Pat Rafter
Grand Slam performance timeline
### Grand Slam performance timeline

| Tournament | [1990](/wiki/1990_ATP_Tour "1990 ATP Tour") | [1991](/wiki/1991_ATP_Tour "1991 ATP Tour") | [1992](/wiki/1992_ATP_Tour "1992 ATP Tour") | [1993](/wiki/1993_ATP_Tour "1993 ATP Tour") | [1994](/wiki/1994_ATP_Tour "1994 ATP Tour") | [1995](/wiki/1995_ATP_Tour "1995 ATP Tour") | [1996](/wiki/1996_ATP_Tour "1996 ATP Tour") | [1997](/wiki/1997_ATP_Tour "1997 ATP Tour") | [1998](/wiki/1998_ATP_Tour "1998 ATP Tour") | [1999](/wiki/1999_ATP_Tour "1999 ATP Tour") | [2000](/wiki/2000_ATP_Tour "2000 ATP Tour") | [2001](/wiki/2001_ATP_Tour "2001 ATP Tour") | SR | W–L |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Australian Open](/wiki/Australian_Open "Australian Open") | [Q2](/wiki/1990_Australian_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles_qualifying "1990 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying") | [Q1](/wiki/1991_Australian_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles_qualifying "1991 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying") | [1R](/wiki/1992_Australian_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles "1992 Australian Open – Men's singles") | [1R](/wiki/1993_Australian_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles "1993 Australian Open – Men's singles") | [3R](/wiki/1994_Australian_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles "1994 Australian Open – Men's singles") | [4R](/wiki/1995_Australian_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles "1995 Australian Open – Men's singles") | [2R](/wiki/1996_Australian_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles "1996 Australian Open – Men's singles") | [1R](/wiki/1997_Australian_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles "1997 Australian Open – Men's singles") | [3R](/wiki/1998_Australian_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles "1998 Australian Open – Men's singles") | [3R](/wiki/1999_Australian_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles "1999 Australian Open – Men's singles") | A | [SF](/wiki/2001_Australian_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles "2001 Australian Open – Men's singles") | 0 / 9 | 15–9 |
| [French Open](/wiki/French_Open "French Open") | A | A | A | [Q3](/wiki/1993_French_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles_qualifying "1993 French Open – Men's singles qualifying") | [4R](/wiki/1994_French_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles "1994 French Open – Men's singles") | [1R](/wiki/1995_French_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles "1995 French Open – Men's singles") | [1R](/wiki/1996_French_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles "1996 French Open – Men's singles") | [SF](/wiki/1997_French_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles "1997 French Open – Men's singles") | [2R](/wiki/1998_French_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles "1998 French Open – Men's singles") | [3R](/wiki/1999_French_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles "1999 French Open – Men's singles") | [2R](/wiki/2000_French_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles "2000 French Open – Men's singles") | [1R](/wiki/2001_French_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles "2001 French Open – Men's singles") | 0 / 8 | 12–8 |
| [Wimbledon](/wiki/The_Championships%2C_Wimbledon "The Championships, Wimbledon") | A | A | [Q2](/wiki/1992_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles_qualifying "1992 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles qualifying") | [3R](/wiki/1993_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles "1993 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles") | [2R](/wiki/1994_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles "1994 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles") | [1R](/wiki/1995_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles "1995 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles") | [4R](/wiki/1996_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles "1996 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles") | [4R](/wiki/1997_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles "1997 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles") | [4R](/wiki/1998_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles "1998 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles") | [SF](/wiki/1999_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles "1999 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles") | [F](/wiki/2000_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles "2000 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles") | [F](/wiki/2001_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles "2001 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles") | 0 / 9 | 29–9 |
| [US Open](/wiki/US_Open_%28tennis%29 "US Open (tennis)") | A | A | [Q1](/wiki/1992_US_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles_qualifying "1992 US Open – Men's singles qualifying") | [1R](/wiki/1993_US_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles "1993 US Open – Men's singles") | [3R](/wiki/1994_US_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles "1994 US Open – Men's singles") | [2R](/wiki/1995_US_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles "1995 US Open – Men's singles") | [1R](/wiki/1996_US_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles "1996 US Open – Men's singles") | **[W](/wiki/1997_US_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles "1997 US Open – Men's singles")** | **[W](/wiki/1998_US_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles "1998 US Open – Men's singles")** | [1R](/wiki/1999_US_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles "1999 US Open – Men's singles") | [1R](/wiki/2000_US_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles "2000 US Open – Men's singles") | [4R](/wiki/2001_US_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles "2001 US Open – Men's singles") | 2 / 9 | 20–7 |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 8–4 | 4–4 | 4–4 | 15–3 | 13–3 | 9–4 | 7–3 | 14–4 | 2 / 35 | 76–33 |

#### Finals: 4 (2 titles, 2 runners\-up)

|Result

Year

Tournament

Surface

Opponent

Score

|  |
| Win | [1997](/wiki/1997_US_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles "1997 US Open – Men's singles") | [US Open](/wiki/US_Open_%28tennis%29 "US Open (tennis)") | Hard |  [Greg Rusedski](/wiki/Greg_Rusedski "Greg Rusedski") | 6–3, 6–2, 4–6, 7–5 |
| Win | [1998](/wiki/1998_US_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles "1998 US Open – Men's singles") | US Open (2\) | Hard |  [Mark Philippoussis](/wiki/Mark_Philippoussis "Mark Philippoussis") | 6–3, 3–6, 6–2, 6–0 |
| Loss | [2000](/wiki/2000_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles "2000 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles") | [Wimbledon](/wiki/The_Championships%2C_Wimbledon "The Championships, Wimbledon") | Grass |  [Pete Sampras](/wiki/Pete_Sampras "Pete Sampras") | 7–6(12–10\), 6–7(5–7\), 4–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | [2001](/wiki/2001_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles "2001 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles") | Wimbledon (2\) | Grass |  [Goran Ivanišević](/wiki/Goran_Ivani%C5%A1evi%C4%87 "Goran Ivanišević") | 3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–2, 7–9 |


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