Aged 17, Federer received a wildcard into the main draw and came up against third seed Pat Rafter. The future champion gave the Aussie some trouble - until Rafter decided to “get in his face”.

Pete Sampras and Pat Rafter shared a long and well-chronicled Grand Slam rivalry, playing each other on 16 occasions over the course of their careers. The former holds a massive 12-4 lead in their ...

Former World No. 1 Pat Rafter recently gave his thoughts on Andre Agassi's influence as a tennis player and a cultural icon. The Aussie claimed that the eight-time Major piqued the American public ...

If the men's Wimbledon champion was selected by the volume of shrieks from admiring female fans, it would be Pat Rafter rather than Pete Sampras with seven titles to his name. Few players have set ...

while top-ranked Australian Kim Birrell is ranked 61st. Australia starts its 2025 Billie Jean King Cup campaign against Kazakhstan on Thursday at Brisbane's Pat Rafter Arena, before taking on ...

Kazakhstan was too strong for Australia in Thursday’s Billie Jean King Cup qualifier in Brisbane. The Kazakhstanis grabbed a unbeatable 2-0 lead in the best-of-three match affair at Pat Rafter ...

Following in the footsteps of tennis players Patrick Rafter and Nick Kyrgios, actor Jai Courtney and former AFL player Jimmy Bartel, the wildlife entrepreneur Irwin, son of charismatic TV ...

Elena Rybakina showcased her prowess to beat Kimberly Birrell 6-3 7-6(4) as Kazakhstan secured a 2-1 win over Australia in their Billie Jean King Cup Group D qualifier in Brisbane on Thursday. Read ...

She also had fond memories of Pat Rafter Arena, having won the 2024 Brisbane International crown. The highest ranked singles player in Australia’s team is Kimberly Birrell (61), ahead of Maya ...

Joint and Birrell both recorded straight-sets singles victories, before Storm Hunter and Ellen Perez finished off the job at Pat Rafter Arena. Joint opened with a dominant 6-1 6-0 win over Yuliana ...