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Also known as Patrick Michael Rafter, Pat Rafter

Australian tennis player

Person · Open Library

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Top works

  • Rocket to the top

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Film & TV

Acting

Known for

  • Goran's Way — Himself2013
  • Wimbledon 2011 Official Film — Self2011
  • David Tench Tonight2006
  • Open Access — Self2004

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States

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Key facts

Full name
Patrick Michael Rafter
Country sports
Australia
Residence
Broken Head, New South Wales , Australia
Born
( 1972-12-28 ) 28 December 1972 (age 53) , Mount Isa , Queensland , Australia
Height
185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Retired
2003 (last match November 2001)
Plays
Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money
US$ 11,133,128
Int tennis hof
2006 ( member page )
Career record
358–191 (65.2%)
Highest ranking
No. 1 (26 July 1999)
Australian open
SF ( 2001 )
French open
SF ( 1997 )
Wimbledon
F ( 2000 , 2001 )
Us open
W ( 1997 , 1998 )
Tour finals
RR ( 1997 , 2001 )
Grand slam cup
F ( 1997 )
Olympic games
2R ( 2000 )

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Sports profile

Sport
Tennis
Team
_Retired Tennis
Position
Tennis Player
Nationality
Australia

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Encyclopedic overview

Patrick Michael Rafter (born 28 December 1972) is an Australian former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for one week in 1999, and world No. 6 in doubles. Rafter won eleven ATP Tour-level singles titles, including two majors at the 1997 and 1998 US Opens, as well as two Masters titles. He was also the runner-up at Wimbledon in 2000 and 2001. In doubles, Rafter won ten titles, including a major at the 1999 Australian Open partnering Jonas Björkman, and two Masters titles.

Rafter became the first man in the Open Era to win the Canada Masters, Cincinnati Masters and the US Open in the same year, a feat repeated only by Andy Roddick in 2003, and Rafael Nadal in 2013. Rafter is the third man in the Open Era to reach at least the semifinals of every major in both singles and doubles, after Rod Laver and Stefan Edberg, and remains the last man to date to accomplish this.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Patrick Rafter” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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