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Patrick Rafter #3 def. Yevgeny Kafelnikov #10

7-5 6-0

Match Information

Date	Aug 16, 1998*
Tournament	Cincinnati Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Patrick Rafter
Score	7-5 6-0
Loser	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Duration	1h 4m

Stat	Patrick Rafter	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Aces	5	1
Double faults	0	2
First serve %	70	47
First serve points won %	82	60
Second serve points won %	71	43
Break points saved %	—	50
Break points converted %	50	—
Service points won %	79	51
Return points won %	49	21
Total points won %	63	37

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Patrick Rafter	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Country	AUS	RUS
Birth date	Dec 28, 1972	Feb 18, 1974
Age	25	24
Height	185	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	10
Ranking points (entering)	3,306	2,418
Elo (entering)	1,979	1,860
Career W-L	332–177	568–281
Career earnings	$11,133,128	$23,883,797

Pre-match H2H

Patrick Rafter 0 – 2 Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Path

Patrick Rafter's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 1998	QF	Petr Korda	6-4 7-6(8)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 15, 1998	R16	Todd Martin	3-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 13, 1998	R32	Guillaume Raoux	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Patrick Rafter's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 17, 1998	F	Pete Sampras	1-6 7-6(2) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 1998	QF	Daniel Vacek	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 15, 1998	R16	Scott Draper	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 13, 1998	R32	Michael Chang	6-3 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data