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Tim Henman #11 def. Yevgeny Kafelnikov #10

7-5 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 20, 1998*
Tournament	Tashkent
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Tim Henman
Score	7-5 6-4
Loser	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Duration	1h 37m

Stat	Tim Henman	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Aces	12	4
Double faults	4	11
First serve %	59	44
First serve points won %	65	69
Second serve points won %	53	44
Break points saved %	71	64
Break points converted %	36	29
Service points won %	60	56
Return points won %	44	40
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Tim Henman	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Country	GBR	RUS
Birth date	Sep 6, 1974	Feb 18, 1974
Age	24	24
Height	185	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	11	10
Ranking points (entering)	2,208	2,414
Elo (entering)	1,917	1,915
Career W-L	468–260	568–281
Career earnings	$11,635,542	$23,883,797

Pre-match H2H

Tim Henman 2 – 5 Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Path

Tim Henman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 19, 1998	SF	Nicolas Escude	3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 19, 1998	QF	Stefano Pescosolido	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 18, 1998	R16	Eyal Ran	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 17, 1998	R32	Nir Welgreen	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Tim Henman's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 19, 1998	SF	Cedric Pioline	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 19, 1998	QF	Gaston Etlis	6-3 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 18, 1998	R16	David Nainkin	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 17, 1998	R32	Martin Sinner	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data