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Yevgeny Kafelnikov #8 def. Ivan Ljubicic #38

6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date Sep 14, 2002*
Tournament Tashkent
Category ATP 250
Surface Hard
RoundQF
Winner Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Score6-3 6-2
Loser Ivan Ljubicic
Duration1h 13m
StatYevgeny KafelnikovIvan Ljubicic
Aces812
Double faults53
First serve %4460
First serve points won %8647
Second serve points won %5871
Break points saved %10062
Break points converted %380
Service points won %7057
Return points won %4330
Total points won %5842

Pre-match Comparison

FieldYevgeny KafelnikovIvan Ljubicic
Country RUS CRO
Birth dateFeb 18, 1974Mar 19, 1979
Age2823
Height190193
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)838
Ranking points (entering)2,110894
Elo (entering)1,7951,730
Career W-L568–281400–282
Career earnings$23,883,797$10,181,121
Pre-match H2H
Yevgeny Kafelnikov 1 3 Ivan Ljubicic

Path

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Sep 13, 2002R16 Kenneth Carlsen 3-6 6-4 6-4WH2HMatch data
Sep 12, 2002R32 Alexander Waske 6-7(6) 7-6(5) 7-6(6)WH2HMatch data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Sep 14, 2002SF Paradorn Srichaphan 6-2 6-4WH2HMatch data

Ivan Ljubicic's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Sep 13, 2002R16 Vadim Kutsenko 6-7(2) 6-2 7-6(4)WH2HMatch data
Sep 12, 2002R32 Martin Verkerk 6-4 6-1WH2HMatch data