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Yevgeny Kafelnikov #8 def. Jonas Bjorkman #12

6-2 7-5

Match Information

Date	Nov 1, 1998*
Tournament	Stuttgart Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Score	6-2 7-5
Loser	Jonas Bjorkman
Duration	1h 15m

Stat	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Jonas Bjorkman
Aces	9	1
Double faults	3	2
First serve %	55	63
First serve points won %	79	60
Second serve points won %	50	48
Break points saved %	50	71
Break points converted %	29	50
Service points won %	66	55
Return points won %	45	34
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Jonas Bjorkman
Country	RUS	SWE
Birth date	Feb 18, 1974	Mar 23, 1972
Age	24	26
Height	190	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	8	12
Ranking points (entering)	2,463	1,970
Elo (entering)	1,910	1,921
Career W-L	568–281	395–341
Career earnings	$23,883,797	$14,610,671

Pre-match H2H

Yevgeny Kafelnikov 3 – 0 Jonas Bjorkman

Path

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 1, 1998	QF	Marcelo Rios	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 31, 1998	R16	Todd Martin	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 29, 1998	R32	Mark Philippoussis	4-6 6-4 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 2, 1998	F	Richard Krajicek	4-6 3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Jonas Bjorkman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 1, 1998	QF	Greg Rusedski	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 31, 1998	R16	Thomas Johansson	2-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 29, 1998	R32	Gianluca Pozzi	6-4 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data