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Yevgeny Kafelnikov #8 def. Javier Sanchez #50

6-1 6-1

Match Information

Date	May 4, 1996*
Tournament	Prague
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Score	6-1 6-1
Loser	Javier Sanchez
Duration	55m

Stat	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Javier Sanchez
Aces	5	1
Double faults	4	3
First serve %	56	59
First serve points won %	79	48
Second serve points won %	55	25
Break points saved %	100	50
Break points converted %	50	0
Service points won %	68	38
Return points won %	62	32
Total points won %	65	35

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Javier Sanchez
Country	RUS	ESP
Birth date	Feb 18, 1974	Feb 1, 1968
Age	22	28
Height	190	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	8	50
Ranking points (entering)	2,321	820
Elo (entering)	1,869	1,678
Career W-L	568–281	321–328
Career earnings	$23,883,797	$4,427,811

Pre-match H2H

Yevgeny Kafelnikov 0 – 1 Javier Sanchez

Path

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 3, 1996	R16	Nuno Marques	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 2, 1996	R32	David Skoch	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 4, 1996	SF	Christian Ruud	7-5 5-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Javier Sanchez's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 3, 1996	R16	Gustavo Kuerten	7-6(3) 3-6 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
May 2, 1996	R32	Frederik Fetterlein	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data