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Yevgeny Kafelnikov #7 def. Richard Krajicek #14

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

Match Information

Date	Jun 7, 1996*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Score	6-3 6-4 6-7(4) 6-2
Loser	Richard Krajicek
Duration	2h 20m

Stat	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Richard Krajicek
Aces	4	16
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	70	61
First serve points won %	73	79
Second serve points won %	62	51
Break points saved %	50	29
Break points converted %	71	50
Service points won %	70	68
Return points won %	32	30
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Richard Krajicek
Country	RUS	NED
Birth date	Feb 18, 1974	Dec 6, 1971
Age	22	24
Height	190	196
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	7	14
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,930	1,927
Career W-L	568–281	408–207
Career earnings	$23,883,797	$10,077,425

Pre-match H2H

Yevgeny Kafelnikov 2 – 1 Richard Krajicek

Path

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 1996	R16	Francisco Clavet	6-4 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 1996	R32	Felix Mantilla	6-4 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1996	R64	Thomas Johansson	6-2 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1996	R128	Galo Blanco	6-1 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 9, 1996	SF	Pete Sampras	7-6(4) 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Richard Krajicek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 1996	R16	Jonas Bjorkman	6-3 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 1996	R32	Todd Woodbridge	7-5 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1996	R64	Tomas Carbonell	6-2 4-6 7-6(2) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1996	R128	Sandor Noszaly	4-6 7-6(2) 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data