Fernando Meligeni #50 def. Yevgeny Kafelnikov #7

6-3 4-6 6-3

Fernando Meligeni defeated Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6-3 4-6 6-3 in the 1998 Swiss Open Gstaad round of 32 on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: Jul 9, 1998*
Tournament: Swiss Open Gstaad
Edition: 1998
Category: ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250
Surface: Clay
Round: R32
Duration: 1h 38m

Match Statistics

Stat	Fernando Meligeni	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Aces	6	3
Double faults	4	4
First serve %	45	59
First serve points won %	78	64
Second serve points won %	66	59
Break points saved %	0	50
Break points converted %	50	100
Service points won %	71	62
Return points won %	38	29
Total points won %	54	46

Player Comparison

Field	Fernando Meligeni	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Country	BRA	RUS
Birth date	Apr 12, 1971	Feb 18, 1974
Age	27	24
Height	180 cm	190 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	50	7
Ranking points (entering)	834	2,619
Elo (entering)	1,749	1,854
Current career W-L	189–201	574–281
Current career earnings	$2,555,367	$23,883,797

Pre-match H2H

Fernando Meligeni #50 1 – 1 Yevgeny Kafelnikov #7

No prior-path match data is available for this tournament stage.