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Yevgeny Kafelnikov #3 def. Cedric Pioline #33

7-5 6-4 6-7(3) 1-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jun 1, 1997*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Score	7-5 6-4 6-7(3) 1-6 6-4
Loser	Cedric Pioline
Duration	3h 33m

Stat	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Cedric Pioline
Aces	4	16
Double faults	6	5
First serve %	60	64
First serve points won %	67	76
Second serve points won %	51	42
Break points saved %	50	68
Break points converted %	32	50
Service points won %	60	64
Return points won %	36	40
Total points won %	47	53

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Cedric Pioline
Country	RUS	FRA
Birth date	Feb 18, 1974	Jun 15, 1969
Age	23	27
Height	190	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	3	33
Ranking points (entering)	3,008	1,185
Elo (entering)	1,870	1,855
Career W-L	568–281	370–301
Career earnings	$23,883,797	$6,921,029

Pre-match H2H

Yevgeny Kafelnikov 7 – 1 Cedric Pioline

Path

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 30, 1997	R64	Guillaume Raoux	7-5 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 1997	R128	Martin Damm Sr	6-2 6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 1997	R16	Mark Philippoussis	6-2 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Cedric Pioline's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 30, 1997	R64	Gaston Etlis	2-6 6-3 6-3 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 1997	R128	Oliver Gross	6-4 6-4 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data