Andre Agassi #2 def. Yevgeny Kafelnikov #3

1-6 6-3 6-3 6-3

Andre Agassi defeated Yevgeny Kafelnikov 1-6 6-3 6-3 6-3 in the 1999 US Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Sep 12, 1999*
Tournament: US Open
Edition: 1999
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: SF
Duration: 2h 11m

Match Statistics

Stat	Andre Agassi	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Aces	11	9
Double faults	3	3
First serve %	50	56
First serve points won %	73	66
Second serve points won %	56	45
Break points saved %	50	55
Break points converted %	45	50
Service points won %	64	57
Return points won %	43	36
Total points won %	53	47

Player Comparison

Field	Andre Agassi	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Country	USA	RUS
Birth date	Apr 29, 1970	Feb 18, 1974
Age	29	25
Height	180 cm	190 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	3
Ranking points (entering)	3,650	3,616
Elo (entering)	2,109	1,980
Current career W-L	842–268	574–281
Current career earnings	$31,152,975	$23,883,797

Pre-match H2H

Andre Agassi #2 3 – 3 Yevgeny Kafelnikov #3

Path

Andre Agassi's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Nicolas Escude #136	7-6(3) 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 10, 1999	QF
Arnaud Clement #52	6-4 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 8, 1999	R16
Justin Gimelstob #87	6-1 4-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 5, 1999	R32
Axel Pretzsch #124	6-3 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 3, 1999	R64
Nicklas Kulti #102	6-0 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 1, 1999	R128

Andre Agassi's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Todd Martin #4	6-4 6-7(5) 6-7(2) 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 13, 1999	F

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Richard Krajicek #13	7-6(0) 7-6(4) 3-6 1-6 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 10, 1999	QF
Andrei Medvedev #35	7-6(5) 6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 8, 1999	R16
Jonas Bjorkman #42	6-1 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 5, 1999	R32
Max Mirnyi #101	7-5 6-1 6-7(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 3, 1999	R64
Alberto Martin #54	6-1 3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 1, 1999	R128