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Yevgeny Kafelnikov #7 def. Wayne Ferreira #47

7-5 6-4

Match Information

Date	Feb 28, 1998*
Tournament	London
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Score	7-5 6-4
Loser	Wayne Ferreira
Duration	1h 18m

Stat	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Wayne Ferreira
Aces	5	15
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	61	59
First serve points won %	77	72
Second serve points won %	52	43
Break points saved %	80	70
Break points converted %	30	20
Service points won %	67	60
Return points won %	40	33
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Wayne Ferreira
Country	RUS	RSA
Birth date	Feb 18, 1974	Sep 15, 1971
Age	24	26
Height	190	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	7	47
Ranking points (entering)	2,765	894
Elo (entering)	1,938	1,871
Career W-L	568–281	483–314
Career earnings	$23,883,797	$9,969,617

Pre-match H2H

Yevgeny Kafelnikov 1 – 3 Wayne Ferreira

Path

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 1998	QF	Tim Henman	4-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 27, 1998	R16	Daniel Vacek	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 26, 1998	R32	Thomas Johansson	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 1998	F	Cedric Pioline	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Wayne Ferreira's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 1998	QF	Patrick Rafter	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 27, 1998	R16	Goran Ivanisevic	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 26, 1998	R32	Chris Wilkinson	6-7(5) 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data