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Yevgeny Kafelnikov #6 def. Nicolas Kiefer #99

7-6(3) 7-6(2)

Match Information

Date	Jun 13, 1997*
Tournament	Halle
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	R16
Winner	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Score	7-6(3) 7-6(2)
Loser	Nicolas Kiefer
Duration	1h 31m

Stat	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Nicolas Kiefer
Aces	9	14
Double faults	6	6
First serve %	61	64
First serve points won %	71	84
Second serve points won %	51	32
Break points saved %	50	33
Break points converted %	67	50
Service points won %	63	65
Return points won %	35	37
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Nicolas Kiefer
Country	RUS	GER
Birth date	Feb 18, 1974	Jul 5, 1977
Age	23	19
Height	190	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	6	99
Ranking points (entering)	2,279	464
Elo (entering)	1,893	1,636
Career W-L	568–281	343–252
Career earnings	$23,883,797	$7,480,465

Pre-match H2H

Yevgeny Kafelnikov 0 – 0 Nicolas Kiefer

Path

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 12, 1997	R32	Sjeng Schalken	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 14, 1997	QF	Michael Stich	7-6(5) 6-7(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Kiefer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 12, 1997	R32	Jim Grabb	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data