Yevgeny Kafelnikov #7 def. Roger Federer #23

6-7(4) 6-4 6-4

Yevgeny Kafelnikov defeated Roger Federer 6-7(4) 6-4 6-4 in the 2001 Marseille semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Feb 17, 2001*
Tournament: Marseille
Edition: 2001
Category: ATP International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250
Surface: Hard
Round: SF
Duration: 2h 6m

Match Statistics

Stat	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Roger Federer
Aces	12	16
Double faults	5	4
First serve %	57	53
First serve points won %	67	84
Second serve points won %	55	50
Break points saved %	80	33
Break points converted %	67	20
Service points won %	61	68
Return points won %	32	39
Total points won %	49	51

Player Comparison

Field	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Roger Federer
Country	RUS	SUI
Birth date	Feb 18, 1974	Aug 8, 1981
Age	26	19
Height	190 cm	185 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	7	23
Ranking points (entering)	2,485	1,135
Elo (entering)	1,920	1,891
Current career W-L	574–281	1,219–272
Current career earnings	$23,883,797	$130,594,339

Pre-match H2H

Yevgeny Kafelnikov #7 3 – 1 Roger Federer #23

Path

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Cedric Pioline #19	7-5 6-7(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 17, 2001	QF
Nicolas Mahut #358	4-6 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 16, 2001	R16
Jerome Golmard #61	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 15, 2001	R32

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Sebastien Grosjean #14	7-6(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 18, 2001	F

Roger Federer's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Michel Kratochvil #78	6-4 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 17, 2001	QF
Bob Bryan #146	7-6(1) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 16, 2001	R16
Cyril Saulnier #114	7-6(7) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 15, 2001	R32