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Thomas Enqvist #8 def. Yevgeny Kafelnikov #3

6-2 6-4 7-5

Match Information

Date	Nov 4, 1996*
Tournament	Paris Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	Thomas Enqvist
Score	6-2 6-4 7-5
Loser	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Duration	1h 31m

Stat	Thomas Enqvist	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Aces	20	8
Double faults	5	3
First serve %	63	59
First serve points won %	84	67
Second serve points won %	52	41
Break points saved %	33	33
Break points converted %	67	67
Service points won %	72	56
Return points won %	44	28
Total points won %	57	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Thomas Enqvist	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Country	SWE	RUS
Birth date	Mar 13, 1974	Feb 18, 1974
Age	22	22
Height	190	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	8	3
Ranking points (entering)	2,325	3,486
Elo (entering)	1,902	2,005
Career W-L	422–281	568–281
Career earnings	$10,461,641	$23,883,797

Pre-match H2H

Thomas Enqvist 1 – 0 Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Path

Thomas Enqvist's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 3, 1996	SF	Magnus Gustafsson	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 3, 1996	QF	Stefan Edberg	6-4 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 2, 1996	R16	Carlos Moya	6-2 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 31, 1996	R32	Richey Reneberg	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Thomas Enqvist's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 3, 1996	SF	Petr Korda	3-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 3, 1996	QF	Paul Haarhuis	7-6(7) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 2, 1996	R16	MaliVai Washington	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 31, 1996	R32	Cedric Pioline	6-4 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data