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Goran Ivanisevic #44 def. Yevgeny Kafelnikov #2

4-6 6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Oct 9, 1999*
Tournament	Basel
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	QF
Winner	Goran Ivanisevic
Score	4-6 6-3 6-4
Loser	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Duration	1h 28m

Stat	Goran Ivanisevic	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Aces	29	12
Double faults	5	2
First serve %	62	55
First serve points won %	86	77
Second serve points won %	45	47
Break points saved %	0	57
Break points converted %	43	100
Service points won %	70	64
Return points won %	36	30
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Goran Ivanisevic	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Country	CRO	RUS
Birth date	Sep 13, 1971	Feb 18, 1974
Age	28	25
Height	194	190
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	44	2
Ranking points (entering)	905	3,819
Elo (entering)	1,721	1,937
Career W-L	561–316	568–281
Career earnings	$19,878,007	$23,883,797

Pre-match H2H

Goran Ivanisevic 9 – 3 Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Path

Goran Ivanisevic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 8, 1999	R16	Chris Woodruff	7-5 4-6 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 7, 1999	R32	Thomas Enqvist	6-4 4-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Goran Ivanisevic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 9, 1999	SF	Tim Henman	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 8, 1999	R16	Lionel Roux	6-1 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 7, 1999	R32	Vincent Spadea	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data