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Yevgeny Kafelnikov #7 def. Cedric Pioline #18

7-5 6-4

Match Information

Date	Mar 1, 1998*
Tournament	London
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Score	7-5 6-4
Loser	Cedric Pioline
Duration	1h 14m

Stat	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Cedric Pioline
Aces	1	6
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	64	65
First serve points won %	80	71
Second serve points won %	75	38
Break points saved %	80	62
Break points converted %	38	20
Service points won %	78	59
Return points won %	41	22
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Cedric Pioline
Country	RUS	FRA
Birth date	Feb 18, 1974	Jun 15, 1969
Age	24	28
Height	190	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	7	18
Ranking points (entering)	2,765	1,691
Elo (entering)	1,951	1,909
Career W-L	568–281	370–301
Career earnings	$23,883,797	$6,921,029

Pre-match H2H

Yevgeny Kafelnikov 8 – 1 Cedric Pioline

Path

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 1998	SF	Wayne Ferreira	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 1998	QF	Tim Henman	4-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 27, 1998	R16	Daniel Vacek	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 26, 1998	R32	Thomas Johansson	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Cedric Pioline's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 1998	SF	Jan Siemerink	6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 1998	QF	Karol Kucera	6-3 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 27, 1998	R16	Petr Korda	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 26, 1998	R32	Francisco Clavet	6-1 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data