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Nicolas Kiefer #98 def. Yevgeny Kafelnikov #6

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

Match Information

Date	Jul 2, 1997*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R16
Winner	Nicolas Kiefer
Score	6-2 7-5 2-6 6-1
Loser	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Duration	1h 52m

Stat	Nicolas Kiefer	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Aces	12	7
Double faults	7	11
First serve %	50	46
First serve points won %	80	71
Second serve points won %	51	38
Break points saved %	73	57
Break points converted %	43	27
Service points won %	65	53
Return points won %	47	35
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nicolas Kiefer	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Country	GER	RUS
Birth date	Jul 5, 1977	Feb 18, 1974
Age	19	23
Height	183	190
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)	1,706	1,967
Career W-L	343–252	568–281
Career earnings	$7,480,465	$23,883,797

Pre-match H2H

Nicolas Kiefer 0 – 1 Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Path

Nicolas Kiefer's path

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

Nicolas Kiefer's next match

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

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

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