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Yevgeny Kafelnikov #2 def. Roger Federer #178

6-1 5-7 6-4

Match Information

Date	Feb 20, 1999*
Tournament	Rotterdam
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	QF
Winner	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Score	6-1 5-7 6-4
Loser	Roger Federer
Duration	1h 49m

Stat	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Roger Federer
Aces	6	6
Double faults	6	6
First serve %	61	42
First serve points won %	67	64
Second serve points won %	50	50
Break points saved %	43	62
Break points converted %	38	57
Service points won %	60	56
Return points won %	44	40
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Roger Federer
Country	RUS	SUI
Birth date	Feb 18, 1974	Aug 8, 1981
Age	25	17
Height	190	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	178
Ranking points (entering)	3,350	262
Elo (entering)	2,035	1,613
Career W-L	568–281	1,206–267
Career earnings	$23,883,797	$130,594,339

Pre-match H2H

Yevgeny Kafelnikov 0 – 0 Roger Federer

Path

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 19, 1999	R16	Hicham Arazi	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 18, 1999	R32	Rainer Schuettler	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 20, 1999	SF	Greg Rusedski	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 19, 1999	R16	Bohdan Ulihrach	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 18, 1999	R32	Guillaume Raoux	6-7(4) 7-5 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data