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Yevgeny Kafelnikov #2 def. Tim Henman #7

6-2 7-6(3)

Match Information

Date	Feb 21, 1999*
Tournament	Rotterdam
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Score	6-2 7-6(3)
Loser	Tim Henman
Duration	1h 27m

Stat	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Tim Henman
Aces	2	6
Double faults	0	6
First serve %	62	44
First serve points won %	68	64
Second serve points won %	45	41
Break points saved %	50	20
Break points converted %	80	50
Service points won %	59	51
Return points won %	49	41
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Tim Henman
Country	RUS	GBR
Birth date	Feb 18, 1974	Sep 6, 1974
Age	25	24
Height	190	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	2	7
Ranking points (entering)	3,350	2,618
Elo (entering)	2,049	1,962
Career W-L	568–281	468–260
Career earnings	$23,883,797	$11,635,542

Pre-match H2H

Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6 – 3 Tim Henman

Path

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 20, 1999	SF	Greg Rusedski	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 20, 1999	QF	Roger Federer	6-1 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 19, 1999	R16	Hicham Arazi	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 18, 1999	R32	Rainer Schuettler	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Tim Henman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 20, 1999	SF	Marat Safin	7-6(7) 7-6(0)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 20, 1999	QF	Karol Kucera	6-4 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 19, 1999	R16	Petr Korda	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 18, 1999	R32	Davide Sanguinetti	1-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data