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Richard Krajicek #9 def. Yevgeny Kafelnikov #8

6-4 6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Nov 2, 1998*
Tournament	Stuttgart Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Richard Krajicek
Score	6-4 6-3 6-3
Loser	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Duration	1h 29m

Stat	Richard Krajicek	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Aces	20	10
Double faults	1	5
First serve %	67	51
First serve points won %	94	76
Second serve points won %	54	50
Break points saved %	—	33
Break points converted %	67	—
Service points won %	81	63
Return points won %	37	19
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Richard Krajicek	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Country	NED	RUS
Birth date	Dec 6, 1971	Feb 18, 1974
Age	26	24
Height	196	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	9	8
Ranking points (entering)	2,548	2,581
Elo (entering)	1,982	1,926
Career W-L	408–207	568–281
Career earnings	$10,077,425	$23,883,797

Pre-match H2H

Richard Krajicek 3 – 3 Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Path

Richard Krajicek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 1, 1998	SF	Pete Sampras	6-7(2) 6-4 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 1, 1998	QF	Goran Ivanisevic	7-6(3) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 31, 1998	R16	Andre Agassi	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 29, 1998	R32	Magnus Norman	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Richard Krajicek'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
Nov 1, 1998	SF	Jonas Bjorkman	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 1, 1998	QF	Marcelo Rios	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 31, 1998	R16	Todd Martin	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 29, 1998	R32	Mark Philippoussis	4-6 6-4 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data