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Yevgeny Kafelnikov #7 def. David Nalbandian #80

3-6 6-4 6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 2, 2001*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Score	3-6 6-4 6-2 6-2
Loser	David Nalbandian
Duration	2h 27m

Stat	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	David Nalbandian
Aces	11	6
Double faults	7	7
First serve %	46	61
First serve points won %	70	67
Second serve points won %	53	40
Break points saved %	83	45
Break points converted %	55	17
Service points won %	61	56
Return points won %	44	39
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	David Nalbandian
Country	RUS	ARG
Birth date	Feb 18, 1974	Jan 1, 1982
Age	27	19
Height	190	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	7	80
Ranking points (entering)	2,575	511
Elo (entering)	1,849	1,688
Career W-L	568–281	356–185
Career earnings	$23,883,797	$11,123,125

Pre-match H2H

Yevgeny Kafelnikov 0 – 0 David Nalbandian

Path

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2001	R64	George Bastl	2-6 5-7 6-1 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2001	R128	Michel Kratochvil	1-6 6-1 5-7 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 2001	R16	Arnaud Clement	6-3 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

David Nalbandian's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2001	R64	Nicolas Escude	4-6 6-3 4-6 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2001	R128	Alex Bogomolov Jr	6-1 3-6 6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data
Aug 28, 2001	Q3	Vincent Spadea	6-0 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 2001	Q2	Zbynek Mlynarik	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 2001	Q1	Gabriel Trifu	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data