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Goran Ivanisevic #6 def. Yevgeny Kafelnikov #8

6-4 3-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Mar 10, 1996*
Tournament	Rotterdam
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	Goran Ivanisevic
Score	6-4 3-6 6-3
Loser	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Duration	1h 27m

Stat	Goran Ivanisevic	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Aces	18	11
Double faults	5	6
First serve %	49	49
First serve points won %	79	84
Second serve points won %	52	46
Break points saved %	67	0
Break points converted %	100	33
Service points won %	65	65
Return points won %	35	35
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Goran Ivanisevic	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Country	CRO	RUS
Birth date	Sep 13, 1971	Feb 18, 1974
Age	24	22
Height	194	190
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	6	8
Ranking points (entering)	2,829	2,409
Elo (entering)	2,040	1,943
Career W-L	561–316	568–281
Career earnings	$19,878,007	$23,883,797

Pre-match H2H

Goran Ivanisevic 5 – 2 Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Path

Goran Ivanisevic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 9, 1996	SF	Guillaume Raoux	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 9, 1996	QF	Martin Damm Sr	7-5 6-2	W	—	Match data
Mar 8, 1996	R16	Omar Camporese	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 7, 1996	R32	Filip Dewulf	7-6(2) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Goran Ivanisevic's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 9, 1996	SF	Tim Henman	7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 9, 1996	QF	Cedric Pioline	3-6 7-6(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 8, 1996	R16	Jacco Eltingh	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 7, 1996	R32	Guy Forget	6-3 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data