Rafter was gracious in defeat despite his second Wimbledon final defeat in two years.
Rafter ended the match with a serve into the body that Escude returned wide.
After five games had gone with serve in the third, Ivanisevic broke Rafter brilliantly with two wonderful returns.
When Sampras eventually beat Patrick Rafter after four sets of high-quality tennis, the darkness had begun to fall.
Rafter beat Escude at the net, despite some sharp passing by the Frenchman.
Home favourite Pat Rafter enjoyed a far smoother ride as he saw off Germany's Oliver Gross 6-2 6-4 6-3.
Another feature match on Monday sees Australia's Jelena Dokic take on former world number one Ana Ivanovic on Pat Rafter Arena.
Rafter needed an immediate response and he provided it by breaking the Croatian in the second game of the second set.
After all, few sports experiences can top the rafter-shaking raucousness in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, during a Tar Heels basketball game.
Sometimes Rafter can even honor a request to stay in the exact same room where Paris or Britney had a romp.
Rafter's victory was a boost for the Australian, who has been recovering from a shoulder injury for the last six months.
Meanwhile, top seed Andy Roddick will play defending champion Radek Stepanek in Sunday's men's final at the Pat Rafter Arena.
Ivanisevic had accelerated into the opening set, holding his serve with ease and then breaking a nervy Rafter at the first attempt.
Brock's method, as explained in a voice-over in his online tutorial, was to climb away from opponents and hide along a rafter.
In the past 30 years, Australians have won just five singles titles - Pat Cash one, Pat Rafter two and Lleyton Hewitt two.
Landowners worry about what happens if a rafter (who has probably signed liability waivers with the rafting company) gets hurt on their property.
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Sometimes, to break my addiction to the tube, I spent the night in a derelict shed with mushrooms growing from the rafter boards.
There he ran into an on-song Patrick Rafter but the Briton's form around that time saw him propelled to number four in the world.
Tony Roche (Lendl, Rafter) was only interested in a part-time role with Roger Federer, while Paul Annacone (Sampras) has a similar arrangement with Henman.
Clijsters, meanwhile, was also made to work hard in her quarterfinal but eventually edged a rollercoaster clash with Lucie Safarova 6-1 0-6 6-4 at the Pat Rafter Arena.
More generally online education is a hot area, with companies such as Coursera, Edmodo, Udacity, Knewton, Rafter and CodeAcademy rolling out various technology approaches to education.
He lost twice in grand slam finals -- to compatriot Pat Rafter at the U.S. Open in 1998, before running into a young pretender called Roger Federer at Wimbledon in 2003.
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Ferrero was also the key member of the Spanish team which won the Davis Cup for the first time in 2000, beating Pat Rafter and then Lleyton Hewitt to clinch the tie.
Korda insists he has no idea how a banned substance got into his system but many players feel players failing drug tests should receive mandatory bans - a view supported by Rafter.
He held on for a two sets to one lead and looked set fair for the title that has eluded him three times in the 1990s - but comeback kid Rafter had other ideas.
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