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Christian Ruud #48 def. Yevgeny Kafelnikov #4

6-4 2-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Apr 24, 1997*
Tournament	Monte Carlo Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Christian Ruud
Score	6-4 2-6 6-4
Loser	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Duration	1h 43m

Stat	Christian Ruud	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Aces	2	6
Double faults	5	3
First serve %	52	55
First serve points won %	68	79
Second serve points won %	54	39
Break points saved %	33	50
Break points converted %	50	67
Service points won %	61	61
Return points won %	39	39
Total points won %	49	51

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Christian Ruud	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Country	NOR	RUS
Birth date	Aug 24, 1972	Feb 18, 1974
Age	24	23
Height	188	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	48	4
Ranking points (entering)	898	3,147
Elo (entering)	1,732	1,898
Career W-L	98–128	568–281
Career earnings	$1,399,813	$23,883,797

Pre-match H2H

Christian Ruud 0 – 1 Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Path

Christian Ruud's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 1997	R64	Sjeng Schalken	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Christian Ruud's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 26, 1997	R16	Emilio Benfele Alvarez	5-7 7-6(3) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

No prior matches in this tournament.