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Hicham Arazi #113 def. Yevgeny Kafelnikov #23

6-4 4-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Feb 28, 2003*
Tournament	Dubai
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Hicham Arazi
Score	6-4 4-6 6-3
Loser	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Duration	1h 32m

Stat	Hicham Arazi	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Aces	6	4
Double faults	4	1
First serve %	58	74
First serve points won %	79	63
Second serve points won %	59	55
Break points saved %	67	43
Break points converted %	57	33
Service points won %	70	61
Return points won %	39	30
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Hicham Arazi	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Country	MAR	RUS
Birth date	Oct 19, 1973	Feb 18, 1974
Age	29	29
Height	175	190
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	113	23
Ranking points (entering)	348	1,235
Elo (entering)	1,664	1,787
Career W-L	202–213	568–281
Career earnings	$3,602,644	$23,883,797

Pre-match H2H

Hicham Arazi 2 – 1 Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Path

Hicham Arazi's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 27, 2003	R32	Jan Vacek	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Hicham Arazi's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 2003	QF	Roger Federer	5-7 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 27, 2003	R32	John Van Lottum	6-2 4-6 6-3	W	—	Match data