R16 Dubai Tennis Championships 2003

Hicham Arazi #113 def. Yevgeny Kafelnikov #23

6-4 4-6 6-3

Hicham Arazi defeated Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6-4 4-6 6-3 in the 2003 Dubai Tennis Championships round of 16 on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Feb 28, 2003*
Tournament: Dubai Tennis Championships
Edition: 2003
Category: ATP International Series Gold → modern equivalent ATP 500
Surface: Hard
Round: R16
Duration: 1h 32m

Match Statistics

Stat	Hicham Arazi	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Aces	6	4
Double faults	4	1
First serve %	58.0%	74.0%
First serve points won %	79.0%	63.0%
Second serve points won %	59.0%	55.0%
Break points saved %	67.0%	43.0%
Break points converted %	57.0%	33.0%
Service points won %	70.0%	61.0%
Return points won %	39.0%	30.0%
Total points won %	54.0%	46.0%

Player Comparison

Field	Hicham Arazi	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Country	MAR	RUS
Birth date	Oct 19, 1973	Feb 18, 1974
Age	29	29
Height	175 cm	190 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	113	23
Ranking points (entering)	348	1,235
Elo (entering)	1,664	1,788
Current career W-L	202–215	574–281
Current career earnings	$3,602,644	$23,883,797

Pre-match H2H

Hicham Arazi #113 2 – 1 Yevgeny Kafelnikov #23

Path

Hicham Arazi's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jan Vacek #118	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 27, 2003	R32

Hicham Arazi's next match

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

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

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