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Daniel Nestor vs Patrick Rafter Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Daniel Nestor seasons:20062005200420032002
Patrick Rafter seasons:20012000199919981997
🇨🇦 Daniel Nestor
🇦🇺 Patrick Rafter
Age: 53y 287d (1972-09-04)
Hand: L
Backhand: 2H
(1972-12-28) Age: 53y 172d
Hand: R
Backhand: 1H
3 - 1
Wins: 75.0% - 25.0%
Hard 2–1Clay 0–0Grass 1–0
Masters 1000 1–0250 1–0500 0–1Olympics 1–0
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🇨🇦Daniel Nestor and 🇦🇺Patrick Rafter have met 4 times. Daniel Nestor currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 3–1.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇨🇦Daniel Nestor has compiled an overall career record of 84–119 across 203 matches, translating to a win rate of 41.38%. On hard courts his record stands at 53–72 (42.40%), while on clay he holds a 2–12 (14.29%) mark. On grass the numbers read 18–25 (41.86%) , and on carpet 11–10 (52.38%). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 3–13 (18.75%).

🇦🇺Patrick 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 3 times, with Daniel Nestor leading 2–1 (66.67%). On grass, their 1 encounter has yielded a record of 1–0 (100.00% for Daniel Nestor).

Dateâ–¼
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
2000-09-18Sydney OlympicsHardR32251🇨🇦Daniel Nestor19🇦🇺Patrick Rafter (13)7-5 7-6(4)3------0/0
1999-08-16IndianapolisHardR164🇦🇺Patrick Rafter (2)62🇨🇦Daniel Nestor7-6(5) 6-23775466.7%85.7%57.1%3/3
1996-07-08NewportGrassR16133🇨🇦Daniel Nestor63🇦🇺Patrick Rafter (5)7-5 3-6 7-6(8)31255662.7%78.1%60.5%5/6
1993-08-09Cincinnati MastersHardR64274🇨🇦Daniel Nestor (Q)140🇦🇺Patrick Rafter (Q)6-4 6-23859659.0%76.1%50.0%6/6

Wins

Daniel Nestor
Patrick Rafter
3–1Overall
1–0Masters 1000
0–1ATP 500
1–0ATP 250
1–0Olympics
2–1Hard
1–0Grass

Sets Format

75.0%3
25.0%1
Bo3
0.0%0
0.0%0
Bo5
66.7%2
33.3%1
2 Sets
100.0%1
0.0%0
3 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
Daniel Nestor
Patrick Rafter

Deciding

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

Sets

66.7%6
33.3%3
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
100.0%2
0.0%0
Masters 1000
66.7%4
33.3%2
Hard
66.7%2
33.3%1
Grass
0.0%0
0.0%0
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Daniel Nestor
Patrick Rafter

Games

52.0%51
48.0%47
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
66.7%12
33.3%6
Masters 1000
53.1%34
46.9%30
Hard
50.0%17
50.0%17
Grass
0.0%0
0.0%0
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Daniel Nestor
Patrick Rafter

Overview

By Surface

Daniel Nestor
Patrick Rafter

By Tournament Level

Daniel Nestor
Patrick Rafter

By Round

Daniel Nestor
Patrick Rafter

By Opponent Ranking

Daniel NestorPatrick Rafter
50%1-1
vs Top 1
26.7%4-11
25%2-6
vs Top 5
40.4%21-31
18.8%3-13
vs Top 10
41.7%35-49
19.5%8-33
vs Top 20
45.8%70-83
33.1%45-91
vs Top 100
60.6%255-166
56.9%37-28
vs +100
80%100-25
36.5%57-99
vs Higher
40.4%63-93
56.8%25-19
vs Lower
74.9%292-98

Opponent Breakdown

Daniel NestorPatrick Rafter
41.6%47-66
Vs Younger
72.5%153-58
40.9%36-52
Vs Older
60.7%205-133
40.9%70-101
Vs Right-Handed
64.6%296-162
41.9%13-18
Vs Left-Handed
67.8%61-29
18.5%10-44
Vs 2H Backhand
60.2%100-66
48.5%16-17
Vs 1H Backhand
55.8%58-46
41.6%62-87
Vs Shorter
64%142-80
39.3%11-17
Vs Taller
64.7%143-78

Pressure Situations