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Lleyton Hewitt #1 def. Yevgeny Kafelnikov #15

6-2 7-6(3)

Match Information

Date	Nov 2, 2002*
Tournament	Paris Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Lleyton Hewitt
Score	6-2 7-6(3)
Loser	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Duration	1h 28m

Stat	Lleyton Hewitt	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Aces	11	4
Double faults	3	6
First serve %	41	50
First serve points won %	89	64
Second serve points won %	49	45
Break points saved %	50	33
Break points converted %	67	50
Service points won %	65	55
Return points won %	45	35
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Lleyton Hewitt	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Country	AUS	RUS
Birth date	Feb 24, 1981	Feb 18, 1974
Age	21	28
Height	178	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	15
Ranking points (entering)	4,240	1,765
Elo (entering)	2,038	1,816
Career W-L	564–241	568–281
Career earnings	$20,890,470	$23,883,797

Pre-match H2H

Lleyton Hewitt 4 – 1 Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Path

Lleyton Hewitt's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 31, 2002	R32	Jarkko Nieminen	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Lleyton Hewitt's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 3, 2002	QF	Roger Federer	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 31, 2002	R32	Nicolas Lapentti	6-3 7-6(8)	W	H2H	Match data