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Yevgeny Kafelnikov #5 def. Arnaud Boetsch #23

7-5 6-3

Match Information

Date	Oct 6, 1996*
Tournament	Lyon
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Score	7-5 6-3
Loser	Arnaud Boetsch
Duration	1h 20m

Stat	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Arnaud Boetsch
Aces	6	3
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	57	57
First serve points won %	74	74
Second serve points won %	60	42
Break points saved %	75	25
Break points converted %	75	25
Service points won %	68	61
Return points won %	39	32
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Arnaud Boetsch
Country	RUS	FRA
Birth date	Feb 18, 1974	Apr 1, 1969
Age	22	27
Height	190	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	5	23
Ranking points (entering)	3,091	1,366
Elo (entering)	2,000	1,772
Career W-L	568–281	217–196
Career earnings	$23,883,797	$3,031,247

Pre-match H2H

Yevgeny Kafelnikov 0 – 1 Arnaud Boetsch

Path

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 5, 1996	SF	Tim Henman	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 5, 1996	QF	Magnus Gustafsson	5-7 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 4, 1996	R16	Petr Korda	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 3, 1996	R32	Daniel Vacek	7-6(2) 6-7(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Arnaud Boetsch's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 5, 1996	SF	Thomas Enqvist	4-6 6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 5, 1996	QF	Lionel Roux	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 4, 1996	R16	Andrei Chesnokov	6-7(5) 5-4 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 3, 1996	R32	Andrei Medvedev	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data