Woodbridge T.
Caratti C.
6-06-756-2
Pavel A.
Belobrajdic A.
6-46-0
Tillstrom M.
Delaitre O.
7-56-3
R32
Rafter P.
Stanoytchev O.
6-26-1
Becker B.
Voltchkov V.
7-657-64
Heuberger I.
Tramacchi P.
6-27-5
Solves G.
Salzenstein J.
7-676-4
Paes L.
Phau B.
6-26-2
Golmard J.
Whitehouse W.
6-36-3
Tillstrom M.
Ogorodov O.
6-16-0
Delaitre O.
Scala D.
6-16-3
Schuettler R.
Koubek S.
6-16-3
Woodforde M.
Nainkin D.
6-26-4
Pavel A.
Stark J.
7-646-4
Belobrajdic A.
Luxa P.
6-46-3
Caratti C.
Santopadre V.
6-46-0
Woodbridge T.
Bhupathi M.
3-66-46-4
Clement A.
Richardson A.
6-26-0
Burgsmuller L.
Sell M.
6-06-2