SF Milan 2001

Roger Federer #27 def. Yevgeny Kafelnikov #7

6-2 6-7(4) 6-3

Roger Federer defeated Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6-2 6-7(4) 6-3 in the 2001 Milan semifinal on carpet courts.

Match Information

Date: Feb 3, 2001*
Tournament: Milan
Edition: 2001
Category: ATP International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250
Surface: Carpet
Round: SF
Duration: 1h 50m

Match Statistics

Stat	Roger Federer	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Aces	14	5
Double faults	3	6
First serve %	52.0%	46.0%
First serve points won %	78.0%	64.0%
Second serve points won %	52.0%	44.0%
Break points saved %	71.0%	44.0%
Break points converted %	56.0%	29.0%
Service points won %	66.0%	54.0%
Return points won %	46.0%	34.0%
Total points won %	56.0%	44.0%

Player Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Country	SUI	RUS
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Feb 18, 1974
Age	19	26
Height	185 cm	190 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	27	7
Ranking points (entering)	1,080	2,485
Elo (entering)	1,847	1,918
Current career W-L	1,219–272	574–281
Current career earnings	$130,594,339	$23,883,797

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer #27 0 – 3 Yevgeny Kafelnikov #7

Path

Roger Federer's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Goran Ivanisevic #123	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 3, 2001	QF
Cyril Saulnier #120	2-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 2, 2001	R16
Rainer Schuettler #48	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 1, 2001	R32

Roger Federer's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Julien Boutter #67	6-4 6-7(7) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 4, 2001	F

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Vladimir Voltchkov #36	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 3, 2001	QF
Ivo Heuberger #190	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 2, 2001	R16
Jeff Tarango #111	4-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 1, 2001	R32