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Yevgeny Kafelnikov #7 def. Mikael Tillstrom #87

7-6(5) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Feb 7, 1998*
Tournament	Marseille
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Score	7-6(5) 6-4
Loser	Mikael Tillstrom
Duration	1h 24m

Stat	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Mikael Tillstrom
Aces	4	6
Double faults	2	9
First serve %	62	49
First serve points won %	73	71
Second serve points won %	56	56
Break points saved %	0	40
Break points converted %	60	100
Service points won %	66	63
Return points won %	37	34
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Mikael Tillstrom
Country	RUS	SWE
Birth date	Feb 18, 1974	Mar 5, 1972
Age	23	25
Height	190	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	7	87
Ranking points (entering)	2,690	549
Elo (entering)	1,967	1,679
Career W-L	568–281	107–108
Career earnings	$23,883,797	$2,030,525

Pre-match H2H

Yevgeny Kafelnikov 2 – 1 Mikael Tillstrom

Path

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 7, 1998	QF	Arnaud Clement	6-2 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 6, 1998	R16	Adrian Voinea	6-1 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 5, 1998	R32	Juan Albert Viloca Puig	6-4 6-3	W	—	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 8, 1998	F	Thomas Enqvist	4-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Mikael Tillstrom's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 7, 1998	QF	Arnaud Boetsch	4-6 6-0 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 6, 1998	R16	Marc Kevin Goellner	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 5, 1998	R32	Cedric Pioline	7-6(3) 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data