Patrick Rafter vs Mikael Tillstrom — Chennai Final

Chennai · ATP · Final
AUS
Patrick Rafter
53 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WLLLLWLWWW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 6 April 1998
hard
SWE
Mikael Tillstrom
54 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLWWLLLW
Rafter P.
6-3 6-4
Tillstrom M.
Rafter P.
662
Tillstrom M.
34–

Patrick Rafter defeated Mikael Tillstrom 6-3 6-4 in the Chennai final on hard. The result followed the form book — Patrick Rafter came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Patrick Rafter extended the head-to-head to 2–0.

Key context

Head to head

1–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
1997-11-03StockholmR32hardPatrick Rafter6-3 6-0

Serve vs return

This season
Rafter P.serving89% hold

wins 69% of points on serve vs Tillstrom M.

Tillstrom M.serving74% hold

wins 60% 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.Tillstrom M.
1st serve in·Slight edge
65%
59%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
76%
69%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
54%
48%
Service points won·Slight edge
69%
60%
Return points won·Even
39%
39%
Break points saved·Slight edge
67%
59%
Aces / match·Dominant
7.2
4.1
Double faults / match·Slight edge
3.1
3.5

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 106). 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