Patrick Rafter

Patrick Rafter
Patrick Rafter 2015
Nation:	Australia
Birthday:	December 28, 1972
Size:	185 cm
Weight:	86 kg
1st professional season:	1991
Resignation:	2001
Playing hand:	Right
Prize money:	$ 11,127,058
singles
Career record:	358: 191
Career title:	11
Highest ranking:	1 (July 26, 1999)
Weeks as No. 1:	1
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	214: 110
Career title:	10
Highest ranking:	6 (February 1, 1999)
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Patrick Michael "Pat" Rafter (born December 28, 1972 in Mount Isa , Queensland ) is a former Australian tennis player . He was number 1 in the world rankings for a week from July 26, 1999 to August 1, 1999 .

Career

Rafter won the US Open in 1997 and 1998. In 2000 he was on the verge of becoming the first Australian after Pat Cash to triumph at Wimbledon, but lost to Pete Sampras . In 2001 he lost the final there again, this time against Goran Ivanišević . Rafter also won the Australian Open doubles competition in 1999 .

In the Davis Cup he reached the final with the Australian team in 2000 and 2001, but could not win any of the finals against Spain or France .

On November 30, 2001, he played his last game in the Davis Cup against Sébastien Grosjean . Then he ended his professional career because of chronic back problems. According to the ATP, he has won prize money of $ 11,127,058.

Rafter was one of the tennis professionals who followed the serve and volley strategy. In 2002 he was named Australian of the Year . In 2006 he was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame .

Rafter has been playing in tournaments on the ATP Champions Tour since 2008 . He celebrated his debut with a tournament victory in Graz , since then he has won two more tournaments on this tour.

In 2014 Rafter made a short comeback at the Australian Open alongside Lleyton Hewitt , but they were eliminated in the first round.

successes

Legend Grand Slam (2) Grand Slam Cup (0) ATP Masters Series (2) ATP International Series Gold (1) ATP International Series (6)

Title after covering Hard Court (13) Sand (2) Grass (6) Carpet (0)

singles

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	June 13, 1994	Manchester	race	Wayne Ferreira	7: 6 5 , 7: 6 4
2.	August 25, 1997	US Open (1)	Hard court	Greg Rusedski	6: 3, 6: 2, 4: 6, 7: 5
3.	April 6, 1998	Chennai	Hard court	Mikael Tillström	6: 3, 6: 4
4th	June 15, 1998	's-Hertogenbosch (1)	race	Martin Damm	7: 6 2 , 6: 2
5.	August 3, 1998	Toronto	Hard court	Richard Krajicek	7: 6 3 , 6: 4
6th	August 10, 1998	Cincinnati	Hard court	Pete Sampras	1: 6, 7: 6 2 , 6: 4
7th	August 24, 1998	long Island	Hard court	Félix Mantilla	7: 6 3 , 6: 2
8th.	August 31, 1998	US Open (2)	Hard court	Mark Philippoussis	6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 2, 6: 0
9.	June 14, 1999	's-Hertogenbosch (2)	race	Andrei Pavel	3: 6, 7: 6 7 , 6: 4
10.	June 19, 2000	's-Hertogenbosch (3)	race	Nicolas Escudé	6: 1, 6: 3
11.	August 20, 2001	Indianapolis	Hard court	Gustavo Kuerten	4: 2 task

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	April 18, 1994	Hong Kong	Hard court	Michael Chang	1: 6, 3: 6
2.	March 3, 1997	Philadelphia	Hard court (i)	Pete Sampras	7: 5, 6: 7 4 , 3: 6
3.	April 14, 1997	Hong Kong	Hard court	Michael Chang	3: 6, 3: 6
4th	May 26, 1997	St. Polten	sand	Marcelo Filippini	6: 7 2 , 2: 6
5.	August 18, 1997	New Haven	Hard court	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6: 7 4 , 4: 6
6th	August 25, 1997	long Island	Hard court	Carlos Moyá	4: 6, 6: 7 1
7th	October 6, 1997	Munich	Carpet (i)	Pete Sampras	2: 6, 4: 6, 5: 7
8th.	May 17, 1999	Rome	sand	Gustavo Kuerten	4: 6, 5: 7, 6: 7 6
9.	August 16, 1999	Cincinnati	Hard court	Pete Sampras	6: 7 7 , 3: 6
10.	July 10, 2000	Wimbledon	race	Pete Sampras	7: 6 10 , 6: 7 5 , 4: 6, 2: 6
11.	November 13, 2000	Lyon	Carpet (i)	Arnaud Clément	6: 7 2 , 6: 7 5
12.	July 9, 2001	Wimbledon	race	Goran Ivanišević	3: 6, 6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 2, 7: 9
13.	August 6, 2001	Montreal	Hard court	Andrei Pavel	6: 7 3 , 6: 2, 3: 6
14th	August 13, 2001	Cincinnati	Hard court	Gustavo Kuerten	1: 6, 3: 6

Double

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	May 23, 1994	Bologna	sand	John Fitzgerald	Vojtěch Flégl Andrew Florent	6: 3, 6: 3
2.	January 9, 1995	Adelaide (1)	Hard court	Jim Courier	Byron Black Grant Connell	7: 6, 6: 4
3.	May 13, 1996	Pinehurst	sand	Pat Cash	Ken Flat David Wheaton	6: 2, 6: 3
4th	January 6, 1997	Adelaide (2)	Hard court	Bryan Shelton	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6: 4, 1: 6, 6: 3
5.	June 16, 1997	Queen's Club	race	Mark Philippoussis	Sandon Stolle Cyril Suk	6: 2, 4: 6, 7: 5
6th	March 16, 1998	Indian Wells	Hard court	Jonas Björkman	Todd Martin Richey Reneberg	6: 4, 7: 6
7th	August 3, 1998	los Angeles	Hard court	Sandon Stolle	Jeff Tarango Daniel Vacek	6: 4, 6: 4
8th.	February 1, 1999	Australian Open	Hard court	Jonas Björkman	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	6: 3, 4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 7 10 , 6: 4
9.	June 14, 1999	Hall	race	Jonas Björkman	Paul Haarhuis Jared Palmer	6: 3, 7: 5
10.	August 9, 1999	Montreal	Hard court	Jonas Björkman	Byron Black Wayne Ferreira	7: 6, 6: 4

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	April 18, 1994	Hong Kong	Hard court	Jonas Björkman	Jim Grabb Brett Steven	walk-over
2.	October 24, 1994	Lyon	Carpet (i)	Martin Damm	Jakob Hlasek Yevgeny Kafelnikow	7: 6, 6: 7, 6: 7
3.	October 16, 1995	Ostrava	Carpet (i)	Guy Forget	Jonas Björkman Javier Frana	6: 7, 4: 6, 6: 7
4th	April 22, 1996	Bermuda	sand	Pat Cash	Jan Apell Brent Haygarth	6: 3, 1: 6, 3: 6
5.	March 17, 1997	Indian Wells	Hard court	Mark Philippoussis	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6: 7, 6: 4, 5: 7
6th	April 21, 1997	Tokyo	Hard court	Justin Gimelstob	Martin Damm Daniel Vacek	6: 2, 2: 6, 6: 7
7th	August 11, 1997	Cincinnati	Hard court	Mark Philippoussis	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6: 7, 6: 4, 4: 6
8th.	June 18, 2001	Hall	race	Max Mirny	Daniel Nestor Sandon Stolle	4: 6, 7: 6 5 , 1: 6

Performing in Grand Slam tournaments / world rankings

	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Australian Open	-	-	1R	1R	3R	AF	2R	1R	3R	3R	-	HF
French Open	-	-	-	-	AF	1R	1R	HF	2R	3R	2R	1R
Wimbledon	-	-	-	3R	2R	1R	AF	AF	AF	HF	F.	F.
US Open	-	-	-	1R	3R	2R	1R	S.	S.	1R	1R	AF
Place at the end of the year	751	293	243	66	20th	66	62	2	4th	16	15th	7th

Web links

Commons : Patrick Rafter  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• ATP profile of Patrick Rafter (English)
• ITF profile Patrick Rafter (English)
• Davis Cup stats by Patrick Rafter (English)
• Profile of Patrick Rafter on "tennis.com.au" (English)
• Patrick Rafter in the "International Tennis Hall of Fame" (English; with picture)