Rafter v Chang
ATP Tour career
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Michael Chang takes it, 9–5 on categories
Chang wins on grand slam titles. Rafter’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Rafter 521 matches, Chang 962 matches.
- Chang has 1 grand slam title (one every 50 matches) to Rafter’s 2 grand slam titles (one every 100 matches).
- Chang has 35 titles (one every 25 matches) to Rafter’s 12 titles (one every 33.3 matches).
- Rafter averages 6.8 aces a match to Chang’s 4 (70% more).
- Longevity: Chang has 962 matches across 17 seasons, Rafter 521 in 11 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
- Not every stat was recorded for every match (grand slam titles): those averages use only the games that logged them.
Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.
Tale of the tape
Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
- 0.012 total · best 1Titlesper game0.035 total · best 1
- 0.02 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.01 total · best 1
- 61.9First serve in %56.0
- 76.0First-serve points won %71.5
- 62.6Break points saved %59.1
- 37.5Return points won %42.2
Head to head
410 matches
since 19946
since 19946
- Hard · 9 matchesRafter 4Chang 5
- Clay · 1 matchRafter 0Chang 1
- Grand Slams · 1 matchRafter 1Chang 0
- Finals · 2 matchesRafter 0Chang 2
Last meetings
- 21 Aug 2000 · Long Island · Round of 16 · HardChang won 6-4 6-4
- 9 Aug 1999 · ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati · Quarterfinal · HardRafter won 6-2 6-1
- 25 Aug 1997 · US Open · Semifinal · HardRafter won 6-3 6-3 6-4
- 18 Aug 1997 · Long Island · Quarterfinal · HardRafter won 6-4 3-6 6-1
- 7 Apr 1997 · Hong Kong · Final · HardChang won 6-3 6-3
- 17 Feb 1997 · Memphis · Round of 32 · HardChang won 6-2 6-4
- 7 Aug 1995 · ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati · Round of 16 · HardChang won 7-5 6-1
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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