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Yevgeny Kafelnikov #6 def. Boris Becker #13

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jun 14, 1997*
Tournament	Halle
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	Boris Becker
Duration	1h 17m

Stat	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Boris Becker
Aces	5	7
Double faults	1	11
First serve %	77	45
First serve points won %	84	83
Second serve points won %	38	36
Break points saved %	75	62
Break points converted %	38	25
Service points won %	74	57
Return points won %	43	26
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Boris Becker
Country	RUS	GER
Birth date	Feb 18, 1974	Nov 22, 1967
Age	23	29
Height	190	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	6	13
Ranking points (entering)	2,279	1,819
Elo (entering)	1,909	1,977
Career W-L	568–281	670–219
Career earnings	$23,883,797	$25,080,956

Pre-match H2H

Yevgeny Kafelnikov 1 – 4 Boris Becker

Path

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 14, 1997	QF	Michael Stich	7-6(5) 6-7(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 13, 1997	R16	Nicolas Kiefer	7-6(3) 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 12, 1997	R32	Sjeng Schalken	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 15, 1997	F	Petr Korda	7-6(2) 6-7(5) 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data

Boris Becker's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 14, 1997	QF	Jeff Tarango	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 13, 1997	R16	Hendrik Dreekmann	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 12, 1997	R32	Alex Radulescu	6-3 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data