Boris Becker #4 def. Yevgeny Kafelnikov #6

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

Boris Becker defeated Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6-4 7-6(9) 6-1 in the 1996 Australian Open quarterfinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 26, 1996*
Tournament: Australian Open
Edition: 1996
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: QF

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Boris Becker	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Country	GER	RUS
Birth date	Nov 22, 1967	Feb 18, 1974
Age	28	21
Height	190 cm	190 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	6
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,071	1,969
Current career W-L	672–220	574–281
Current career earnings	$25,080,956	$23,883,797

Pre-match H2H

Boris Becker #4 2 – 1 Yevgeny Kafelnikov #6

Path

Boris Becker's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Brett Steven #37	1-6 6-4 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 24, 1996	R16
Magnus Larsson #19	7-6(5) 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 21, 1996	R32
Thomas Johansson #114	4-6 3-6 6-2 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 19, 1996	R64
Greg Rusedski #33	6-4 3-6 4-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 17, 1996	R128

Boris Becker's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Mark Woodforde #67	6-4 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 28, 1996	SF

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
MaliVai Washington #21	6-3 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 24, 1996	R16
Michael Tebbutt #112	7-5 5-7 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 21, 1996	R32
Alex Corretja #51	6-1 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 19, 1996	R64
Fabrice Santoro #104	6-1 6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 17, 1996	R128