R16 Wimbledon 1997

Nicolas Kiefer #98 def. Yevgeny Kafelnikov #6

6-2 7-5 2-6 6-1

Nicolas Kiefer defeated Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6-2 7-5 2-6 6-1 in the 1997 Wimbledon round of 16 on grass courts.

Match Information

Date: Jul 2, 1997*
Tournament: Wimbledon
Edition: 1997
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Grass
Round: R16
Duration: 1h 52m

Match Statistics

Stat	Nicolas Kiefer	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Aces	12	7
Double faults	7	11
First serve %	50.0%	46.0%
First serve points won %	80.0%	71.0%
Second serve points won %	51.0%	38.0%
Break points saved %	73.0%	57.0%
Break points converted %	43.0%	27.0%
Service points won %	65.0%	53.0%
Return points won %	47.0%	35.0%
Total points won %	56.0%	44.0%

Player Comparison

Field	Nicolas Kiefer	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Country	GER	RUS
Birth date	Jul 5, 1977	Feb 18, 1974
Age	19	23
Height	183 cm	190 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	98	6
Ranking points (entering)	464	2,348
Elo (entering)	1,707	1,968
Current career W-L	347–255	574–281
Current career earnings	$7,480,465	$23,883,797

Pre-match H2H

Nicolas Kiefer #98 0 – 1 Yevgeny Kafelnikov #6

Path

Nicolas Kiefer's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Andrei Medvedev #19	6-4 6-2 6-7(2) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 29, 1997	R32
Patrick Baur #405	7-5 7-6(2) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 27, 1997	R64
Alexander Volkov #91	6-4 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 25, 1997	R128

Nicolas Kiefer's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Todd Woodbridge #37	6-7(7) 6-2 0-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 4, 1997	QF

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jason Stoltenberg #30	6-3 7-6(4) 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 29, 1997	R32
Javier Sanchez #43	6-2 4-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 27, 1997	R64
Juan Antonio Marin #112	6-4 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 25, 1997	R128