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Goran Ivanisevic #16 def. Yevgeny Kafelnikov #12

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Aug 22, 1998*
Tournament	New Haven
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Goran Ivanisevic
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Duration	1h 5m

Stat	Goran Ivanisevic	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Aces	12	4
Double faults	2	7
First serve %	56	42
First serve points won %	87	71
Second serve points won %	50	46
Break points saved %	0	62
Break points converted %	38	100
Service points won %	70	57
Return points won %	43	30
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Goran Ivanisevic	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Country	CRO	RUS
Birth date	Sep 13, 1971	Feb 18, 1974
Age	26	24
Height	194	190
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	16	12
Ranking points (entering)	1,870	2,255
Elo (entering)	1,897	1,889
Career W-L	561–316	568–281
Career earnings	$19,878,007	$23,883,797

Pre-match H2H

Goran Ivanisevic 8 – 2 Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Path

Goran Ivanisevic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 22, 1998	QF	Leander Paes	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 21, 1998	R16	Nicolas Kiefer	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 20, 1998	R32	Geoff Grant	6-3 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Goran Ivanisevic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 23, 1998	F	Karol Kucera	4-6 7-5 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 22, 1998	QF	Bohdan Ulihrach	4-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 21, 1998	R16	Gustavo Kuerten	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 20, 1998	R32	Todd Woodbridge	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data