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Alberto Berasategui #16 def. Yevgeny Kafelnikov #4

6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 17, 1997*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Alberto Berasategui
Score	6-3 6-2
Loser	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Duration	56m

Stat	Alberto Berasategui	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Aces	1	3
Double faults	3	2
First serve %	53	62
First serve points won %	83	55
Second serve points won %	60	40
Break points saved %	67	29
Break points converted %	71	33
Service points won %	72	49
Return points won %	51	28
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Alberto Berasategui	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Country	ESP	RUS
Birth date	Jun 28, 1973	Feb 18, 1974
Age	23	23
Height	173	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	16	4
Ranking points (entering)	1,619	3,008
Elo (entering)	1,818	1,891
Career W-L	276–195	568–281
Career earnings	$4,676,187	$23,883,797

Pre-match H2H

Alberto Berasategui 3 – 0 Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Path

Alberto Berasategui's path

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

Alberto Berasategui's next match

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

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

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