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Marat Safin #7 def. Yevgeny Kafelnikov #6

6-7(4) 6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	Oct 27, 2001*
Tournament	St. Petersburg
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Marat Safin
Score	6-7(4) 6-2 6-4
Loser	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Duration	2h 33m

Stat	Marat Safin	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Aces	19	7
Double faults	1	6
First serve %	56	50
First serve points won %	73	65
Second serve points won %	46	58
Break points saved %	92	33
Break points converted %	67	8
Service points won %	61	61
Return points won %	39	39
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marat Safin	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Country	RUS	RUS
Birth date	Jan 27, 1980	Feb 18, 1974
Age	21	27
Height	193	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	7	6
Ranking points (entering)	2,555	2,915
Elo (entering)	1,914	1,975
Career W-L	395–247	568–281
Career earnings	$14,373,291	$23,883,797

Pre-match H2H

Marat Safin 1 – 1 Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Path

Marat Safin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 2001	QF	Goran Ivanisevic	6-3 7-6(0)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 26, 2001	R16	Alberto Martin	6-7(6) 6-4 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 2001	R32	David Prinosil	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Marat Safin's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 28, 2001	F	Rainer Schuettler	3-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 2001	QF	Fabrice Santoro	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 26, 2001	R16	Mikhail Youzhny	6-7(1) 7-6(6) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 2001	R32	Sargis Sargsian	7-6(3) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data