Marc Rosset #28 def. Yevgeny Kafelnikov #4

3-6 7-6(5) 6-2

Marc Rosset defeated Yevgeny Kafelnikov 3-6 7-6(5) 6-2 in the 1997 Tashkent semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Sep 13, 1997*
Tournament: Tashkent
Edition: 1997
Category: World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250
Surface: Hard
Round: SF
Duration: 1h 56m

Match Statistics

Stat	Marc Rosset	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Aces	14	13
Double faults	5	6
First serve %	61	55
First serve points won %	76	74
Second serve points won %	50	57
Break points saved %	89	67
Break points converted %	33	11
Service points won %	66	66
Return points won %	34	34
Total points won %	50	50

Player Comparison

Field	Marc Rosset	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Country	SUI	RUS
Birth date	Nov 7, 1970	Feb 18, 1974
Age	26	23
Height	201 cm	190 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	28	4
Ranking points (entering)	1,306	2,693
Elo (entering)	1,745	1,922
Current career W-L	406–335	574–281
Current career earnings	$6,812,693	$23,883,797

Pre-match H2H

Marc Rosset #28 7 – 2 Yevgeny Kafelnikov #4

Path

Marc Rosset's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Hicham Arazi #37	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 13, 1997	QF
Vincenzo Santopadre #141	6-3 6-7(6) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 12, 1997	R16
Andrei Cherkasov #136	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 11, 1997	R32

Marc Rosset's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Tim Henman #20	6-7(2) 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 14, 1997	F

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Andrei Stoliarov #311	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 13, 1997	QF
Nir Welgreen #418	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 12, 1997	R16
Dmitri Tomashevich #396	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 11, 1997	R32