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Yevgeny Kafelnikov #8 def. Tim Henman #79

7-6(4) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Mar 9, 1996*
Tournament	Rotterdam
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Score	7-6(4) 6-3
Loser	Tim Henman
Duration	1h 22m

Stat	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Tim Henman
Aces	7	9
Double faults	4	2
First serve %	58	57
First serve points won %	81	78
Second serve points won %	47	46
Break points saved %	82	0
Break points converted %	100	18
Service points won %	67	64
Return points won %	36	33
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Tim Henman
Country	RUS	GBR
Birth date	Feb 18, 1974	Sep 6, 1974
Age	22	21
Height	190	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	8	79
Ranking points (entering)	2,409	596
Elo (entering)	1,936	1,712
Career W-L	568–281	468–260
Career earnings	$23,883,797	$11,635,542

Pre-match H2H

Yevgeny Kafelnikov 0 – 0 Tim Henman

Path

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 9, 1996	QF	Cedric Pioline	3-6 7-6(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 8, 1996	R16	Jacco Eltingh	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 7, 1996	R32	Guy Forget	6-3 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 10, 1996	F	Goran Ivanisevic	4-6 6-3 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Tim Henman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 9, 1996	QF	Pete Sampras	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 8, 1996	R16	Carlos Moya	7-6(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 7, 1996	R32	Jan Siemerink	7-6(6) 7-6(9)	W	H2H	Match data