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Yevgeny Kafelnikov #10 def. Tommy Haas #33

6-3 6-4 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jan 31, 1999*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Score	6-3 6-4 7-5
Loser	Tommy Haas
Duration	1h 53m

Stat	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Tommy Haas
Aces	15	5
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	67	68
First serve points won %	89	72
Second serve points won %	49	39
Break points saved %	75	56
Break points converted %	44	25
Service points won %	76	61
Return points won %	39	24
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Tommy Haas
Country	RUS	GER
Birth date	Feb 18, 1974	Apr 3, 1978
Age	24	20
Height	190	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	10	33
Ranking points (entering)	2,515	1,161
Elo (entering)	2,011	1,919
Career W-L	568–281	533–330
Career earnings	$23,883,797	$13,609,987

Pre-match H2H

Yevgeny Kafelnikov 1 – 1 Tommy Haas

Path

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 29, 1999	QF	Todd Martin	6-2 7-6(1) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 1999	R16	Andrei Pavel	6-3 7-6(5) 6-7(5) 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 1999	R32	Jim Courier	5-7 6-4 6-2 3-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 1999	R64	Jason Stoltenberg	7-5 3-6 7-6(10) 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 1999	R128	Jonas Bjorkman	6-3 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 1, 1999	F	Thomas Enqvist	4-6 6-0 6-3 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data

Tommy Haas's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 29, 1999	QF	Vincent Spadea	7-6(5) 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 1999	R16	Fabrice Santoro	6-2 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 1999	R32	Daniel Nestor	7-5 4-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 1999	R64	Lleyton Hewitt	4-6 6-4 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 1999	R128	Michael Kohlmann	7-6(5) 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data