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Yevgeny Kafelnikov #7 def. Filip Dewulf #51

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Mar 23, 1996*
Tournament	St. Petersburg
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	Filip Dewulf
Duration	1h 1m

Stat	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Filip Dewulf
Aces	6	4
Double faults	2	4
First serve %	58	42
First serve points won %	79	80
Second serve points won %	64	46
Break points saved %	100	33
Break points converted %	67	0
Service points won %	73	60
Return points won %	40	27
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Filip Dewulf
Country	RUS	BEL
Birth date	Feb 18, 1974	Mar 15, 1972
Age	22	24
Height	190	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	7	51
Ranking points (entering)	2,505	791
Elo (entering)	1,945	1,730
Career W-L	568–281	85–109
Career earnings	$23,883,797	$1,503,987

Pre-match H2H

Yevgeny Kafelnikov 1 – 0 Filip Dewulf

Path

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 23, 1996	QF	Jeff Tarango	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 22, 1996	R16	Dick Norman	4-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 21, 1996	R32	Omar Camporese	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 24, 1996	F	Magnus Gustafsson	2-6 6-7(4)	L	H2H	Match data

Filip Dewulf's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 23, 1996	QF	Mikael Tillstrom	6-4 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 22, 1996	R16	Nuno Marques	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 21, 1996	R32	Oleg Ogorodov	6-3 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data