Editing Pat Rafter (section)

===Comebacks and post-retirement activities===
The 5,500-seat centre [[tennis court|court]] of the [[Queensland Tennis Centre]] in [[Brisbane]], Australia, was named ''Pat Rafter Arena'' in Rafter's honour.<ref name="test">{{cite web|url=http://www.brisbaneinternational.com.au/2008/10/stadium-named-after-pat-rafter|title=Stadium named after Pat Rafter - Brisbane International Tennis|date=23 October 2008}}</ref> In 2002, he won the [[Australian of the Year]] award.<ref>{{cite book|title=Australians of the Year|publisher=Pier 9 Press|year=2010|isbn=978-1-74196-809-5|author=Lewis, Wendy|author-link=Wendy Lewis}}</ref> This created some controversy, as he had spent much of his career residing in [[Bermuda]] for tax purposes.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2002-09-17 |title=Pat comes home from exile |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/pat-comes-home-from-exile-20020917-gdfn4u.html |access-date=2024-01-22 |website=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |language=en}}</ref>

Rafter did return at the beginning of the 2004 season to play doubles at two tournaments only; the [[2004 Australian Open]] and the [[2004 AAPT Championships]] (in Adelaide). However, he lost in round one of both events, playing alongside [[Joshua Eagle]].

In 2005, Rafter won [http://www.ictennis.net/ the International Club]'s prestigious [[Jean Borotra Sportsmanship Award]].

He was elected to the [[International Tennis Hall of Fame]] and inducted into the [[Sport Australia Hall of Fame]] in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sahof.org.au/hall-of-fame-member/patrick-rafter/|title=Patrick Rafter|publisher=Sport Australia Hall of Fame|access-date=26 September 2020}}</ref> On [[Australia Day]] 2008, Rafter was inducted into the [[Australian Tennis Hall of Fame]].

In 2009, as part of the [[Q150]] celebrations, Rafter was announced as one of the [[Q150 Icons]] of Queensland for his role as a "sports legend".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://statements.qld.gov.au/statement/id/64301|title=PREMIER UNVEILS QUEENSLAND'S 150 ICONS|last=Bligh|first=Anna|author-link=Anna Bligh|date=10 June 2009|publisher=[[Queensland Government]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170524033717/http://statements.qld.gov.au/statement/id/64301|archive-date=24 May 2017|access-date=24 May 2017}}</ref>

In October 2010, Rafter was announced as Australia's [[Davis Cup]] captain.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/sport/tennis/pat-rafter-named-australian-davis-cup-captain-20101020-16tfw.html|title=Pat Rafter named Australian Davis Cup captain|website=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |publisher=Fairfax Media|access-date=6 July 2015|date=2010-10-20}}</ref> Rafter stood down as Australia's Davis Cup captain on 29 January 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-29/hewitt-to-retire-after-2016-australian-open/6055726|title=Lleyton Hewitt to retire from tennis after 2016 Australian Open, Pat Rafter stands down as Davis Cup captain|website=ABC News|publisher=ABC|access-date=6 July 2015|date=2015-01-29}}</ref> He was succeeded by [[Wally Masur]].

On 12 January 2014, Rafter—then aged 41—announced that he would be partnering current Australian number one [[Lleyton Hewitt]] in the doubles draw of the [[2014 Australian Open]]. The comeback, however, was short-lived, as the pair went down in straight sets to eventual runner-ups [[Eric Butorac]] and [[Raven Klaasen]] in the first round.<ref>{{cite web|author=ATP Staff|title=Hewitt/Rafter Doubles Campaign Ends in Defeat|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2014/01/3/Australian-Open-2014-Doubles-Day-3-Hutchins-Peya.aspx|publisher=ATP World Tour |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216173446/http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2014/01/3/Australian-Open-2014-Doubles-Day-3-Hutchins-Peya.aspx |archive-date=16 February 2015}}</ref>

====ATP Champions Tour====
At the 2009 AEGON Masters Tennis, Rafter lost his opening round robin match against the [[1987 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|1987 Wimbledon]] Champion and fellow Aussie [[Pat Cash]] 2–6, 6–2, 10–6. In a much anticipated match and replay of the [[2001 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|2001 Wimbledon]] final, Rafter faced [[Goran Ivanišević]]. Rafter won the match when Ivanisevic retired while serving for the opening set, 3–5. Despite his performance, the retirement was enough to push Rafter into the final against [[Stefan Edberg]]. In what is described as a spell-binding serve-and-volley showdown,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atpchampionstour.com/news56.html|title=Pat Cash Wins First Ever Meeting With Pat Rafter |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103122909/https://www.atpchampionstour.com/news56.html |archive-date=3 November 2012}}</ref> Rafter won the match 6–7, 6–4, 11–9. This represented the first time that Rafter was able to defeat Edberg.