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Yevgeny Kafelnikov #6 def. Petr Korda #17

6-4 7-6(4)

Match Information

Date	Aug 16, 1997*
Tournament	New Haven
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Score	6-4 7-6(4)
Loser	Petr Korda
Duration	1h 37m

Stat	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Petr Korda
Aces	4	10
Double faults	0	9
First serve %	74	56
First serve points won %	73	70
Second serve points won %	83	48
Break points saved %	100	88
Break points converted %	12	0
Service points won %	75	60
Return points won %	40	25
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Petr Korda
Country	RUS	CZE
Birth date	Feb 18, 1974	Jan 23, 1968
Age	23	29
Height	190	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	6	17
Ranking points (entering)	2,407	1,677
Elo (entering)	1,942	1,866
Career W-L	568–281	378–238
Career earnings	$23,883,797	$10,448,900

Pre-match H2H

Yevgeny Kafelnikov 4 – 2 Petr Korda

Path

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 1997	QF	Tim Henman	5-7 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 15, 1997	R16	Slava Dosedel	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 14, 1997	R32	Cecil Mamiit	5-7 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 17, 1997	F	Patrick Rafter	7-6(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Petr Korda's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 1997	QF	David Wheaton	4-6 7-6(7) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 15, 1997	R16	Javier Sanchez	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 14, 1997	R32	Jan-Michael Gambill	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data