Patrick Rafter
Patrick Rafter
Patrick Michael "Pat" Rafteris a former Australian Tennis player and World No. 1. He twice won the men's singles title at the US Open and was twice the runner-up at Wimbledon. He was known for his natural serve-and-volley style of play. He became the first man in the Open Era to win Montreal/Toronto, Cincinnati and the US Open in the same year; this achievement has been dubbed the American Summer Slam...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth28 December 1972
CountryAustralia
This is one of the highs. I don't think there is any more, this is it for me. I'm really surprised to receive this so young. I expected it to come later on, when I was older.
Im sick of making bloody history.
I'm the sort of person who keeps a lot to myself.
I don't know if Wimbledon's seen anything like it. I don't know if they will again. But it was just - it was electric. The Aussie crowd, I'm really proud of them, the way they conducted themselves. You know they're great losers, as well.
I'm not going to be a ten or twelve grand-slam winner. It's not going to happen.
You've got to be realistic.