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Yevgeny Kafelnikov #5 def. Michael Stich #11

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

Match Information

Date	Jun 10, 1996*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Score	7-6(4) 7-5 7-6(4)
Loser	Michael Stich
Duration	2h 32m

Stat	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Michael Stich
Aces	10	15
Double faults	8	6
First serve %	53	56
First serve points won %	81	74
Second serve points won %	43	46
Break points saved %	67	69
Break points converted %	31	33
Service points won %	64	62
Return points won %	38	36
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Michael Stich
Country	RUS	GER
Birth date	Feb 18, 1974	Oct 18, 1968
Age	22	27
Height	190	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	5	11
Ranking points (entering)	3,179	2,004
Elo (entering)	1,992	2,011
Career W-L	568–281	350–162
Career earnings	$23,883,797	$12,595,128

Pre-match H2H

Yevgeny Kafelnikov 5 – 1 Michael Stich

Path

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 9, 1996	SF	Pete Sampras	7-6(4) 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 7, 1996	QF	Richard Krajicek	6-3 6-4 6-7(4) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 1996	R16	Francisco Clavet	6-4 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 1996	R32	Felix Mantilla	6-4 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1996	R64	Thomas Johansson	6-2 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1996	R128	Galo Blanco	6-1 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Michael Stich's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 9, 1996	SF	Marc Rosset	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 7, 1996	QF	Cedric Pioline	6-4 4-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 1996	R16	Thomas Muster	4-6 6-4 6-1 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 1996	R32	Mikael Tillstrom	4-6 6-0 6-4 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1996	R64	Greg Rusedski	6-3 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1996	R128	Patrik Fredriksson	6-4 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data