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Patrick Rafter

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PRESENTATION

Rafter, Patrick (1972 -), Australian tennis player.

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Patrick Rafter, "CHILD" OF AUSTRALIAN TENNIS

Born in Mount Isa (Queensland) in a large family, Patrick Rafter began playing tennis at the age of five. After high school, he toured Europe with his older brother Geoff to play many tournaments. Now officially led by the latter, he joined the professional circuit in 1991 and won the first of his 11 titles in 1994. If the results are slow to confirm an outsized natural talent, style and play Patrick Rafter are gradually feared by his opponents, who are struggling to counter the repeated assaults of the attacking "high" in the tradition of great Australian players such as Rod Laver, Roy Emerson, John Newcombe, Ken Rosewall and Pat Cash.

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THE "CLICK" THE INTERNATIONAL OF THE UNITED STATES IN 1997

The 1997 edition of the International United States marks a turning point in the career of Patrick Rafter: to everyone's surprise, he won in the final to Britain's Greg Rusedski and thus wins her first Grand Slam, a feat he reissued the following year at the expense of his compatriot Mark Philippoussis, not without having "disposed of" before in the semifinals of the world's number two at the time, American Michael Chang. Athletic and powerful, the game of Patrick Rafter, particularly effective on fast surfaces (including grass of Wimbledon, event he reached the final twice consecutively in 2000 and 2001) is primarily characterized by an exceptional physical presence in the sequences Service volley; previously only American John McEnroe and Stefan Edberg of Sweden had this kind of game consistently turned to the offensive particularly difficult to master for their respective opponents.

ephemeral world number one in July 1999, at the height of his athletic success, Patrick Rafter creates the Children Foundation, a foundation for sick children in Australia to which it pays a substantial portion of its financial gains. Spectacular and charismatic, he is also unanimity among the public and fellow tennis players. If he now lives in Bermuda, Patrick Rafter fact remains committed to its Australian roots and participates actively in the campaigns conducted by his Davis Cup countries, notably alongside the young prodigy Lleyton Hewitt. In 2001, however, on the eve of an announced retirement from the sport, it fails in this final test against France.