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Chris Woodruff #57 def. Yevgeny Kafelnikov #7

5-7 7-5 6-3

Match Information

Date	Aug 3, 1997*
Tournament	Canada Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Chris Woodruff
Score	5-7 7-5 6-3
Loser	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Duration	2h 16m

Stat	Chris Woodruff	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Aces	14	11
Double faults	8	7
First serve %	55	53
First serve points won %	86	75
Second serve points won %	48	41
Break points saved %	71	80
Break points converted %	20	29
Service points won %	69	59
Return points won %	41	31
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Chris Woodruff	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Country	USA	RUS
Birth date	Jan 2, 1973	Feb 18, 1974
Age	24	23
Height	188	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	57	7
Ranking points (entering)	787	2,224
Elo (entering)	1,782	1,922
Career W-L	108–106	568–281
Career earnings	$1,900,659	$23,883,797

Pre-match H2H

Chris Woodruff 0 – 1 Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Path

Chris Woodruff's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 3, 1997	QF	Mark Philippoussis	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 2, 1997	R16	Goran Ivanisevic	7-6(6) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 31, 1997	R32	Jan Siemerink	6-7(4) 7-5 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 30, 1997	R64	Jocelyn Robichaud	7-6(7) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Chris Woodruff's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 4, 1997	F	Gustavo Kuerten	7-5 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 3, 1997	QF	Thomas Enqvist	7-5 6-7(7) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 2, 1997	R16	Wayne Ferreira	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 31, 1997	R32	Vincent Spadea	4-6 6-3 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data