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Yevgeny Kafelnikov #6 def. MaliVai Washington #21

6-3 6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 24, 1996*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Score	6-3 6-2 6-4
Loser	MaliVai Washington

Stat	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	MaliVai Washington
Aces	5	10
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	67	62
First serve points won %	72	67
Second serve points won %	73	43
Break points saved %	100	67
Break points converted %	33	0
Service points won %	72	58
Return points won %	42	28
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	MaliVai Washington
Country	RUS	USA
Birth date	Feb 18, 1974	Jun 20, 1969
Age	21	26
Height	190	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	6	21
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,950	1,865
Career W-L	568–281	249–191
Career earnings	$23,883,797	$3,232,565

Pre-match H2H

Yevgeny Kafelnikov 0 – 0 MaliVai Washington

Path

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 1996	R32	Michael Tebbutt	7-5 5-7 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 1996	R64	Alex Corretja	6-1 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1996	R128	Fabrice Santoro	6-1 6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 1996	QF	Boris Becker	4-6 6-7(9) 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

MaliVai Washington's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 1996	R32	Mauricio Hadad	6-4 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 1996	R64	Arnaud Boetsch	6-4 6-1 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1996	R128	Javier Sanchez	6-4 6-2 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data