Patrick Rafter vs Kristian Pless — Hong Kong Round of 32

Hong Kong · ATP · Round of 32
AUS
Patrick Rafter
53 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WLLLLWLWWW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 2 October 2000
hard
DEN
Kristian Pless
45 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLLLW
Rafter P.
6-4 7-5
Pless K.
Rafter P.
672
Pless K.
45–

Patrick Rafter defeated Kristian Pless 6-4 7-5 in the Hong Kong round of 32 on hard. The result followed the form book — Patrick Rafter came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, defending last year's round of 32. Patrick Rafter extended the head-to-head to 2–0.

Key context

Head to head

1–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2001-08-13IndianapolisR16hardPatrick Rafter6-4 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Rafter P.serving93% hold

wins 73% of points on serve vs Pless K.

Pless K.serving82% hold

wins 64% 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.Pless K.
1st serve in·Even
65%
61%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
77%
70%
2nd serve points won·Even
54%
51%
Service points won·Slight edge
69%
62%
Return points won·Even
37%
35%
Break points saved·Slight edge
66%
60%
Aces / match·Slight edge
7.6
6.2
Double faults / match·Slight edge
3.2
3.6

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (107 vs 120). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Kiefer N.
Philippoussis M.
7-642-66-2
Semi-finals
Philippoussis M.
Rafter P.
7-626-4
Kiefer N.
Henman T.
6-46-2
Quarter-finals
Rafter P.
Kuerten G.
7-646-4
Philippoussis M.
Bruguera S.
6-26-3
Kiefer N.
Lapentti N.
6-26-4
Henman T.
Chang M.
6-44-66-4
R16
Rafter P.
Bjorkman J.
6-45-76-3
Chang M.
Schalken S.
6-16-2
Kiefer N.
Stoltenberg J.
6-36-2
Lapentti N.
Kim K.
6-13-66-2
Henman T.
Zabaleta M.
6-26-4
Bruguera S.
Rios M.
2-67-626-4
Philippoussis M.
Woodruff C.
6-747-56-3
Kuerten G.
Sargsian S.
6-27-5
R32
Bruguera S.
Tarango J.
7-657-65
Philippoussis M.
Black B.
7-647-64
Bjorkman J.
Tong M.
6-06-2
Henman T.
Levy H.
4-66-16-4
Zabaleta M.
Arazi H.
6-36-2
Schalken S.
Massu N.
6-47-63
Chang M.
Ilie A.
6-26-0
Kiefer N.
Bastl G.
6-26-4
Stoltenberg J.
Voltchkov V.
6-26-2
Kim K.
King P.
6-46-2
Lapentti N.
Lee H.
7-56-4
Rios M.
Prinosil D.
6-36-1
Woodruff C.
Galimberti G.
6-32-66-3
Rafter P.
Pless K.
6-47-5
Sargsian S.
Hrbaty D.
6-37-5
Kuerten G.
Spadea V.
7-54-67-5