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Roger Federer #27 def. Yevgeny Kafelnikov #7

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

Match Information

Date	Feb 3, 2001*
Tournament	Milan
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	6-2 6-7(4) 6-3
Loser	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Duration	1h 50m

Stat	Roger Federer	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Aces	14	5
Double faults	3	6
First serve %	52	46
First serve points won %	78	64
Second serve points won %	52	44
Break points saved %	71	44
Break points converted %	56	29
Service points won %	66	54
Return points won %	46	34
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Country	SUI	RUS
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Feb 18, 1974
Age	19	26
Height	185	190
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)	1,831	1,907
Career W-L	1,206–267	568–281
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$23,883,797

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 0 – 3 Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Path

Roger Federer's path

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

Roger Federer's next match

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

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

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