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Richard Krajicek #11 def. Yevgeny Kafelnikov #6

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

Match Information

Date	May 16, 1998*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Richard Krajicek
Score	6-2 3-6 7-6(6)
Loser	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Duration	2h 19m

Stat	Richard Krajicek	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Aces	21	2
Double faults	9	3
First serve %	44	61
First serve points won %	79	79
Second serve points won %	50	50
Break points saved %	92	60
Break points converted %	40	8
Service points won %	63	67
Return points won %	33	37
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Richard Krajicek	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Country	NED	RUS
Birth date	Dec 6, 1971	Feb 18, 1974
Age	26	24
Height	196	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	11	6
Ranking points (entering)	2,148	2,904
Elo (entering)	1,971	1,885
Career W-L	408–207	568–281
Career earnings	$10,077,425	$23,883,797

Pre-match H2H

Richard Krajicek 1 – 3 Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Path

Richard Krajicek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 14, 1998	R32	Nicolas Escude	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 1998	R64	Mark Philippoussis	5-7 7-6(4) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Richard Krajicek's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 17, 1998	QF	Marcelo Rios	6-7(9) 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 14, 1998	R32	Todd Martin	1-6 7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 1998	R64	Thomas Johansson	7-6(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data