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Yevgeny Kafelnikov #10 def. Cedric Pioline #18

6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 19, 1998*
Tournament	Tashkent
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Score	6-2 6-2
Loser	Cedric Pioline
Duration	1h 5m

Stat	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Cedric Pioline
Aces	8	7
Double faults	4	2
First serve %	60	70
First serve points won %	86	56
Second serve points won %	53	38
Break points saved %	100	67
Break points converted %	33	0
Service points won %	73	51
Return points won %	49	27
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Cedric Pioline
Country	RUS	FRA
Birth date	Feb 18, 1974	Jun 15, 1969
Age	24	29
Height	190	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	10	18
Ranking points (entering)	2,414	1,709
Elo (entering)	1,903	1,812
Career W-L	568–281	370–301
Career earnings	$23,883,797	$6,921,029

Pre-match H2H

Yevgeny Kafelnikov 9 – 1 Cedric Pioline

Path

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 19, 1998	QF	Gaston Etlis	6-3 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 18, 1998	R16	David Nainkin	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 17, 1998	R32	Martin Sinner	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 20, 1998	F	Tim Henman	5-7 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Cedric Pioline's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 19, 1998	QF	Marat Safin	6-7(3) 6-2 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 18, 1998	R16	Laurence Tieleman	4-6 7-6(6) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 17, 1998	R32	Vadim Kutsenko	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data