Daniel Nestor vs Patrick Rafter — Sydney Olympics Round of 32

Sydney Olympics · ATP · Round of 32
CAN
Daniel Nestor
53 yrs · 190 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 18 September 2000
hard
AUS
Patrick Rafter
53 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WLLLWLLWWW
Nestor D.
7-5 7-6
Rafter P.
Nestor D.
7772
Rafter P.
564–

Daniel Nestor defeated Patrick Rafter 7-5 7-6 in the Sydney Olympics round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Patrick Rafter came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Daniel Nestor claimed a first win over Patrick Rafter in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
1999-08-16IndianapolisR16hardPatrick Rafter7-6(5) 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Nestor D.serving85% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Rafter P.

Rafter P.serving94% hold

wins 74% of points on serve vs Nestor D.

Serve-dominated — both hold easily, expect tiebreaks

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
Nestor D.Rafter P.
1st serve in·Even
62%
65%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
72%
77%
2nd serve points won·Even
52%
54%
Service points won·Slight edge
64%
69%
Return points won·Even
34%
37%
Break points saved·Slight edge
58%
66%
Aces / match·Slight edge
8.2
7.5
Double faults / match·Dominant
4.8
3.2

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (26 vs 108). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Draw

Bronze
Di Pasquale A.
Federer R.
7-656-776-3
Final
Kafelnikov Y.
Haas T.
7-643-66-24-66-3
Semi-finals
Haas T.
Federer R.
6-36-2
Kafelnikov Y.
Di Pasquale A.
6-46-4
Quarter-finals
Haas T.
Mirnyi M.
4-67-56-3
Kafelnikov Y.
Kuerten G.
6-47-5
Di Pasquale A.
Ferrero J.
6-26-1
Federer R.
Alami K.
7-626-1
R16
Di Pasquale A.
Norman M.
7-647-62
Mirnyi M.
Zabaleta M.
7-646-2
Haas T.
Corretja A.
7-676-3
Kuerten G.
Ljubicic I.
7-626-3
Alami K.
Santoro F.
6-25-76-4
Kafelnikov Y.
Philippoussis M.
7-646-3
Federer R.
Tillstrom M.
6-16-2
Ferrero J.
Nestor D.
7-646-3
R32
Philippoussis M.
Pless K.
6-46-4
Ljubicic I.
Ullyett K.
6-24-66-4
Kuerten G.
Schuettler R.
6-46-4
Nestor D.
Rafter P.
7-57-64
Di Pasquale A.
Voltchkov V.
6-26-2
Corretja A.
Clement A.
6-756-46-4
Ferrero J.
Massu N.
6-47-66
Zabaleta M.
Tarango J.
6-26-3
Haas T.
Vinciguerra A.
4-66-46-2
Norman M.
Srichaphan P.
7-56-2
Mirnyi M.
Vanek J.
6-746-411-9
Federer R.
Kucera K.
6-47-65
Kafelnikov Y.
Chela J.
7-646-4
Tillstrom M.
Lareau S.
6-13-66-3
Alami K.
Pozzi G.
6-24-68-6
Santoro F.
Vicente F.
6-16-727-5
R64
Corretja A.
Ivanisevic G.
7-637-62
Chela J.
Escude N.
6-717-56-1
Pless K.
Sargsian S.
6-36-4
Philippoussis M.
Johansson T.
7-666-4
Ullyett K.
Costa A.
6-33-611-9
Ljubicic I.
Hrbaty D.
6-11-66-3
Schuettler R.
Martin T.
6-26-0
Kuerten G.
Pognon C.
6-16-1
Santoro F.
Safin M.
1-66-16-4
Vicente F.
Ilie A.
6-36-3
Pozzi G.
Novak J.
6-16-2
Alami K.
Squillari F.
6-47-65
Lareau S.
Chang M.
7-666-3
Tillstrom M.
Paes L.
6-26-4
Federer R.
Prinosil D.
6-26-2
Kucera K.
Henman T.
6-36-2
Mirnyi M.
Hewitt L.
6-36-3
Vanek J.
Black W.
5-76-16-1
Tarango J.
Camacho D.
6-06-1
Zabaleta M.
Rios M.
6-786-47-5
Haas T.
Ferreira W.
7-56-2
Vinciguerra A.
Ruud C.
6-26-4
Clement A.
Rusedski G.
6-26-3
Ferrero J.
Lee H.
6-757-667-5
Massu N.
Dosedel S.
6-27-65
Nestor D.
Cowan B.
5-76-16-4
Rafter P.
Spadea V.
6-46-3
Di Pasquale A.
Kiefer N.
6-46-3
Voltchkov V.
Gaudio G.
7-644-66-1
Srichaphan P.
Savolt A.
6-24-67-5
Norman M.
Pavel A.
6-76-310-8
Kafelnikov Y.
Marin J.
6-06-1