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Yevgeny Kafelnikov #4 def. Petr Korda #37

3-6 6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Nov 3, 1996*
Tournament	Paris Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Score	3-6 6-4 6-2
Loser	Petr Korda
Duration	1h 39m

Stat	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Petr Korda
Aces	4	4
Double faults	3	2
First serve %	59	58
First serve points won %	70	68
Second serve points won %	54	53
Break points saved %	75	20
Break points converted %	80	25
Service points won %	64	62
Return points won %	38	36
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Petr Korda
Country	RUS	CZE
Birth date	Feb 18, 1974	Jan 23, 1968
Age	22	28
Height	190	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	4	37
Ranking points (entering)	3,253	1,037
Elo (entering)	1,992	1,917
Career W-L	568–281	378–238
Career earnings	$23,883,797	$10,448,900

Pre-match H2H

Yevgeny Kafelnikov 2 – 2 Petr Korda

Path

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 3, 1996	QF	Paul Haarhuis	7-6(7) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 2, 1996	R16	MaliVai Washington	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 31, 1996	R32	Cedric Pioline	6-4 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 4, 1996	F	Thomas Enqvist	2-6 4-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Petr Korda's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 3, 1996	QF	Arnaud Boetsch	7-6(2) 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 2, 1996	R16	Alberto Berasategui	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 31, 1996	R32	Marcelo Rios	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 30, 1996	R64	Mark Woodforde	6-4 5-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data