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Yevgeny Kafelnikov #11 def. D. Nestor #148

6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Nov 8, 1997*
Tournament	Moscow
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Score	6-4 6-3
Loser	D. Nestor
Duration	1h 8m

Stat	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	D. Nestor
Aces	1	17
Double faults	3	3
First serve %	62	71
First serve points won %	77	65
Second serve points won %	58	40
Break points saved %	100	71
Break points converted %	29	0
Service points won %	70	58
Return points won %	42	30
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	D. Nestor
Country	RUS	CAN
Birth date	Feb 18, 1974	Sep 4, 1972
Age	23	25
Height	190	191
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	11	148
Ranking points (entering)	2,356	300
Elo (entering)	1,914	1,600
Career W-L	568–281	69–101
Career earnings	$23,883,797	$12,835,671

Pre-match H2H

Yevgeny Kafelnikov 0 – 0 D. Nestor

Path

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 8, 1997	QF	S. Sargsian	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 7, 1997	R16	Byron Black	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 6, 1997	R32	Jonathan Stark	6-7(5) 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 9, 1997	F	Petr Korda	7-6(2) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

D. Nestor's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 8, 1997	QF	Martin Damm Sr	6-3 6-4	W	—	Match data
Nov 7, 1997	R16	Javier Sanchez	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 6, 1997	R32	Justin Gimelstob	4-6 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data