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Byron Black vs Patrick Rafter Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Byron Black seasons:20022001200019991998
Patrick Rafter seasons:20012000199919981997
πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡Ό Byron Black
πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί Patrick Rafter
Age: 56y 164d (1969-10-06)
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
(1972-12-28) Age: 53y 81d
Hand: R
Backhand: 1H
2 - 3
Wins: 40.0% - 60.0%
Hard 0–2Clay 1–0Grass 1–0
500 0–2Davis Cup 1–1250 1–0
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πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡ΌByron Black and πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊPatrick Rafter have met 5 times. Patrick Rafter currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 3–2.

Looking at their individual career profiles, πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡ΌByron Black has compiled an overall career record of 276–248 across 524 matches, translating to a win rate of 52.67%. On hard courts his record stands at 165–148 (52.72%), while on clay he holds a 17–27 (38.64%) mark. On grass the numbers read 55–35 (61.11%) , and on carpet 39–38 (50.65%). Throughout his career he has won 2 titles (2 hard). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 12–48 (20.00%).

πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊPatrick Rafter, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 358–191 from 549 matches (65.21% win rate). His hard-court record is 212–105 (66.88%), on clay he stands at 36–34 (51.43%), and on grass he has gone 74–25 (74.75%) , with a carpet record of 36–27 (57.14%). He has accumulated 11 titles in total (7 hard, 4 grass). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 35–49 (41.67%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 2 times, with Patrick Rafter leading 2–0 (100.00%). The clay record between them sits at 1–0 (100.00% for Byron Black) across 1 matches. On grass, their 1 encounter has yielded a record of 1–0 (100.00% for Byron Black).

Dateβ–Ό
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
1999-04-02Davis Cup WG R1: ZIM vs AUSHardRR5πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊPatrick Rafter29πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡ΌByron Black6-4 7-6(2) 6-25------0/0
1998-10-12ViennaCarpetR322πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊPatrick Rafter (2)28πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡ΌByron Black6-3 7-6(3)38815374.3%72.7%68.4%4/5
1998-05-18St. PoeltenClayR3253πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡ΌByron Black4πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊPatrick Rafter (2)6-3 6-43890167.2%61.5%73.7%5/6
1998-04-03Davis Cup WG R1: AUS vs ZIMGrassRR81πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡ΌByron Black4πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊPatrick Rafter3-6 6-3 6-2 7-6(0)5------0/0
1997-02-24PhiladelphiaHardQF60πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊPatrick Rafter55πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡ΌByron Black6-3 1-6 6-139110153.4%71.8%58.8%3/5

Wins

Byron Black
Patrick Rafter
2–3Overall
0–2ATP 500
1–0ATP 250
1–1Davis Cup
0–2Hard
1–0Clay
1–0Grass
0–1Indoor Hard

Sets Format

33.3%1
66.7%2
Bo3
50.0%1
50.0%1
Bo5
50.0%1
50.0%1
2 Sets
0.0%0
100.0%2
3 Sets
100.0%1
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
Byron Black
Patrick Rafter

Deciding

0.0%0
100.0%1
Decider Set
33.3%1
66.7%2
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Byron Black
Patrick Rafter

Sets

42.9%6
57.1%8
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
16.7%1
83.3%5
Hard
75.0%3
25.0%1
Grass
100.0%2
0.0%0
Clay
0.0%0
100.0%2
Carpet
Byron Black
Patrick Rafter

Games

48.5%65
51.5%69
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
40.7%22
59.3%32
Hard
56.4%22
43.6%17
Grass
63.2%12
36.8%7
Clay
40.9%9
59.1%13
Carpet
Byron Black
Patrick Rafter

Overview

By Surface

Byron Black
Patrick Rafter

By Tournament Level

Byron Black
Patrick Rafter

By Round

Byron Black
Patrick Rafter

By Opponent Ranking

Byron BlackPatrick Rafter
14.3%1-6
vs Top 1
26.7%4-11
13.3%4-26
vs Top 5
40.4%21-31
20%12-48
vs Top 10
41.7%35-49
20.6%21-81
vs Top 20
45.8%70-83
43.1%151-199
vs Top 100
60.6%255-166
71.2%116-47
vs +100
80%100-25
34.8%87-163
vs Higher
40.4%63-93
67.9%171-81
vs Lower
74.9%292-98

Opponent Breakdown

Byron BlackPatrick Rafter
50.7%194-189
Vs Younger
72.5%153-58
56.3%76-59
Vs Older
60.7%205-133
53%227-201
Vs Right-Handed
64.6%296-162
49.5%45-46
Vs Left-Handed
67.8%61-29
37.4%46-77
Vs 2H Backhand
60.2%100-66
41.9%36-50
Vs 1H Backhand
55.8%58-46
66.7%10-5
Vs Shorter
64%142-80
51.4%231-218
Vs Taller
64.7%143-78

Pressure Situations