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Nicklas Kulti #90 def. Yevgeny Kafelnikov #5

6-7(5) 6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jun 23, 1996*
Tournament	Halle
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	Nicklas Kulti
Score	6-7(5) 6-3 6-4
Loser	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Duration	2h 6m

Stat	Nicklas Kulti	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Aces	16	17
Double faults	7	12
First serve %	58	54
First serve points won %	71	74
Second serve points won %	58	45
Break points saved %	67	69
Break points converted %	31	33
Service points won %	66	61
Return points won %	39	34
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nicklas Kulti	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Country	SWE	RUS
Birth date	Apr 22, 1971	Feb 18, 1974
Age	25	22
Height	190	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	90	5
Ranking points (entering)	512	3,179
Elo (entering)	1,742	2,042
Career W-L	150–179	568–281
Career earnings	$3,186,946	$23,883,797

Pre-match H2H

Nicklas Kulti 0 – 0 Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Path

Nicklas Kulti's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 22, 1996	SF	Richey Reneberg	7-6(3) 7-6(10)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 22, 1996	QF	Brett Steven	7-6(2) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 21, 1996	R16	Alex Radulescu	6-1 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 20, 1996	R32	Carlos Moya	7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Nicklas Kulti's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 22, 1996	SF	Daniel Vacek	6-3 1-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 22, 1996	QF	Magnus Larsson	4-6 7-6(5) 7-6(11)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 21, 1996	R16	Byron Black	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 20, 1996	R32	Mikael Tillstrom	6-7(3) 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data