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Mariano Zabaleta #27 def. Yevgeny Kafelnikov #2

6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Oct 28, 1999*
Tournament	Stuttgart Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Mariano Zabaleta
Score	6-3 6-3
Loser	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Duration	1h 20m

Stat	Mariano Zabaleta	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Aces	4	4
Double faults	1	6
First serve %	50	44
First serve points won %	80	71
Second serve points won %	50	41
Break points saved %	50	69
Break points converted %	31	50
Service points won %	65	54
Return points won %	46	35
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mariano Zabaleta	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Country	ARG	RUS
Birth date	Feb 28, 1978	Feb 18, 1974
Age	21	25
Height	183	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	27	2
Ranking points (entering)	1,265	3,842
Elo (entering)	1,658	1,906
Career W-L	199–206	568–281
Career earnings	$3,204,127	$23,883,797

Pre-match H2H

Mariano Zabaleta 1 – 0 Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Path

Mariano Zabaleta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 1999	R64	Vincent Spadea	6-4 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Mariano Zabaleta's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 30, 1999	R16	Magnus Norman	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

No prior matches in this tournament.