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Yevgeny Kafelnikov #4 def. Paul Haarhuis #29

7-6(7) 6-1

Match Information

Date	Nov 3, 1996*
Tournament	Paris Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Carpet
Round	QF
Winner	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Score	7-6(7) 6-1
Loser	Paul Haarhuis
Duration	1h 25m

Stat	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Paul Haarhuis
Aces	1	9
Double faults	2	0
First serve %	60	71
First serve points won %	89	68
Second serve points won %	52	23
Break points saved %	100	70
Break points converted %	30	0
Service points won %	74	55
Return points won %	45	26
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Paul Haarhuis
Country	RUS	NED
Birth date	Feb 18, 1974	Feb 19, 1966
Age	22	30
Height	190	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	4	29
Ranking points (entering)	3,253	1,223
Elo (entering)	1,985	1,771
Career W-L	568–281	250–245
Career earnings	$23,883,797	$7,751,962

Pre-match H2H

Yevgeny Kafelnikov 1 – 2 Paul Haarhuis

Path

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 2, 1996	R16	MaliVai Washington	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 31, 1996	R32	Cedric Pioline	6-4 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 3, 1996	SF	Petr Korda	3-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Paul Haarhuis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 2, 1996	R16	Todd Martin	6-4 3-6 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 31, 1996	R32	Goran Ivanisevic	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 30, 1996	R64	Jan Siemerink	3-6 7-6(6) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data