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Yevgeny Kafelnikov #2 def. Nicolas Kiefer #16

6-2 2-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Aug 21, 1999*
Tournament	Washington
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Score	6-2 2-6 6-3
Loser	Nicolas Kiefer
Duration	1h 38m

Stat	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Nicolas Kiefer
Aces	4	16
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	53	53
First serve points won %	78	70
Second serve points won %	53	47
Break points saved %	70	64
Break points converted %	36	30
Service points won %	66	59
Return points won %	41	34
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Nicolas Kiefer
Country	RUS	GER
Birth date	Feb 18, 1974	Jul 5, 1977
Age	25	22
Height	190	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	16
Ranking points (entering)	3,551	1,884
Elo (entering)	1,925	1,919
Career W-L	568–281	343–252
Career earnings	$23,883,797	$7,480,465

Pre-match H2H

Yevgeny Kafelnikov 2 – 1 Nicolas Kiefer

Path

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 21, 1999	QF	Tomas Zib	6-1 6-7(7) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 20, 1999	R16	Justin Gimelstob	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 19, 1999	R32	Wayne Black	0-6 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 22, 1999	F	Andre Agassi	6-7(3) 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Kiefer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 21, 1999	QF	Jan Kroslak	6-4 6-3	W	—	Match data
Aug 20, 1999	R16	John Van Lottum	7-5 6-2	W	—	Match data
Aug 19, 1999	R32	MaliVai Washington	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data