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Michael Chang vs Patrick Rafter Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Michael Chang seasons:20032002200120001999
Patrick Rafter seasons:20012000199919981997
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Michael Chang
πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί Patrick Rafter
Age: 54y 25d (1972-02-22)
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
(1972-12-28) Age: 53y 81d
Hand: R
Backhand: 1H
7 - 4
Wins: 63.6% - 36.4%
Hard 6–4Clay 1–0Grass 0–0
Masters 1000 2–2250 3–1500 1–0Slam 0–1Davis Cup 1–0
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πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈMichael Chang and πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊPatrick Rafter have built a notable rivalry on the ATP Tour, having clashed 11 times. Michael Chang currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 7–4.

Looking at their individual career profiles, πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈMichael Chang has compiled an overall career record of 662–312 across 974 matches, translating to a win rate of 67.97%. On hard courts his record stands at 415–173 (70.58%), while on clay he holds a 107–58 (64.85%) mark. On grass the numbers read 30–25 (54.55%) , and on carpet 110–56 (66.27%). Throughout his career he has won 34 titles (22 hard, 4 clay, 8 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 51–94 (35.17%).

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 10 times, with Michael Chang leading 6–4 (60.00%). The clay record between them sits at 1–0 (100.00% for Michael Chang) across 1 matches.

Dateβ–Ό
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
2000-08-21Long IslandHardR1624πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈMichael Chang (10)21πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊPatrick Rafter (7)6-4 6-43867156.5%74.3%51.9%3/5
1999-08-09Cincinnati MastersHardQF4πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊPatrick Rafter (2)58πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈMichael Chang6-2 6-13658068.8%95.5%70.0%0/0
1997-09-19Davis Cup WG SF: USA vs AUSHardRR2πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈMichael Chang3πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊPatrick Rafter6-4 1-6 6-3 6-45------0/0
1997-08-25US OpenHardSF14πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊPatrick Rafter (13)2πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈMichael Chang (2)6-3 6-3 6-451229465.3%84.8%45.7%8/8
1997-08-18Long IslandHardQF14πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊPatrick Rafter (8)2πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈMichael Chang (1)6-4 3-6 6-1310312361.4%78.4%40.6%7/9
1997-04-07Hong KongHardF3πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈMichael Chang (1)43πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊPatrick Rafter (5)6-3 6-33962452.2%69.4%63.6%5/5
1997-02-17MemphisHardR324πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈMichael Chang (1)61πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊPatrick Rafter6-2 6-43826154.2%78.1%59.3%5/5
1995-08-07Cincinnati MastersHardR165πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈMichael Chang (4)48πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊPatrick Rafter7-5 6-13654054.7%86.2%66.7%3/3
1994-05-09Rome MastersClayR648πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈMichael Chang (5)25πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊPatrick Rafter6-3 3-6 7-531501566.0%65.7%52.8%4/7
1994-04-11Hong KongHardF7πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈMichael Chang (1)26πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊPatrick Rafter (4)6-1 6-33652259.5%84.0%64.7%0/0
1994-03-07Miami MastersHardR1646πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊPatrick Rafter8πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈMichael Chang (6)6-2 6-7(2) 6-231517563.3%74.2%52.8%6/6

Wins

Michael Chang
Patrick Rafter
7–4Overall
0–1Grand Slam
2–2Masters 1000
1–0ATP 500
3–1ATP 250
1–0Davis Cup
6–4Hard
1–0Clay

Sets Format

66.7%6
33.3%3
Bo3
50.0%1
50.0%1
Bo5
83.3%5
16.7%1
2 Sets
25.0%1
75.0%3
3 Sets
100.0%1
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
Michael Chang
Patrick Rafter

Deciding

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

Sets

60.7%17
39.3%11
All
0.0%0
100.0%3
Grand Slam
50.0%5
50.0%5
Masters 1000
60.0%15
40.0%10
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
66.7%2
33.3%1
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Michael Chang
Patrick Rafter

Games

51.4%131
48.6%124
All
35.7%10
64.3%18
Grand Slam
46.2%43
53.8%50
Masters 1000
51.1%115
48.9%110
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
53.3%16
46.7%14
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Michael Chang
Patrick Rafter

H2H Series Progression

HardClayGrassCarpet

Overview

By Surface

Michael Chang
Patrick Rafter

By Tournament Level

Michael Chang
Patrick Rafter

By Round

Michael Chang
Patrick Rafter

By Opponent Ranking

Michael ChangPatrick Rafter
25%7-21
vs Top 1
26.7%4-11
31.6%30-65
vs Top 5
40.4%21-31
35.2%51-94
vs Top 10
41.7%35-49
40.3%94-139
vs Top 20
45.8%70-83
62.3%475-288
vs Top 100
60.6%255-166
88.4%183-24
vs +100
80%100-25
37.3%76-128
vs Higher
40.4%63-93
76.1%582-183
vs Lower
74.9%292-98

Opponent Breakdown

Michael ChangPatrick Rafter
62.6%196-117
Vs Younger
72.5%153-58
70.5%466-195
Vs Older
60.7%205-133
66.6%524-263
Vs Right-Handed
64.6%296-162
73.7%137-49
Vs Left-Handed
67.8%61-29
56%98-77
Vs 2H Backhand
60.2%100-66
53.1%86-76
Vs 1H Backhand
55.8%58-46
77.1%27-8
Vs Shorter
64%142-80
67.4%590-286
Vs Taller
64.7%143-78

Pressure Situations