Nicolas Kiefer vs Patrick Rafter Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis
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Nicolas Kiefer and Patrick Rafter have met 5 times. Nicolas Kiefer currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 4–1.
Looking at their individual career profiles, Nicolas Kiefer has compiled an overall career record of 366–274 across 640 matches, translating to a win rate of 57.19%. On hard courts his record stands at 225–145 (60.81%), while on clay he holds a 57–67 (45.97%) mark. On grass the numbers read 44–30 (59.46%) , and on carpet 40–32 (55.56%). Throughout his career he has won 6 titles (5 hard, 1 grass). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 35–74 (32.11%).
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 4 times, with Nicolas Kiefer leading 3–1 (75.00%). The clay record between them sits at 1–0 (100.00% for Nicolas Kiefer) across 1 matches.
Date▼ | Tourney | Surface | Round | Wrk | Winner | Lrk | Loser | Score | BoF | Min | WA | WDF | W1stIn | W1st% | W2nd% | BPSvd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001-05-21 | World Team Cup | Clay | RR | 28 | Nicolas Kiefer | 8 | Patrick Rafter | 1-6 6-2 6-4 | 3 | 90 | 4 | 3 | 56.5% | 84.6% | 65.0% | 2/3 |
| 2001-02-26 | Dubai | Hard | R32 | 11 | Patrick Rafter (5) | 47 | Nicolas Kiefer | 6-2 6-4 | 3 | 80 | 8 | 3 | 47.2% | 84.0% | 57.1% | 3/4 |
| 1999-08-02 | Canada Masters | Hard | QF | 17 | Nicolas Kiefer (9) | 2 | Patrick Rafter (1) | 6-3 6-7(5) 7-6(4) | 3 | 162 | 5 | 1 | 49.1% | 70.4% | 60.7% | 3/5 |
| 1999-03-15 | Miami Masters | Hard | R32 | 30 | Nicolas Kiefer (27) | 5 | Patrick Rafter (5) | 7-6(5) 6-4 | 3 | 105 | 8 | 1 | 50.0% | 80.0% | 54.3% | 4/6 |
| 1999-03-08 | Indian Wells Masters | Hard | R32 | 33 | Nicolas Kiefer | 5 | Patrick Rafter (5) | 7-6(2) 3-6 7-5 | 3 | 169 | 8 | 5 | 48.2% | 73.6% | 54.4% | 8/12 |