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Tommy Haas #67 def. Yevgeny Kafelnikov #7

4-6 6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Oct 18, 1997*
Tournament	Lyon
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Tommy Haas
Score	4-6 6-4 6-3
Loser	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Duration	1h 55m

Stat	Tommy Haas	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Aces	8	6
Double faults	6	5
First serve %	65	58
First serve points won %	68	74
Second serve points won %	48	50
Break points saved %	81	33
Break points converted %	67	19
Service points won %	61	64
Return points won %	36	39
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Tommy Haas	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Country	GER	RUS
Birth date	Apr 3, 1978	Feb 18, 1974
Age	19	23
Height	188	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	67	7
Ranking points (entering)	705	2,427
Elo (entering)	1,746	1,887
Career W-L	533–330	568–281
Career earnings	$13,609,987	$23,883,797

Pre-match H2H

Tommy Haas 0 – 0 Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Path

Tommy Haas's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 18, 1997	QF	Thomas Enqvist	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 17, 1997	R16	Julian Alonso	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 16, 1997	R32	Albert Portas	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Tommy Haas's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 19, 1997	F	Fabrice Santoro	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 18, 1997	QF	Marc Kevin Goellner	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 17, 1997	R16	Fernon Wibier	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 16, 1997	R32	Brett Steven	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data