SF St. Petersburg 2001

Marat Safin #7 def. Yevgeny Kafelnikov #6

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

Marat Safin defeated Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6-7(4) 6-2 6-4 in the 2001 St. Petersburg semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Oct 27, 2001*
Tournament: St. Petersburg
Edition: 2001
Category: ATP International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250
Surface: Hard
Round: SF
Duration: 2h 33m

Match Statistics

Stat	Marat Safin	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Aces	19	7
Double faults	1	6
First serve %	56.0%	50.0%
First serve points won %	73.0%	65.0%
Second serve points won %	46.0%	58.0%
Break points saved %	92.0%	33.0%
Break points converted %	67.0%	8.0%
Service points won %	61.0%	61.0%
Return points won %	39.0%	39.0%
Total points won %	52.0%	48.0%

Player Comparison

Field	Marat Safin	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Country	RUS	RUS
Birth date	Jan 27, 1980	Feb 18, 1974
Age	21	27
Height	193 cm	190 cm
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)	1,913	1,975
Current career W-L	396–249	574–281
Current career earnings	$14,373,291	$23,883,797

Pre-match H2H

Marat Safin #7 1 – 1 Yevgeny Kafelnikov #6

Path

Marat Safin's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Goran Ivanisevic #15	6-3 7-6(0)	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 27, 2001	QF
Alberto Martin #41	6-7(6) 6-4 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 26, 2001	R16
David Prinosil #63	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 25, 2001	R32

Marat Safin's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Rainer Schuettler #46	3-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 28, 2001	F

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Fabrice Santoro #19	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 27, 2001	QF
Mikhail Youzhny #59	6-7(1) 7-6(6) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 26, 2001	R16
Sargis Sargsian #93	7-6(3) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 25, 2001	R32