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	ESPN.com: TENNIS - Two-time U.S. Open champ Rafter calls it quits
		Rafter said he didn't have the motivation to compete on tour after taking several months off in late 2001 to recover from arm injuries.
		Rafter was sidelined with injury during Australia's Davis Cup win over France in 1999 and then lost finals in 2000 in Barcelona and 2001 in Melbourne.
		Rafter's last official match was Australia's 3-2 loss to France in the Davis Cup final in December 2001.
	espn.go.com /tennis/news/2003/0109/1490060.html (567 words)

	Onya Soapbox :: Talent :: Pat Rafter
		Pat Rafter said the greatest honour of his career was winning the Australian of the Year award in 2002.
		In addition to Pat's commitment to tennis he also is an avid environmental campaigner, being the official spokesman for Coastcare, an Australian organisation funding community groups to care for local beaches, and the founder of the Cherish the Children Foundation established in 1999.
		The third youngest of nine children, Rafter was born in a tight-knit family in rugged outback Queensland.
	www.onyasoapbox.com /talent/show.php?id=247&name=Pat+Rafter (700 words)

	Patrick Rafter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rafter was elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2006.
		Rafter was on the Australian teams which won the World Team Cup in 1999 and 2001.
		Rafter was born in Mount Isa, Queensland, and is third-youngest in a family of nine children.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Patrick_Rafter (989 words)

	Dunlop Sport Pat Rafter
		Patrick Michael Rafter, was born in Mt Isa, Queensland on the 28th December 1972.
		Pat's favorite Rugby Leage team is the Brisbane Broncos and he suports the Brisbane Lions in Aussie Rules.
		Pat was awarded the ATP Arthur Ashe Humanitarian Award and the Queensland Youg Achiever Award.
	www.dunlopsport.com.au /Athletes/Pat-Rafter.asp (220 words)

	Comeback hope remains in Pat's court - smh.com.au (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		While Rafter seemed still to be wrestling with the major issues - whether his fragile arm could withstand the work needed and how he could combine fatherhood with the rigours of the professional circuit - the fact he was again speaking of playing seemed telling.
		Should Pat Rafter choose to play again, not even the doctors who have treated his aching arm will be able to guarantee that more than a year out of the game will leave him pain-free.
		While Rafter battled for several years with a shoulder injury, the ailment that dogged him in the final months was a painful condition in the main bone of his right arm.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2002/11/08/1036308484568.html (1322 words)

	User Reviews and comparison blog on Patrick Rafter - Sports Personalities by ashford on MouthShut.com
		Pat was born on 28 December,1972 at Mount Isa in Queensland.
		Pat Rafter is 6 ft 1 in tall and weighs 175 lbs.
		Pat appeared in the 2000 and 2001 finals at Wimbledon and was beaten in both.In 2000 he lost to Pete Sampras whilst this year he was defeated in 5 sets by Goran Ivanisevic.
	www.mouthshut.com /review/Patrick_Rafter-12220-1.html (498 words)

	Rafter spills beans - TV & Radio - Entertainment - theage.com.au (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Pat Rafter admits he once waited in the locker room for American Jeff Tarango to arrive so the pair could have a fist-fight after an angry on-court exchange earlier that day.
		Rafter says he was overcome by nerves in losing the 2000 Wimbledon final in four sets to Sampras after taking the first in a tie-break and leading 4-1 with two serves to come in the second set tie-break.
		Rafter said he was once challenged to a fight by Tarango, who according to the Queenslander had set out to become "the next John McEnroe".
	www.theage.com.au /news/TV--Radio/Rafter-spills-beans/2005/05/02/1114886295123.html (710 words)

	Andrew bolt's opinionative piece, "Expat Pat a funny choice", (Herald Sun), contends that Pat Rafter "clearly doesn't ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Andrew bolt's opinionative piece, "Expat Pat a funny choice", (Herald Sun), contends that Pat Rafter "clearly doesn't deserve" the Australian of the year award because he lives in a "tax haven".
		Home: ZZ_Uncategorised: Andrew bolt's opinionative piece, "Expat Pat a funny choice", (Herald Sun), contends that Pat Rafter "clearly doesn't deserve" the Australian of the year award because he lives in a "tax haven".
		According to the NADC, Rafter resides in Bermuda because it is "impossible" to "compete" living in Australia.
	www.studentcentral.co.uk /andrew_bolt_s_opinionative_piece_expat_pat_a_funny_8732 (568 words)

	RTE - Sport
		Rafter had things a little more difficult than Agassi in his quarter-final today, taking four sets to beat the 14th seed Dominik Hrbaty 6-2 6-7 7-5 6-0.
		Although he dropped the second set, Rafter was otherwise in blistering form and won 12 of the last 13 games in the match to set up his semi-final tie with the American.
		However, Rafter too is familiar with the American, especially as they have already faced up to one another 15 times before.
	www.rte.ie /pda/sport/story/33321.html (193 words)

	patrafter
		Pat was born on the 28th December 1972 in Mt Isa, a small mining town in west Queensland.
		Pat is the seventh child in the family of 9 children.
		Pat Rafter is one of the tallest players in the world of tennis, but as a boy, he was always short for his age.
	teachit.acreekps.vic.edu.au /cyberfair2001/patrafter.htm (354 words)

	BBC SPORT \| TENNIS \| Pat Rafter
		Rafter has been unable to serve at full power since the semi-final win over Sweden in September, and he was disappointing in the recent Masters Cup in Sydney.
		Rafter has also been a nearly man in two of this year's Grand Slams, losing in the semis to Andre Agassi at the Australian Open and being beaten by Goran Ivanisevic in the final at Wimbledon.
		Rafter has two Grand Slam titles to his name, winning the US Open in 1997 and 1998.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/tennis/1678718.stm (304 words)

	Pat Rafter article - MensTennisForums.com
		That Rafter is a sex god is a source of bafflement and high hilarity among his mates and his brothers and sisters, all eight of them, the sons and daughters of a coffee-shop owner and hardscrabble strawberry farmer from Eumundi, Queensland.
		Rafter's mates loyally avow that he is as pretty on the inside as he is on the outside--but that may be because what Rafter really likes to do with his money is spend it on his mates.
		Rafter was gaining a reputation as the hardest-working man in tennis,a coal shoveler who spent three or four hours on the practice court, who wasin the gym at 7 a.m.
	www.menstennisforums.com /showthread.php?t=23253 (4773 words)

	LA Times - 9 July 2001
		On Monday, serving against Pat Rafter for the Wimbledon championship, Ivanisevic said the arm weighed at least twice that.
		But he regained his composure, broke Rafter in the fifth game of the fifth set with two excellent passing shots off second serves and soon was serving for the match.
		Rafter, on the other side last year at Wimbledon when Sampras broke Roy Emerson's record for Grand Slam titles with his 13th, now has watched Ivanisevic become the first wild-card champion in a Grand Slam tournament.
	www.goranonline.com /articles/gi_latimes-01.html (1243 words)

	tennisreporters.net
		But according to Pat Rafter, a two-time U.S. Open champion, he is still adhering to the declaration he made at the beginning of the year that 2001 “might” be his last season on tour.
		Even after Rafter showed just how sensational he can be by coming back from a break down in the fifth set for a 2-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 8-6 victory to send Andre Agassi packing in the semifinal for a second straight year, he was still suggesting retirement.
		Of course, with the way Rafter is playing, bouncing back to top form after shoulder surgery in 1999 and an elbow injury earlier this year, the time when he would start to embarrass himself on a tennis court is not in the near future.
	www.tennisreporters.net /scoop_070701.html (1248 words)

	Rafter calls it a day
		Although he never ruled out making a comeback, Rafter said last year it was unlikely to make a full-time return after he and his girlfriend Lara Feltham became parents of a baby boy, Joshua.
		As a young boy, Hewitt was invited to watch and train with Rafter in the lead-up to the 1997 first-round Davis Cup tie with France.
		Rafter's career was in a downward spiral at the time but in what later proved to be the turning point, he recovered from two sets down to beat Cedric Pioline in five sets and never looked back.
	www.rediff.com /sports/2003/jan/10rafter.htm (718 words)

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		Rafter is like a son to the Davis Cup bosses, with Newcombe saying his long-time cohort Roche wouldn't hesitate to "jump on a plane and travel halfway around the world" if Rafter needed him.
		Rafter went on to win the match and has always said that match was the turning point in his career, delivering US Open wins in 1997 and 1998.
		Rafter started his Davis Cup career at the same time as Newcombe and Roche took over in 1994 but missed being part of what should have been the trio's crowning glory when he was forced out of the 1999 final through injury.
	www.lleytonhewitt.biz /pat/page12.htm (3768 words)

	Sports: Rafter win vs. Agassi was sight to behold
		Rafter, twice champion of the U.S. Open but heretofore a painful portrait of 2000 medical rehab, broke Agassi's serve in a stirring fifth set on his way to a 7-5, 4-6, 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 win.
		Pat had been suffering, in status and body, during a six-month strain of getting well after rotator-cuff surgery.
		Rafter had it right, with full appreciation of the sweaty beauty of their 3-hour, 18-minute wonderworks.
	www.sptimes.com /News/070800/news_pf/Sports/Rafter_win_vs_Agassi_.shtml (849 words)

	National Australia Day Council - Australian of the Year Award 2007
		Pat Rafter's self-effacing grace and charm has captured millions of admirers in Australia and around the world.
		Pat was born in 1972, the seventh of nine children.
		Pat firmly believes that he has a responsibility to, "put more back in that I take out".
	www.australianoftheyear.gov.au /pages/page62.asp (361 words)

	rediff.com: sports channel - Rafter's father defends son and Henman
		Losing Wimbledon finalist Pat Rafter's father Jim defended his son as a winner on Wednesday and backed beaten semifinalist Tim Henman, saying the Briton had been "crucified".
		Rafter, the Australian two-time U.S. Open winner and former world number one, lost last year's Wimbledon men's singles final to American Pete Sampras and on Monday went down 9-7 in the fifth set to Croatian wildcard and three-time runner-up Goran Ivanisevic.
		Rafter said his son was a man of "real character" and said Australia's World Cup-winning cricket and rugby union captains, Steve Waugh and John Eales, were of similar stock.
	www.rediff.com /sports/2001/jul/11raft.htm (465 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Sports Talk \| Where does Pat Rafter rank?
		Rafter was a good player, but he never reached his peak, most of his tennis playing career was full of injuries.
		I had the pleasure of going on the lash with Pat Rafter when he just randomly started talking to us in the pub during Wimbledon '97 when we worked there, and he is the nicest guy you could wish to meet.
		Rafter may not rank as one of the all-time greats of tennis, but it was always nice to see a professional sportsman who honestly enjoyed what he did.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/sports_talk/2645063.stm (1884 words)

	ESPN.com: Patrick Rafter
		With Pete Sampras eliminated in the fourth round, Rafter hoped to take home the title, but instead wild card Goran Ivanisevic made history as he won The Championships in an epic five-set match 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 2-6, 9-7.
		Rafter suffered from leg cramps and heavy sweating during his match against eventual champion Andre Agassi.
		Rafter's difficulties took their toll in the last two sets to give Agassi the victory at 7-5, 2-6, 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-3.
	espn.go.com /tennis/s/atp/profiles/rafter.html (456 words)

	Sydney Olympic Games Athlete Profiles - Pat Rafter (Tennis)
		Pat Rafter is Australia's greatest singles tennis player since the legendary John Newcombe in the 1970s.
		Rafter turned pro in 1991 and began to make his mark on the ATP tour in 1993 and '94 after victories over Pete Sampras, a fourth-round appearance at the French Open and a first career title in Manchester.
		Injury again plagued Rafter in 1996 when he was forced to sit out more than three months of the circuit with recurring wrist and ankle problems.
	www.abc.net.au /olympics/2000/profiles/PATRAFTER.htm (534 words)

	Pat Rafter returns to court \| Sunday Herald Sun
		PAT Rafter made his official return to tennis yesterday and warned administrators not to fast-track him into a senior coaching role.
		Rafter has been named as ambassador of Tennis Hot Shots which targets children aged five to 12.
		Rafter contacted Hewitt last month after he questioned the young tyro's ability and desire to remain at the top of world tennis.
	www.news.com.au /heraldsun/story/0,21985,20725730-3162,00.html (473 words)

	tributetopat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Thanks Pat for all the great memories and all the wonderful friends we have made because of you,even tho you may not be aware of it.
		Pat continues to be a constant inspiration, always a gentleman and as we all know - a pleasure to watch...
		Pat, you can go off into the sunset and be a happy millionaire family man, but know that we are all going to miss you.
	www.planetrafter.net /tributetopat.htm (5365 words)

	indya.com Wimbledon 2001: Wimbledon Tennis Championships 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Pat Cash, the 1987 Wimbledon champion, said it was a "horrible" defeat to Italian claycourter Cristiano Caratti.
		Melbourne, July 10: Australia's Pat Rafter may have lost the Wimbledon men's singles final for the second successive year but he was still a national hero on Tuesday.
		In a match that went the distance, Ivanisevic defeated third seed Pat Rafter 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 2-6, 9-7 in the final on Monday.
	www.indya.com /wimbledon/index.htm (628 words)

	Rafter admits nerves cost him title (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Sampras and Rafter have feuded in the past, but in their first Wimbledon final against each other they had only kind words.
		Rafter, who has made a remarkable comeback after undergoing surgery on his right shoulder in October, said he got more than he expected.
		Rafter also gave Sampras a vote as the greatest of all time - with one condition.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/tennis/00wim/wimfs26.htm (525 words)

	Pat Rafter drafted \| Sunday Herald Sun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Retired since 2001, Rafter recently lamented the shoddy health of Australian tennis, which now has a meagre three players -- men and women -- ranked in the top 100.
		It is understood Rafter will be the program's ambassador.
		Rafter, 33, was forced out of tennis in November, 2001, because of a chronic arm problem.
	www.news.com.au /heraldsun/story/0,21985,20720011-3162,00.html (206 words)

	Pat Rafter
		Since then, Pat has gone on to successfully emerge as one of the most popular tennis players in the world and arguably one of Australia's hottest tennis players.
		In 1999 however, it seemed as if Pat's rein of good luck had run out when a shoulder injury forced him to retire in the first round of the US Open and end his season early.
		In the early half of this year, thoughts of retirement were raised as Pat barely won a match due to being plagued with a repeat shoulder injury.
	www.girl.com.au /patrafter.htm (255 words)

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