SF St. Petersburg 1996

Yevgeny Kafelnikov #7 def. Filip Dewulf #51

6-3 6-4

Yevgeny Kafelnikov defeated Filip Dewulf 6-3 6-4 in the 1996 St. Petersburg semifinal on carpet courts.

Match Information

Date: Mar 23, 1996*
Tournament: St. Petersburg
Edition: 1996
Category: World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250
Surface: Carpet
Round: SF
Duration: 1h 1m

Match Statistics

Stat	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Filip Dewulf
Aces	6	4
Double faults	2	4
First serve %	58.0%	42.0%
First serve points won %	79.0%	80.0%
Second serve points won %	64.0%	46.0%
Break points saved %	100.0%	33.0%
Break points converted %	67.0%	0.0%
Service points won %	73.0%	60.0%
Return points won %	40.0%	27.0%
Total points won %	56.0%	44.0%

Player Comparison

Field	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Filip Dewulf
Country	RUS	BEL
Birth date	Feb 18, 1974	Mar 15, 1972
Age	22	24
Height	190 cm	190 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	7	51
Ranking points (entering)	2,505	791
Elo (entering)	1,943	1,730
Current career W-L	574–281	85–109
Current career earnings	$23,883,797	$1,503,987

Pre-match H2H

Yevgeny Kafelnikov #7 1 – 0 Filip Dewulf #51

Path

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jeff Tarango #84	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 23, 1996	QF
Dick Norman #120	4-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 22, 1996	R16
Omar Camporese #128	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 21, 1996	R32

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Magnus Gustafsson #70	2-6 6-7(4)	L	H2H	Match data	Mar 24, 1996	F

Filip Dewulf's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Mikael Tillstrom #55	6-4 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 23, 1996	QF
Nuno Marques #111	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 22, 1996	R16
Oleg Ogorodov #107	6-3 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 21, 1996	R32