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Martin Verkerk #90 def. Yevgeny Kafelnikov #26

6-4 5-7 7-5

Match Information

Date	Feb 2, 2003*
Tournament	Milan
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	Martin Verkerk
Score	6-4 5-7 7-5
Loser	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Duration	2h 2m

Stat	Martin Verkerk	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Aces	30	10
Double faults	3	2
First serve %	69	60
First serve points won %	76	80
Second serve points won %	69	44
Break points saved %	80	75
Break points converted %	25	20
Service points won %	74	66
Return points won %	34	26
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Martin Verkerk	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Country	NED	RUS
Birth date	Oct 31, 1978	Feb 18, 1974
Age	24	28
Height	196	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	90	26
Ranking points (entering)	439	1,190
Elo (entering)	1,670	1,813
Career W-L	56–64	568–281
Career earnings	$1,564,520	$23,883,797

Pre-match H2H

Martin Verkerk 0 – 0 Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Path

Martin Verkerk's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 1, 2003	SF	Ivan Ljubicic	3-6 7-5 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 1, 2003	QF	Davide Sanguinetti	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 31, 2003	R16	Thomas Enqvist	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 30, 2003	R32	Adrian Voinea	6-3 6-7(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Martin Verkerk's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 1, 2003	SF	Jarkko Nieminen	7-6(8) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 1, 2003	QF	Jonas Bjorkman	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 31, 2003	R16	Kristian Pless	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 30, 2003	R32	Marcelo Charpentier	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data