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Greg Rusedski #13 def. Yevgeny Kafelnikov #8

6-3 4-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Nov 8, 1998*
Tournament	Paris Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Greg Rusedski
Score	6-3 4-6 6-4
Loser	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Duration	1h 38m

Stat	Greg Rusedski	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Aces	11	6
Double faults	9	2
First serve %	56	58
First serve points won %	81	70
Second serve points won %	53	58
Break points saved %	33	25
Break points converted %	75	67
Service points won %	69	65
Return points won %	35	31
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Greg Rusedski	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Country	GBR	RUS
Birth date	Sep 6, 1973	Feb 18, 1974
Age	25	24
Height	193	190
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	13	8
Ranking points (entering)	1,929	2,581
Elo (entering)	1,940	1,953
Career W-L	415–276	568–281
Career earnings	$8,944,841	$23,883,797

Pre-match H2H

Greg Rusedski 2 – 2 Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Path

Greg Rusedski's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 8, 1998	QF	Magnus Gustafsson	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 7, 1998	R16	Jason Stoltenberg	7-6(6) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 5, 1998	R32	Nicolas Kiefer	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Greg Rusedski's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 9, 1998	F	Pete Sampras	6-4 7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 8, 1998	QF	Marcelo Rios	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 7, 1998	R16	Tim Henman	6-3 6-7(5) 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 5, 1998	R32	Magnus Norman	3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data