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Max Mirnyi #53 def. Yevgeny Kafelnikov #6

7-6(3) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Oct 21, 2001*
Tournament	Stuttgart Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Max Mirnyi
Score	7-6(3) 6-3
Loser	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Duration	1h 28m

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

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Max Mirnyi	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Country	BLR	RUS
Birth date	Jul 6, 1977	Feb 18, 1974
Age	24	27
Height	196	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	53	6
Ranking points (entering)	725	2,810
Elo (entering)	1,881	1,976
Career W-L	216–222	568–281
Career earnings	$11,763,620	$23,883,797

Pre-match H2H

Max Mirnyi 1 – 2 Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Path

Max Mirnyi's path

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

Max Mirnyi's next match

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

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

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