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Lleyton Hewitt #8 def. Yevgeny Kafelnikov #5

6-4 6-7(5) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Nov 5, 2000*
Tournament	Stuttgart Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Lleyton Hewitt
Score	6-4 6-7(5) 6-3
Loser	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Duration	2h 4m

Stat	Lleyton Hewitt	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Aces	7	5
Double faults	4	6
First serve %	46	48
First serve points won %	84	79
Second serve points won %	61	55
Break points saved %	75	50
Break points converted %	50	25
Service points won %	71	67
Return points won %	33	29
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Lleyton Hewitt	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Country	AUS	RUS
Birth date	Feb 24, 1981	Feb 18, 1974
Age	19	26
Height	178	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	8	5
Ranking points (entering)	2,367	2,841
Elo (entering)	2,026	1,875
Career W-L	564–241	568–281
Career earnings	$20,890,470	$23,883,797

Pre-match H2H

Lleyton Hewitt 2 – 1 Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Path

Lleyton Hewitt's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 5, 2000	QF	Greg Rusedski	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 4, 2000	R16	Tim Henman	3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 2, 2000	R32	Richard Krajicek	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Lleyton Hewitt's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 6, 2000	F	Wayne Ferreira	6-7(6) 6-3 7-6(5) 6-7(2) 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 5, 2000	QF	Sjeng Schalken	4-6 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 4, 2000	R16	Franco Squillari	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 2, 2000	R32	Roger Federer	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data