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Yevgeny Kafelnikov #6 def. Patrick Rafter #18

7-6(4) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Aug 17, 1997*
Tournament	New Haven
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Score	7-6(4) 6-4
Loser	Patrick Rafter
Duration	1h 31m

Stat	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Patrick Rafter
Aces	4	10
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	58	67
First serve points won %	66	72
Second serve points won %	62	52
Break points saved %	67	67
Break points converted %	33	33
Service points won %	64	66
Return points won %	34	36
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Patrick Rafter
Country	RUS	AUS
Birth date	Feb 18, 1974	Dec 28, 1972
Age	23	24
Height	190	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	6	18
Ranking points (entering)	2,407	1,587
Elo (entering)	1,955	1,923
Career W-L	568–281	332–177
Career earnings	$23,883,797	$11,133,128

Pre-match H2H

Yevgeny Kafelnikov 1 – 0 Patrick Rafter

Path

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 1997	SF	Petr Korda	6-4 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 1997	QF	Tim Henman	5-7 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 15, 1997	R16	Slava Dosedel	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 14, 1997	R32	Cecil Mamiit	5-7 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Patrick Rafter's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 1997	SF	Greg Rusedski	7-5 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 1997	QF	Sergi Bruguera	7-5 2-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 15, 1997	R16	Andrei Medvedev	6-3 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 14, 1997	R32	Marzio Martelli	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data