Alberto Berasategui def. Yevgeny Kafelnikov, 1997 Italian Open Round of 16

Match Information

Date: May 17, 1997*
Tournament: Italian Open
Edition: 1997
Category: Masters 1000
Surface: Clay
Round: R16
Duration: 56m

Match Statistics

Stat	Alberto Berasategui	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Aces	1	3
Double faults	3	2
First serve %	53.0%	62.0%
First serve points won %	83.0%	55.0%
Second serve points won %	60.0%	40.0%
Break points saved %	67.0%	29.0%
Break points converted %	71.0%	33.0%
Service points won %	72.0%	49.0%
Return points won %	51.0%	28.0%
Total points won %	60.0%	40.0%
Match Serve+	+10.2	-12.9
Match Return+	+12.9	-10.2

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the ATP 1997 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

Field	Alberto Berasategui	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Country	ESP	RUS
Birth date	Jun 28, 1973	Feb 18, 1974
Age	23	23
Height	173 cm	190 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	16	4
Ranking points (entering)	1,619	3,008
Elo (entering)	1,819	1,891
Current career W-L	276–195	574–281
Current career earnings	$4,676,187	$23,883,797

Pre-match H2H

Alberto Berasategui #16 3 – 0 Yevgeny Kafelnikov #4

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Path

Alberto Berasategui's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Patrick Rafter #35	3-6 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	May 15, 1997	R32
Daniel Vacek #49	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	May 14, 1997	R64

Alberto Berasategui's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Marc Kevin Goellner #47	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	May 18, 1997	QF

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Paul Haarhuis #51	7-6(5) 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	May 15, 1997	R32
Javier Sanchez #42	7-5 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data	May 14, 1997	R64