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Yevgeny Kafelnikov #3 def. Mark Philippoussis #21

6-2 6-3 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jun 4, 1997*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Score	6-2 6-3 7-5
Loser	Mark Philippoussis
Duration	1h 34m

Stat	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Mark Philippoussis
Aces	5	16
Double faults	3	8
First serve %	69	66
First serve points won %	92	72
Second serve points won %	44	31
Break points saved %	—	64
Break points converted %	36	—
Service points won %	77	58
Return points won %	42	23
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Mark Philippoussis
Country	RUS	AUS
Birth date	Feb 18, 1974	Nov 7, 1976
Age	23	20
Height	190	196
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	3	21
Ranking points (entering)	3,008	1,479
Elo (entering)	1,893	1,944
Career W-L	568–281	287–190
Career earnings	$23,883,797	$6,987,402

Pre-match H2H

Yevgeny Kafelnikov 1 – 0 Mark Philippoussis

Path

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 1997	R32	Cedric Pioline	7-5 6-4 6-7(3) 1-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 1997	R64	Guillaume Raoux	7-5 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 1997	R128	Martin Damm Sr	6-2 6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 6, 1997	QF	Gustavo Kuerten	2-6 7-5 6-2 0-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Mark Philippoussis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 1997	R32	Jan Siemerink	6-4 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 1997	R64	Olivier Delaitre	6-4 3-6 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 1997	R128	Nicklas Kulti	6-2 4-6 3-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data