Talk:Pat Rafter

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Was Rafter really born in Mount Isa? Him and his family lived in the suburb of Carseldine in Brisbane when he was playing professionally.

Sure was, was in Carseldine playing at the Coops tennis centre before playing professionally.

What about that light patch in his hair? Is that why they call him skunky? 137.94.80.118 19:33, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

I'm surprised no mention is made of the fact that early in his career Pat went twelve months without winning a tie breaker.

Similiarly no mention is made of his outstanding five set record. For many years pat held the record of most five set wins in a row; around the 13 in a row mark from memory.

Pardon my ignorance, but why is Rafter's 1994 Wimbledon match against Bruguera considered one of his most memorable matches? I see it was only a 2nd round match, so I'm rather curious about this. Thanks. (Jollyjeeves 21:56, 4 August 2007 (UTC))

"Memorable matches" section
I have removed this section as inherent WP:POV. There is no justification as to why this section should be re-added but I'll put the detail here just in case...


 * 1994 Wimbledon (vs. Sergi Bruguera)
 * 1997 French Open (vs. Sergi Bruguera)
 * 1997 US Open (vs. Andre Agassi)
 * 1998 US Open (vs. Pete Sampras)
 * 2000 Wimbledon (vs. Pete Sampras)
 * 2000 Wimbledon (vs. Andre Agassi)
 * 2001 Australian Open (vs. Andre Agassi)
 * 2001 Wimbledon (vs. Andre Agassi)
 * 2001 Wimbledon (vs. Goran Ivanišević)

The Rambling Man (talk) 15:57, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

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No consensus to move. Vegaswikian (talk) 19:47, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Patrick Rafter → Pat Rafter — per WP:COMMONNAME. Clearly better known as "Pat" rather that "Patrick". -- Mattinbgn (talk) 12:04, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Is he? --137.43.105.17 (talk) 12:31, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Well, "Pat Rafter Arena" not "Patrick Rafter Arena" would be a clue. -- Mattinbgn (talk) 21:04, 25 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Oppose - I've heard both forms used regularly, hence he is not exclusively known as Pat and we should go with the "official" form, Patrick. &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 13:26, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I have never heard him called Patrick. -- Mattinbgn (talk) 21:04, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Here is one example of many sources calling him Patrick. 137.43.105.17's link above also shows that it is widely used in book sources too, so it's certainly not uncommon. &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 08:59, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I would certainly know him more as "Pat", and went to Google expecting to find the evidence to support the change, but "Patrick Rafter" + tennis out-hits "Pat Rafter" + tennis more than 8-fold. Amazed by that, but means I can't support the move.  Kevin McE (talk) 11:25, 26 January 2011 (UTC)


 * At least for the past 2-3 days, Channel 7 has been advertising "Patrick Rafter" as the celebrity commentator for tonight's Federer-Djokovic match. During the Open, I've seen "Patrick" flashed up on screen a few times, but not "Pat".  I've heard other commentators calling him "Patrick" about 20 times, but "Pat" only once. Which is funny because I always call him Pat and I would have thought that he's most often generally called Pat - but there you have it.  --   Jack of Oz   [your turn]  06:04, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Oppose He is always called Patrick in a formal setting. Unless your mistaken to Cash. KnowIG (talk) 13:20, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
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Requested move 3 January 2016

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The result of the move request was: Move. Consensus is that this is the WP:COMMONNAME. Cúchullain t/ c 17:52, 11 January 2016 (UTC)

Patrick Rafter → Pat Rafter – Per WP:COMMONNAME: "Pat Rafter" is the name used by Tennis Australia, the ATP Champions Tour and Bonds, as well as a large range of Australian media sources including ABC, News.com.au, the Sydney Morning Herald, the Courier Mail, Herald Sun, SBS, The Daily Telegraph, The Australian and The Guardian. Additionally, the stadium named after him is called "Pat Rafter Arena" rather than "Patrick Rafter Arena". Alza08 (talk) 14:15, 3 January 2016 (UTC)


 * Support per nom.  Film Fan  17:24, 3 January 2016 (UTC)


 * Oppose - Per WP:COMMONNAME: Patrick Rafter is the name used by ATP World Tour, Sport Australia Hall of Fame, International Tennis Fderation, International Tennis Hall of Fame, the same media sources can use the full name in other articles, like ABC, Herald Sun, Sydney Morning Herald; the counter-examples never ends. Sure, it's a very recognizable nickname, like "Guga" Kuerten, "Rafa" Nadal, "Leo" Messi, "Ibra" Ibrahimovich, the list goes on. The main point is: since the article was created with the full name, is there a need for the change? Is really out there, in Australia or any other country, people who know Pat Rafter but not Patrick Rafter? I'm not convinced til now. Kleiner (talk) 02:32, 9 January 2016 (UTC)


 * Support. Definitely the most common name (see ngram) and the name that most people would expect him to be listed under. As another example, just Google Patrick Rafter – on the first page you get Wikipedia using "Patrick" and then the nine other hits (Tennis Australia, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, The Courier Mail, The Sydney Morning Herald, news.com.au, ATP Champions Tour, The Guardian, Herald Sun, Bonds (clothing)) all using "Pat" (all reliable sources for this article, by the way). And sure, you will be able to find examples of most of those sources using "Patrick" at some point, but clearly for the majority of the time they use "Pat" and hence that's what readers will expect. I don't buy the comparisons offered above, I don't think they are nearly as ubiquitous in reliable sources as "Pat Rafter". Jenks24 (talk) 11:35, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Support. Have a close look at the sources that use Patrick and I'm sure you'll find they're the sort of official sources that tend to use legal rather than common names. The common and most recognised name is Pat. (Never heard him called anything else up until now, and he's quite a hero in these parts, much discussed and very newsworthy.) Andrewa (talk) 10:42, 11 January 2016 (UTC)


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Needs more sources
The article needs a bunch more sources and has been tagged accordingly. SunCrow (talk) 23:48, 27 September 2019 (UTC)