SF Hamburg Open 1997

Andrei Medvedev #38 def. Yevgeny Kafelnikov #4

6-3 6-1

Andrei Medvedev defeated Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6-3 6-1 in the 1997 Hamburg Open semifinal on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: May 11, 1997*
Tournament: Hamburg Open
Edition: 1997
Category: Masters 1000
Surface: Clay
Round: SF
Duration: 1h 3m

Match Statistics

Stat	Andrei Medvedev	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Aces	5	2
Double faults	0	5
First serve %	76.0%	62.0%
First serve points won %	70.0%	58.0%
Second serve points won %	57.0%	35.0%
Break points saved %	100.0%	43.0%
Break points converted %	57.0%	0.0%
Service points won %	67.0%	49.0%
Return points won %	51.0%	33.0%
Total points won %	59.0%	41.0%

Player Comparison

Field	Andrei Medvedev	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Country	UKR	RUS
Birth date	Aug 31, 1974	Feb 18, 1974
Age	22	23
Height	193 cm	190 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	38	4
Ranking points (entering)	1,111	3,023
Elo (entering)	1,847	1,895
Current career W-L	303–211	574–281
Current career earnings	$6,721,598	$23,883,797

Pre-match H2H

Andrei Medvedev #38 4 – 1 Yevgeny Kafelnikov #4

Path

Andrei Medvedev's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Sergi Bruguera #21	6-4 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data	May 11, 1997	QF
Jacobo Diaz #182	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	May 10, 1997	R16
Richard Krajicek #5	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	May 8, 1997	R32
Mark Knowles #143	7-5 4-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	May 7, 1997	R64

Andrei Medvedev's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Felix Mantilla #12	6-0 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	May 12, 1997	F

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Albert Costa #12	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	May 11, 1997	QF
Slava Dosedel #63	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	May 10, 1997	R16
Richard Fromberg #89	7-6(4) 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data	May 8, 1997	R32