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Yevgeny Kafelnikov #3 def. Richard Krajicek #13

7-6(0) 7-6(4) 3-6 1-6 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	Sep 10, 1999*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Score	7-6(0) 7-6(4) 3-6 1-6 7-6(5)
Loser	Richard Krajicek
Duration	3h 20m

Stat	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Richard Krajicek
Aces	10	49
Double faults	5	13
First serve %	53	58
First serve points won %	74	88
Second serve points won %	59	35
Break points saved %	29	67
Break points converted %	33	71
Service points won %	67	66
Return points won %	34	33
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Richard Krajicek
Country	RUS	NED
Birth date	Feb 18, 1974	Dec 6, 1971
Age	25	27
Height	190	196
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	3	13
Ranking points (entering)	3,616	2,080
Elo (entering)	1,962	1,888
Career W-L	568–281	408–207
Career earnings	$23,883,797	$10,077,425

Pre-match H2H

Yevgeny Kafelnikov 3 – 4 Richard Krajicek

Path

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 1999	R16	Andrei Medvedev	7-6(5) 6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1999	R32	Jonas Bjorkman	6-1 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1999	R64	Max Mirnyi	7-5 6-1 6-7(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1999	R128	Alberto Martin	6-1 3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 12, 1999	SF	Andre Agassi	6-1 3-6 3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Richard Krajicek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 1999	R16	Vincent Spadea	6-2 7-6(3) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1999	R32	John Van Lottum	6-4 6-1 6-4	W	—	Match data
Sep 3, 1999	R64	Lorenzo Manta	6-2 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1999	R128	Phillip King	6-1 6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data