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Boris Becker #4 def. Yevgeny Kafelnikov #6

6-4 7-6(9) 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jan 26, 1996*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Boris Becker
Score	6-4 7-6(9) 6-1
Loser	Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Stat	Boris Becker	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Aces	26	3
Double faults	4	4
First serve %	60	60
First serve points won %	96	78
Second serve points won %	53	40
Break points saved %	—	57
Break points converted %	43	—
Service points won %	79	63
Return points won %	37	21
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Boris Becker	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Country	GER	RUS
Birth date	Nov 22, 1967	Feb 18, 1974
Age	28	21
Height	190	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	6
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,060	1,969
Career W-L	670–219	568–281
Career earnings	$25,080,956	$23,883,797

Pre-match H2H

Boris Becker 2 – 1 Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Path

Boris Becker's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 1996	R16	Brett Steven	1-6 6-4 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 1996	R32	Magnus Larsson	7-6(5) 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 1996	R64	Thomas Johansson	4-6 3-6 6-2 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1996	R128	Greg Rusedski	6-4 3-6 4-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Boris Becker's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 1996	SF	Mark Woodforde	6-4 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 1996	R16	MaliVai Washington	6-3 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 1996	R32	Michael Tebbutt	7-5 5-7 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 1996	R64	Alex Corretja	6-1 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1996	R128	Fabrice Santoro	6-1 6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data