Max Mirnyi #53 def. Yevgeny Kafelnikov #6

7-6(3) 6-3

Max Mirnyi defeated Yevgeny Kafelnikov 7-6(3) 6-3 in the 2001 Stuttgart Masters semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Oct 21, 2001*
Tournament: Stuttgart Masters
Edition: 2001
Category: Masters 1000
Surface: Hard
Round: SF
Duration: 1h 28m

Match Statistics

Stat	Max Mirnyi	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Aces	10	5
Double faults	1	8
First serve %	49	41
First serve points won %	81	64
Second serve points won %	53	57
Break points saved %	33	0
Break points converted %	100	67
Service points won %	66	60
Return points won %	40	34
Total points won %	54	46

Player Comparison

Field	Max Mirnyi	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Country	BLR	RUS
Birth date	Jul 6, 1977	Feb 18, 1974
Age	24	27
Height	196 cm	190 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	53	6
Ranking points (entering)	725	2,810
Elo (entering)	1,883	1,977
Current career W-L	221–225	574–281
Current career earnings	$11,763,620	$23,883,797

Pre-match H2H

Max Mirnyi #53 1 – 2 Yevgeny Kafelnikov #6

Path

Max Mirnyi's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Pete Sampras #10	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 21, 2001	QF
Goran Ivanisevic #15	4-6 7-6(6) 7-6(8)	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 20, 2001	R16
Gustavo Kuerten #1	4-6 7-6(6) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 18, 2001	R32
Olivier Rochus #126	7-6(6) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 17, 2001	R64

Max Mirnyi's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Tommy Haas #10	2-6 2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 22, 2001	F

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Thomas Enqvist #27	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 21, 2001	QF
Jiri Novak #41	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 20, 2001	R16
Andrei Pavel #23	4-6 7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 18, 2001	R32