Fabrice Santoro vs Patrick Rafter, Halle 2001, Semifinal

ATP Intl Series · Semifinal · Grass

Final

Fabrice Santoro

WinnerRank #1423.3028%Upset

Santoro won in 2 sets · 1h 20m

2–0

Set 17–5

Set 26–4

Patrick Rafter

LostRank #2241.2872%

Venue

OWL ARENA

Halle, GER· Grass

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.

How court speed works

Fast

2.0vs last year

Wind

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No reading

Humidity

—

No reading

Temperature

—

No reading

Altitude

123 m

Low

Match stats

1h 20m

1Aces5

0Double faults1

43Service points won41

11Service games played11

10Service games won8

11Return games played11

2/367%Break points saved57%4/7

3/743%Break points converted33%1/3

Head to head

1Santoro

1Rafter

2 meetings

Grass 1–0Hard 0–1

HalleSemifinal · 2001GrassThis match
Fabrice Santoro
Sets won: 2Set 1: 7Set 2: 6
Patrick Rafter
Sets won: 0Set 1: 5Set 2: 4
Canada MastersSemifinal · 2001Hard
Patrick Rafter
Sets won: 2Set 1: 6Set 2: 6
Fabrice Santoro
Sets won: 0Set 1: 2Set 2: 2

Form and path

Fabrice Santoro1–5

Australian OpenHard

LRound of 128
Marin Cilic
Sets won: 3Set 1: 7Set 2: 7Set 3: 6
Fabrice Santoro
Sets won: 0Set 1: 5Set 2: 5Set 3: 3

Paris MastersHard

LRound of 64
James Blake
Sets won: 2Set 1: 6Set 2: 6
Fabrice Santoro
Sets won: 0Set 1: 4Set 2: 3

LyonHard

LRound of 32
Albert Montanes
Sets won: 2Set 1: 6Set 2: 6
Fabrice Santoro
Sets won: 0Set 1: 4Set 2: 4

MoscowHard

TokyoHard

LRound of 16
Lleyton Hewitt
Sets won: 2Set 1: 3Set 2: 6Set 3: 6
Fabrice Santoro
Sets won: 1Set 1: 6Set 2: 3Set 3: 1

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

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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Fabrice Santoro vs Patrick Rafter, Halle 2001, Semifinal

Final score

Venue and conditions

Match stats

Head to head

Form and path

Match research