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Yevgeny Kafelnikov #6 def. Michael Stich #89

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

Match Information

Date	Jun 14, 1997*
Tournament	Halle
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	QF
Winner	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Score	7-6(5) 6-7(4) 6-3
Loser	Michael Stich
Duration	2h 5m

Stat	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Michael Stich
Aces	4	14
Double faults	6	8
First serve %	64	53
First serve points won %	78	73
Second serve points won %	66	64
Break points saved %	100	89
Break points converted %	11	0
Service points won %	74	69
Return points won %	31	26
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Michael Stich
Country	RUS	GER
Birth date	Feb 18, 1974	Oct 18, 1968
Age	23	28
Height	190	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	6	89
Ranking points (entering)	2,279	544
Elo (entering)	1,899	1,769
Career W-L	568–281	350–162
Career earnings	$23,883,797	$12,595,128

Pre-match H2H

Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6 – 1 Michael Stich

Path

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 13, 1997	R16	Nicolas Kiefer	7-6(3) 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 12, 1997	R32	Sjeng Schalken	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 14, 1997	SF	Boris Becker	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Michael Stich's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 13, 1997	R16	Grant Stafford	6-3 3-6 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 12, 1997	R32	Bernd Karbacher	4-6 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data