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Yevgeny Kafelnikov #8 def. Goran Ivanisevic #13

7-6(2) 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	Nov 15, 1998*
Tournament	Moscow
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Score	7-6(2) 7-6(5)
Loser	Goran Ivanisevic
Duration	1h 25m

Stat	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Goran Ivanisevic
Aces	11	14
Double faults	4	1
First serve %	48	57
First serve points won %	83	85
Second serve points won %	64	47
Break points saved %	33	0
Break points converted %	100	67
Service points won %	73	69
Return points won %	31	27
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Goran Ivanisevic
Country	RUS	CRO
Birth date	Feb 18, 1974	Sep 13, 1971
Age	24	27
Height	190	194
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	8	13
Ranking points (entering)	2,557	1,980
Elo (entering)	1,959	1,885
Career W-L	568–281	561–316
Career earnings	$23,883,797	$19,878,007

Pre-match H2H

Yevgeny Kafelnikov 2 – 9 Goran Ivanisevic

Path

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 14, 1998	SF	Marc Rosset	6-1 2-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 14, 1998	QF	Guillaume Raoux	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 13, 1998	R16	Sebastien Grosjean	2-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 12, 1998	R32	Andrei Cherkasov	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Goran Ivanisevic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 14, 1998	SF	Arnaud Clement	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 14, 1998	QF	Lars Burgsmuller	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 13, 1998	R16	Jerome Golmard	6-3 3-2 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 12, 1998	R32	Carsten Arriens	7-6(5) 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data