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Yevgeny Kafelnikov #7 def. Roger Federer #23

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

Match Information

Date	Feb 17, 2001*
Tournament	Marseille
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Score	6-7(4) 6-4 6-4
Loser	Roger Federer
Duration	2h 6m

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

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Roger Federer
Country	RUS	SUI
Birth date	Feb 18, 1974	Aug 8, 1981
Age	26	19
Height	190	185
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)	1,910	1,877
Career W-L	568–281	1,206–267
Career earnings	$23,883,797	$130,594,339

Pre-match H2H

Yevgeny Kafelnikov 3 – 1 Roger Federer

Path

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

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

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's next match

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

Roger Federer's path

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