QF Swiss Indoors 1997

Mark Philippoussis #21 def. Yevgeny Kafelnikov #4

6-3 6-7(5) 6-2

Mark Philippoussis defeated Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6-3 6-7(5) 6-2 in the 1997 Swiss Indoors quarterfinal on carpet courts.

Match Information

Date: Oct 4, 1997*
Tournament: Swiss Indoors
Edition: 1997
Category: World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250
Surface: Carpet
Round: QF
Duration: 1h 32m

Match Statistics

Stat	Mark Philippoussis	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Aces	19	1
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	68.0%	63.0%
First serve points won %	85.0%	70.0%
Second serve points won %	69.0%	56.0%
Break points saved %	—	25.0%
Break points converted %	75.0%	—
Service points won %	80.0%	65.0%
Return points won %	35.0%	20.0%
Total points won %	57.0%	43.0%

Player Comparison

Field	Mark Philippoussis	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Country	AUS	RUS
Birth date	Nov 7, 1976	Feb 18, 1974
Age	20	23
Height	196 cm	190 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	21	4
Ranking points (entering)	1,521	2,702
Elo (entering)	1,875	1,906
Current career W-L	291–193	574–281
Current career earnings	$6,987,402	$23,883,797

Pre-match H2H

Mark Philippoussis #21 0 – 2 Yevgeny Kafelnikov #4

Path

Mark Philippoussis's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Fabrice Santoro #41	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 3, 1997	R16
Albert Costa #19	7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 2, 1997	R32

Mark Philippoussis's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Tim Henman #20	7-6(2) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 4, 1997	SF

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Ivo Heuberger #198	6-3 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 3, 1997	R16
Lorenzo Manta #298	6-1 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 2, 1997	R32