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Yevgeny Kafelnikov #2 def. Greg Rusedski #9

6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Feb 20, 1999*
Tournament	Rotterdam
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Score	6-4 6-2
Loser	Greg Rusedski
Duration	59m

Stat	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Greg Rusedski
Aces	2	17
Double faults	0	4
First serve %	70	58
First serve points won %	77	70
Second serve points won %	73	42
Break points saved %	—	50
Break points converted %	50	—
Service points won %	76	58
Return points won %	42	24
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Greg Rusedski
Country	RUS	GBR
Birth date	Feb 18, 1974	Sep 6, 1973
Age	25	25
Height	190	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	2	9
Ranking points (entering)	3,350	2,469
Elo (entering)	2,038	1,934
Career W-L	568–281	415–276
Career earnings	$23,883,797	$8,944,841

Pre-match H2H

Yevgeny Kafelnikov 2 – 3 Greg Rusedski

Path

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 20, 1999	QF	Roger Federer	6-1 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 19, 1999	R16	Hicham Arazi	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 18, 1999	R32	Rainer Schuettler	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 21, 1999	F	Tim Henman	6-2 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data

Greg Rusedski's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 20, 1999	QF	Cedric Pioline	7-6(5) 3-6 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 19, 1999	R16	Edwin Kempes	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 18, 1999	R32	Nicolas Kiefer	7-6(5) 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data