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Marat Safin #7 def. Yevgeny Kafelnikov #6

6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 16, 2001*
Tournament	Tashkent
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Marat Safin
Score	6-2 6-2
Loser	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Duration	55m

Stat	Marat Safin	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Aces	6	2
Double faults	1	12
First serve %	56	40
First serve points won %	92	71
Second serve points won %	63	32
Break points saved %	100	33
Break points converted %	67	0
Service points won %	79	48
Return points won %	52	21
Total points won %	64	36

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marat Safin	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Country	RUS	RUS
Birth date	Jan 27, 1980	Feb 18, 1974
Age	21	27
Height	193	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	7	6
Ranking points (entering)	2,625	2,950
Elo (entering)	1,928	1,930
Career W-L	395–247	568–281
Career earnings	$14,373,291	$23,883,797

Pre-match H2H

Marat Safin 0 – 1 Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Path

Marat Safin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 15, 2001	SF	Sargis Sargsian	6-7(3) 6-3 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 15, 2001	QF	Kristian Pless	3-6 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 14, 2001	R16	Marc Rosset	6-4 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 13, 2001	R32	Noam Okun	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Marat Safin'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
Sep 15, 2001	SF	Dominik Hrbaty	6-7(6) 6-2 7-6(8)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 15, 2001	QF	Rainer Schuettler	7-6(7) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 14, 2001	R16	Stefan Koubek	4-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 13, 2001	R32	Lars Burgsmuller	6-4 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data