Patrick Rafter vs Nicolas Kiefer, Dusseldorf 2001, Round robin

Team event · Round robin · Clay

Final

Patrick Rafter

LostRank #224

Kiefer won in 3 sets · 1h 49m

1–2

Set 16–1

Set 22–6

Set 34–6

Nicolas Kiefer

WinnerRank #720

Venue

Rochusclub Dusseldorfer Tennisclub

Dusseldorf, GER· Clay

Court speed

What is court speed?

How much the court helps the server, judged from aces and serve points won and adjusted for who played. 100 is the average ATP tournament court that season.

Very slow< 92Monte Carlo, Rome
Slow92–97Roland Garros, Indian Wells
Average97–103US Open, Dubai
Fast103–108Wimbledon, Shanghai
Very fast108+Basel

Challenger and ITF courts usually read lower: partly the venues, partly the balls and conditions at those levels.

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Wind

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Humidity

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Temperature

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Altitude

63 m

Low

Match stats

1h 49m

8Aces4

3Double faults6

40Service points won53

12Service games played13

8Service games won9

13Return games played12

1/520%Break points saved71%10/14

4/1429%Break points converted80%4/5

Head to head

1Rafter

1Kiefer

2 meetings

Clay 0–1Hard 1–0

DusseldorfRound robin · 2001ClayThis match
Nicolas Kiefer
Sets won: 2Set 1: 1Set 2: 6Set 3: 6
Patrick Rafter
Sets won: 1Set 1: 6Set 2: 2Set 3: 4
DubaiRound of 32 · 2001Hard
Patrick Rafter
Sets won: 2Set 1: 6Set 2: 6
Nicolas Kiefer
Sets won: 0Set 1: 2Set 2: 4

Form and path

Patrick Rafter2–4

ATP FinalsHard

LRound robin
Andre Agassi
Sets won: 2Set 1: 6Set 2: 6
Patrick Rafter
Sets won: 0Set 1: 2Set 2: 4
LRound robin
Lleyton Hewitt
Sets won: 2Set 1: 7Set 2: 6
Patrick Rafter
Sets won: 0Set 1: 5Set 2: 2
LRound robin
Sebastien Grosjean
Sets won: 2Set 1: 7⁷Set 2: 6
Patrick Rafter
Sets won: 0Set 1: 6⁴Set 2: 3

US OpenHard

LRound of 16
Pete Sampras
Sets won: 3Set 1: 6Set 2: 6Set 3: 6⁵Set 4: 6
Patrick Rafter
Sets won: 1Set 1: 3Set 2: 2Set 3: 7⁷Set 4: 4
WRound of 32
Patrick Rafter
Sets won: 3Set 1: 7⁷Set 2: 6Set 3: 6
Nicolas Lapentti
Sets won: 0Set 1: 6³Set 2: 2Set 3: 2
WRound of 64
Patrick Rafter
Sets won: 3Set 1: 7Set 2: 6Set 3: 6
Christophe Rochus
Sets won: 0Set 1: 5Set 2: 2Set 3: 1

Nicolas Kiefer1–5

WimbledonGrass

LRound of 128
David Ferrer
Sets won: 3Set 1: 6Set 2: 6Set 3: 6
Nicolas Kiefer
Sets won: 0Set 1: 4Set 2: 2Set 3: 3

HalleGrass

Madrid MastersClay

LQualifying R1
Filippo Volandri
Sets won: 2Set 1: 6Set 2: 6
Nicolas Kiefer
Sets won: 0Set 1: 4Set 2: 2

MunichClay

LRound of 32
Simon Greul
Sets won: 2Set 1: 7Set 2: 6
Nicolas Kiefer
Sets won: 0Set 1: 5Set 2: 2

Tunis CHClay

LRound of 32
Daniel Brands
Sets won: 2Set 1: 6Set 2: 6
Nicolas Kiefer
Sets won: 0Set 1: 2Set 2: 4

Match research

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Run-inEvery match in the last 28 days, rest days and travel between venues.
Tale of the tapeRecords and serve numbers side by side, filtered by period and surface.
Record by opponent rankingHow each player does against the top 10, top 50 or any ranking range.
Similar conditionsResults in comparable heat, humidity, wind and altitude before scheduled matches.

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Patrick Rafter vs Nicolas Kiefer, Dusseldorf 2001, Round robin

Final score

Venue and conditions

Match stats

Head to head

Form and path

Match research