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Gustavo Kuerten vs Patrick Rafter Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Gustavo Kuerten seasons:20082007200620052004
Patrick Rafter seasons:20012000199919981997
🇧🇷 Gustavo Kuerten
🇦🇺 Patrick Rafter
Age: 49y 190d (1976-09-10)
Hand: R
Backhand: 1H
(1972-12-28) Age: 53y 81d
Hand: R
Backhand: 1H
4 - 4
Wins: 50.0% - 50.0%
Hard 1–2Clay 2–0Grass 0–1
Masters 1000 30Davis Cup 11250 02500 01
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🇧🇷Gustavo Kuerten and 🇦🇺Patrick Rafter have met 8 times. The series is tied 44.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇧🇷Gustavo Kuerten has compiled an overall career record of 358195 across 553 matches, translating to a win rate of 64.74%. On hard courts his record stands at 14789 (62.29%), while on clay he holds a 18178 (69.88%) mark. On grass the numbers read 78 (46.67%) , and on carpet 2320 (53.49%). Throughout his career he has won 20 titles (6 hard, 14 clay). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 3836 (51.35%).

🇦🇺Patrick Rafter, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 358191 from 549 matches (65.21% win rate). His hard-court record is 212105 (66.88%), on clay he stands at 3634 (51.43%), and on grass he has gone 7425 (74.75%) , with a carpet record of 3627 (57.14%). He has accumulated 11 titles in total (7 hard, 4 grass). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 3549 (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 Patrick Rafter leading 21 (66.67%). The clay record between them sits at 20 (100.00% for Gustavo Kuerten) across 2 matches. On grass, their 1 encounter has yielded a record of 10 (100.00% for Patrick Rafter).

Date
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
2001-08-13IndianapolisHardF6🇦🇺Patrick Rafter (5)1🇧🇷Gustavo Kuerten (1)4-2 RET3264265.4%70.6%66.7%2/2
2001-08-06Cincinnati MastersHardF1🇧🇷Gustavo Kuerten (1)7🇦🇺Patrick Rafter (8)6-1 6-33608255.1%81.5%59.1%2/2
2001-04-06Davis Cup WG QF: BRA vs AUSClayRR2🇧🇷Gustavo Kuerten8🇦🇺Patrick Rafter4-6 6-4 7-6(1) 2-1 RET5------0/0
2000-11-13Paris MastersCarpetR163🇧🇷Gustavo Kuerten (1)16🇦🇺Patrick Rafter (15)6-4 7-6(4)3897261.4%83.7%51.9%4/5
2000-11-06LyonCarpetQF17🇦🇺Patrick Rafter (8)2🇧🇷Gustavo Kuerten (1)6-3 6-43599058.8%90.0%66.7%3/3
2000-10-02Hong KongHardQF18🇦🇺Patrick Rafter (7)3🇧🇷Gustavo Kuerten (1)7-6(4) 6-43888163.0%76.5%56.7%4/4
2000-07-14Davis Cup WG SF: AUS vs BRAGrassRR14🇦🇺Patrick Rafter4🇧🇷Gustavo Kuerten6-3 6-2 6-35------0/0
1999-05-10Rome MastersClayF14🇧🇷Gustavo Kuerten (16)4🇦🇺Patrick Rafter (4)6-4 7-5 7-6(6)51588058.1%78.7%65.9%2/4

Wins

Gustavo Kuerten
Patrick Rafter
44Overall
30Masters 1000
01ATP 500
02ATP 250
11Davis Cup
12Hard
20Clay
01Grass
11Indoor Hard

Sets Format

40.0%2
60.0%3
Bo3
66.7%2
33.3%1
Bo5
50.0%2
50.0%2
2 Sets
50.0%1
50.0%1
3 Sets
100.0%1
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
Gustavo Kuerten
Patrick Rafter

Deciding

0.0%0
0.0%0
Decider Set
75.0%3
25.0%1
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Gustavo Kuerten
Patrick Rafter

Sets

52.6%10
47.4%9
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
100.0%7
0.0%0
Masters 1000
40.0%2
60.0%3
Hard
0.0%0
100.0%3
Grass
85.7%6
14.3%1
Clay
50.0%2
50.0%2
Carpet
Gustavo Kuerten
Patrick Rafter

Games

49.5%91
50.5%93
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
60.8%45
39.2%29
Masters 1000
53.3%24
46.7%21
Hard
30.8%8
69.2%18
Grass
54.9%39
45.1%32
Clay
47.6%20
52.4%22
Carpet
Gustavo Kuerten
Patrick Rafter

Overview

By Surface

Gustavo Kuerten
Patrick Rafter

By Tournament Level

Gustavo Kuerten
Patrick Rafter

By Round

Gustavo Kuerten
Patrick Rafter

By Opponent Ranking

Gustavo KuertenPatrick Rafter
60%3-2
vs Top 1
26.7%4-11
59%23-16
vs Top 5
40.4%21-31
51.4%38-36
vs Top 10
41.7%35-49
50%66-66
vs Top 20
45.8%70-83
61.5%259-162
vs Top 100
60.6%255-166
75%96-32
vs +100
80%100-25
45.8%54-64
vs Higher
40.4%63-93
69.8%301-130
vs Lower
74.9%292-98

Opponent Breakdown

Gustavo KuertenPatrick Rafter
62.3%129-78
Vs Younger
72.5%153-58
66%227-117
Vs Older
60.7%205-133
63.1%297-174
Vs Right-Handed
64.6%296-162
73.8%59-21
Vs Left-Handed
67.8%61-29
58.3%120-86
Vs 2H Backhand
60.2%100-66
64.2%102-57
Vs 1H Backhand
55.8%58-46
65.4%278-147
Vs Shorter
64%142-80
58.8%40-28
Vs Taller
64.7%143-78

Pressure Situations