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Yevgeny Kafelnikov #8 def. Mark Philippoussis #19

4-6 6-4 7-6(4)

Match Information

Date	Oct 29, 1998*
Tournament	Stuttgart Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Score	4-6 6-4 7-6(4)
Loser	Mark Philippoussis
Duration	1h 50m

Stat	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Mark Philippoussis
Aces	11	16
Double faults	5	4
First serve %	53	68
First serve points won %	77	76
Second serve points won %	64	55
Break points saved %	60	33
Break points converted %	67	40
Service points won %	71	69
Return points won %	31	29
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Mark Philippoussis
Country	RUS	AUS
Birth date	Feb 18, 1974	Nov 7, 1976
Age	24	21
Height	190	196
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	8	19
Ranking points (entering)	2,463	1,610
Elo (entering)	1,852	1,896
Career W-L	568–281	287–190
Career earnings	$23,883,797	$6,987,402

Pre-match H2H

Yevgeny Kafelnikov 2 – 2 Mark Philippoussis

Path

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 31, 1998	R16	Todd Martin	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Mark Philippoussis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 28, 1998	R64	Fabrice Santoro	6-1 5-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data