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Yevgeny Kafelnikov #24 def. Martin Verkerk #68

6-3 7-5

Match Information

Date	May 11, 2003*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Score	6-3 7-5
Loser	Martin Verkerk
Duration	1h 38m

Stat	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Martin Verkerk
Aces	3	7
Double faults	3	7
First serve %	54	54
First serve points won %	63	66
Second serve points won %	66	41
Break points saved %	50	60
Break points converted %	40	50
Service points won %	64	54
Return points won %	46	36
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Martin Verkerk
Country	RUS	NED
Birth date	Feb 18, 1974	Oct 31, 1978
Age	29	24
Height	190	196
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	24	68
Ranking points (entering)	1,190	607
Elo (entering)	1,838	1,670
Career W-L	568–281	56–64
Career earnings	$23,883,797	$1,564,520

Pre-match H2H

Yevgeny Kafelnikov 0 – 1 Martin Verkerk

Path

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 10, 2003	R16	Carlos Moya	6-4 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2003	R32	Giorgio Galimberti	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 7, 2003	R64	Younes El Aynaoui	6-1 1-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2003	SF	Felix Mantilla	6-4 6-7(3) 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Martin Verkerk's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 10, 2003	R16	Jarkko Nieminen	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2003	R32	Andy Roddick	6-7(6) 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 7, 2003	R64	Vincent Spadea	6-3 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data