Fabrice Santoro vs Patrick Rafter — Halle Semi-final

Halle · ATP · Semi-final
FRA
Fabrice Santoro
53 yrs · 178 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWLWLLL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 11 June 2001
grass
AUS
Patrick Rafter
53 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WLLLWLLWWW
Santoro F.
7-5 6-4
Rafter P.
Santoro F.
762
Rafter P.
54–

Fabrice Santoro defeated Patrick Rafter 7-5 6-4 in the Halle semi-final on grass. The upset overturned the form book — Patrick Rafter came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, defending last year's round of 16. Fabrice Santoro 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
2001-07-30Canada MastersSFhardPatrick Rafter6-2 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Santoro F.serving83% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Rafter P.

Rafter P.serving93% hold

wins 73% of points on serve vs Santoro F.

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
Santoro F.Rafter P.
1st serve in·Slight edge
57%
65%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
69%
77%
2nd serve points won·Even
51%
53%
Service points won·Slight edge
61%
69%
Return points won·Even
38%
38%
Break points saved·Even
60%
63%
Aces / match·Dominant
4.2
8.0
Double faults / match·Dominant
1.8
3.5

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 59). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Weather
14°CMainly clear
Wind 14 km/hHumidity 51%

Draw

Final
Johansson T.
Santoro F.
6-36-756-2
Semi-finals
Johansson T.
Kafelnikov Y.
6-35-76-2
Santoro F.
Rafter P.
7-56-4
Quarter-finals
Kafelnikov Y.
Escude N.
6-727-637-64
Rafter P.
Federer R.
4-67-667-64
Santoro F.
Burgsmuller L.
7-636-4
Johansson T.
Bjorkman J.
6-46-2
R16
Bjorkman J.
Kiefer N.
7-636-747-61
Kafelnikov Y.
Schuettler R.
6-46-4
Rafter P.
Pavel A.
6-36-3
Federer R.
Prinosil D.
7-687-5
Santoro F.
Grosjean S.
7-57-5
Burgsmuller L.
Golmard J.
4-66-47-5
Johansson T.
Larsson M.
7-57-5
Escude N.
Haas T.
6-36-4
R32
Prinosil D.
Moya C.
7-657-64
Rafter P.
Vacek D.
6-36-4
Johansson T.
Chang M.
6-27-5
Schuettler R.
Lapentti N.
6-46-4
Kiefer N.
Clement A.
6-36-4
Haas T.
Mirnyi M.
6-46-4
Pavel A.
Ulihrach B.
6-16-3
Larsson M.
Calatrava A.
7-656-4
Bjorkman J.
Schalken S.
6-16-4
Federer R.
Portas A.
6-746-46-2
Grosjean S.
Black W.
5-76-36-1
Santoro F.
Popp A.
6-26-3
Burgsmuller L.
Saulnier C.
7-626-2
Golmard J.
Corretja A.
6-06-2
Escude N.
Nestor D.
6-16-2
Kafelnikov Y.
Ketola T.
6-34-66-2