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Yevgeny Kafelnikov #8 def. Christian Ruud #64

7-5 5-7 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 4, 1996*
Tournament	Prague
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Score	7-5 5-7 6-3
Loser	Christian Ruud
Duration	2h 19m

Stat	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Christian Ruud
Aces	4	4
Double faults	1	4
First serve %	55	53
First serve points won %	72	68
Second serve points won %	49	43
Break points saved %	29	54
Break points converted %	46	71
Service points won %	62	56
Return points won %	44	38
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Christian Ruud
Country	RUS	NOR
Birth date	Feb 18, 1974	Aug 24, 1972
Age	22	23
Height	190	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	8	64
Ranking points (entering)	2,321	704
Elo (entering)	1,877	1,640
Career W-L	568–281	98–128
Career earnings	$23,883,797	$1,399,813

Pre-match H2H

Yevgeny Kafelnikov 0 – 0 Christian Ruud

Path

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 4, 1996	QF	Javier Sanchez	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 3, 1996	R16	Nuno Marques	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 2, 1996	R32	David Skoch	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 5, 1996	F	Bohdan Ulihrach	7-5 1-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Christian Ruud's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 4, 1996	QF	Daniel Vacek	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 3, 1996	R16	Fabrice Santoro	4-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
May 2, 1996	R32	Martin Damm Sr	6-2 6-3	W	—	Match data