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Mariano Zabaleta #26 def. Yevgeny Kafelnikov #1

7-5 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 22, 1999*
Tournament	St. Poelten
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Mariano Zabaleta
Score	7-5 6-3
Loser	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Duration	1h 33m

Stat	Mariano Zabaleta	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Aces	9	9
Double faults	1	7
First serve %	53	52
First serve points won %	77	71
Second serve points won %	59	38
Break points saved %	0	60
Break points converted %	40	100
Service points won %	68	55
Return points won %	45	32
Total points won %	54	46

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)	26	1
Ranking points (entering)	1,235	3,371
Elo (entering)	1,794	1,899
Career W-L	199–206	568–281
Career earnings	$3,204,127	$23,883,797

Pre-match H2H

Mariano Zabaleta 0 – 0 Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Path

Mariano Zabaleta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 22, 1999	QF	Francisco Clavet	6-2 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 21, 1999	R16	Jan Kroslak	7-5 6-3	W	—	Match data
May 20, 1999	R32	Justin Gimelstob	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Mariano Zabaleta's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 23, 1999	F	Marcelo Rios	4-4 (ret.)	L	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 22, 1999	QF	Markus Hipfl	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 21, 1999	R16	Franco Squillari	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 20, 1999	R32	Jimy Szymanski	7-6(4) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data