H2H data updated: 2026-09-05 00:00 UTC

Yevgeny Kafelnikov vs Thierry Champion H2H: 1-0

Yevgeny Kafelnikov holds a 1–0 lead over Thierry Champion in their ATP head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, Yevgeny Kafelnikov leads 1–0 on clay. Most recently, Yevgeny Kafelnikov won the 1995 Barcelona Open quarterfinal 6-4 6-3.

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Yevgeny Kafelnikov
RUS Age 52 Right-Handed 190 cm / 6'3"
H2H
1 – 0
1 main draw meetings
Thierry Champion
FRA Age 60 Right-Handed 183 cm / 6'0"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Yevgeny Kafelnikov #5 6-4 6-3 Thierry Champion #268 Match data Apr 15, 1995* QF Barcelona Open ATP Championship Series → modern equivalent ATP 500 Clay

Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player Current Peak Pts Elo W L Win % GS Olympics 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories Finals 500 including documented historical predecessor categories 250 including documented historical predecessor categories Titles
Yevgeny Kafelnikov #636 #1 3,917 2,066 574 281 67.1% 2 1 0 0 4 19 26
Thierry Champion #790 #44 744 1,757 102 162 38.6% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Age Yevgeny Kafelnikov Thierry Champion
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
17 — — — — — — — 1984 0–1 0.0% #463 1,488 0 0
18 1992 1–4 20.0% #275 1,478 0 0 1985 3–3 50.0% #190 1,516 0 0
19 1993 10–10 50.0% #102 1,588 0 0 1986 4–11 26.7% #128 1,524 0 0
20 1994 60–27 69.0% #11 1,892 0 3 1987 6–11 35.3% #105 1,566 0 0
21 1995 69–27 71.9% #6 1,875 0 7 1988 11–14 44.0% #125 1,627 0 0
22 1996 73–25 74.5% #3 1,973 1 11 1989 3–9 25.0% #404 1,588 0 0
23 1997 54–26 67.5% #5 1,955 1 14 1990 15–16 48.4% #59 1,697 0 0
24 1998 55–29 65.5% #11 1,940 1 17 1991 24–29 45.3% #48 1,713 0 0
25 1999 59–29 67.0% #2 1,918 2 20 1992 21–28 42.9% #98 1,636 0 0
26 2000 64–31 67.4% #5 1,878 2 22 1993 3–12 20.0% #209 1,517 0 0
27 2001 64–26 71.1% #4 1,979 2 24 1994 2–6 25.0% #266 1,534 0 0
28 2002 36–23 61.0% #27 1,809 2 26 1995 4–3 57.1% #191 1,588 0 0
29 2003 29–24 54.7% #41 1,708 2 26 1996 1–5 16.7% #109 1,545 0 0
30 — — — — — — — 1997 5–14 26.3% #279 1,514 0 0

Surface Results by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Age Yevgeny Kafelnikov Thierry Champion
Yr HardClayGrassCarpet Yr HardClayGrassCarpet
W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win %
17 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1984 — — — — — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
18 1992 0 2 2 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% 1985 — — — — — — — — 3 3 6 50.0% — — — —
19 1993 3 3 6 50.0% 4 4 8 50.0% — — — — 3 3 6 50.0% 1986 1 3 4 25.0% 2 5 7 28.6% 1 2 3 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0%
20 1994 20 8 28 71.4% 17 9 26 65.4% 5 2 7 71.4% 18 8 26 69.2% 1987 — — — — 4 7 11 36.4% 1 1 2 50.0% 1 3 4 25.0%
21 1995 19 7 26 73.1% 18 7 25 72.0% 6 2 8 75.0% 26 11 37 70.3% 1988 0 2 2 0.0% 11 10 21 52.4% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
22 1996 16 5 21 76.2% 24 7 31 77.4% 4 2 6 66.7% 29 11 40 72.5% 1989 1 2 3 33.3% 2 5 7 28.6% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
23 1997 17 8 25 68.0% 14 11 25 56.0% 8 1 9 88.9% 15 6 21 71.4% 1990 2 4 6 33.3% 10 7 17 58.8% — — — — 3 5 8 37.5%
24 1998 28 14 42 66.7% 8 9 17 47.1% 5 2 7 71.4% 14 4 18 77.8% 1991 7 8 15 46.7% 8 13 21 38.1% 4 1 5 80.0% 5 7 12 41.7%
25 1999 32 15 47 68.1% 9 8 17 52.9% 2 2 4 50.0% 16 4 20 80.0% 1992 9 9 18 50.0% 10 15 25 40.0% 2 1 3 66.7% 0 3 3 0.0%
26 2000 44 19 63 69.8% 10 9 19 52.6% 4 2 6 66.7% 6 1 7 85.7% 1993 1 5 6 16.7% 2 6 8 25.0% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0%
27 2001 39 15 54 72.2% 8 7 15 53.3% 5 2 7 71.4% 12 2 14 85.7% 1994 1 1 2 50.0% 1 4 5 20.0% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0%
28 2002 22 13 35 62.9% 2 6 8 25.0% 7 1 8 87.5% 5 3 8 62.5% 1995 — — — — 4 3 7 57.1% — — — — — — — —
29 2003 13 14 27 48.1% 11 5 16 68.8% 0 2 2 0.0% 5 3 8 62.5% 1996 0 1 1 0.0% 1 3 4 25.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
30 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1997 1 6 7 14.3% 3 6 9 33.3% — — — — 1 2 3 33.3%
Career — 253 123 376 67.3% 125 83 208 60.1% 46 18 64 71.9% 150 57 207 72.5% — 23 41 64 35.9% 58 84 142 40.8% 11 12 23 47.8% 10 25 35 28.6%

Performance Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Detailed serve and return statistics available for 719/855 of Yevgeny Kafelnikov's and 138/157 of Thierry Champion's main draw matches. Sample is shown as matches with detailed serve and return statistics / total main draw matches. Bold green marks the stronger value when both stat samples contain at least 5 matches; lower is better for DFs/M.

Age Yevgeny Kafelnikov Thierry Champion
Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts% Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts%
18 1992 3/5 3.7 3.0 59.4% 71.1% 58.1% 73.7% 53.3% 64.4% 30.9% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
19 1993 18/20 2.8 3.6 56.1% 69.4% 49.2% 54.1% 54.0% 60.2% 39.1% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
20 1994 76/87 3.8 3.2 57.2% 71.2% 51.7% 57.9% 46.3% 62.5% 41.7% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
21 1995 81/96 5.6 3.5 54.9% 75.0% 51.8% 62.4% 47.8% 64.5% 41.4% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
22 1996 88/98 6.4 3.6 56.7% 75.7% 52.7% 59.4% 48.0% 65.8% 40.6% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
23 1997 67/80 5.3 4.2 55.4% 72.2% 51.1% 54.6% 42.3% 62.8% 40.4% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
24 1998 62/84 5.7 4.3 54.3% 75.2% 50.3% 60.0% 48.9% 63.9% 39.4% 1991 47/53 1.7 1.0 73.1% 60.2% 50.6% 48.4% 47.4% 57.3% 39.2%
25 1999 69/88 6.2 4.3 56.4% 73.2% 51.5% 60.1% 46.3% 63.6% 39.8% 1992 41/49 1.1 1.1 70.9% 60.4% 52.1% 53.6% 42.7% 57.9% 41.4%
26 2000 75/95 5.1 4.2 54.8% 73.1% 50.2% 62.7% 47.1% 62.7% 40.3% 1993 14/15 1.1 1.4 75.0% 56.3% 47.0% 52.6% 45.1% 54.2% 36.4%
27 2001 74/90 6.9 5.1 51.5% 75.6% 51.5% 57.7% 44.7% 63.9% 39.6% 1994 7/8 0.9 2.6 68.3% 58.1% 44.0% 32.8% 38.2% 53.9% 37.9%
28 2002 54/59 6.9 4.9 53.5% 75.1% 50.8% 61.4% 49.3% 63.5% 38.0% 1995 6/7 5.0 2.0 62.3% 66.3% 52.6% 45.1% 43.3% 61.2% 43.2%
29 2003 52/53 4.0 3.3 58.9% 70.3% 50.2% 50.1% 43.0% 61.8% 41.9% 1996 4/6 1.5 1.8 73.2% 55.9% 50.0% 53.0% 45.8% 54.5% 36.7%
30 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 1997 19/19 2.9 1.4 67.0% 62.3% 43.6% 50.8% 39.7% 56.3% 36.5%
Career — 719/855 5.5 4.0 55.4% 73.7% 51.3% 58.8% 46.6% 63.5% 40.3% — 138/264 1.7 1.3 71.1% 60.2% 49.5% 49.9% 44.0% 57.0% 39.3%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics are precomputed from eligible main-draw results; point-stat values use the available detailed sample. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Age Yevgeny Kafelnikov Thierry Champion
Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule
17 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1984 1488 99.7 — — — — — — — 0.0% -1.00 — 0–2 — +0.06
18 1992 1479 99.3 +0.60 -2.03 0.869 48.8% +51 — — 27.3% -2.00 0–1 2–1 (67%) — +0.33 1985 1516 104.8 — — — — — — +31 50.0% -0.14 0–1 2–2 (50%) — +0.13
19 1993 1589 133.8 +0.39 +0.53 0.982 49.7% +14 -35 — 48.9% -0.16 2–3 (40%) 4–4 (50%) 102.5 +0.26 1986 1525 119.3 — — — — +16 +6 -3 30.0% -1.23 2–4 (33%) 2–0 — -0.66
20 1994 1892 156.2 +1.00 +3.73 1.111 51.9% -7 -63 -215 63.0% +0.80 21–10 (68%) 21–16 (57%) 111.8 -1.63 1987 1567 131.0 — — — — -18 -6 — 36.1% -0.94 0–3 (0%) 0–2 — +0.27
21 1995 1875 159.1 +2.58 +3.80 1.168 53.0% -9 +119 -106 66.1% +1.26 17–7 (71%) 12–19 (39%) 98.7 -1.60 1988 1627 135.7 — — — — -109 +43 — 46.0% -0.32 3–3 (50%) 0–3 (0%) — -0.70
22 1996 1974 160.3 +3.62 +3.09 1.188 52.9% +5 +107 -186 67.1% +0.96 27–12 (69%) 26–14 (65%) 109.5 -0.87 1989 1589 129.3 — — — — -60 +56 — 34.3% -0.83 0–3 (0%) 0–3 (0%) — -1.30
23 1997 1955 155.4 +0.99 +3.11 1.085 51.5% +30 -25 -49 63.0% +0.72 15–8 (65%) 25–12 (68%) 106.6 -0.15 1990 1697 138.4 — — — — -136 +115 — 47.0% -0.33 5–7 (42%) 4–6 (40%) 98.8 -1.66
24 1998 1941 155.9 +1.92 +2.31 1.089 51.6% +25 -133 -57 58.7% +0.51 21–8 (72%) 17–12 (59%) 105.2 -0.64 1991 1713 140.5 -2.49 +0.43 0.920 48.4% -75 +23 -36 48.9% -0.09 11–14 (44%) 8–7 (53%) 99.2 -1.51
25 1999 1919 158.7 +1.95 +2.68 1.093 51.7% +38 -109 -76 62.4% +0.68 19–14 (58%) 25–18 (58%) 98.7 -0.99 1992 1637 134.5 -2.42 +1.91 0.984 49.6% 0 -4 +61 46.6% -0.31 7–10 (41%) 10–7 (59%) 101.8 -1.79
26 2000 1879 149.9 +0.67 +2.46 1.080 51.7% +34 -58 -45 61.0% +0.64 20–8 (71%) 21–16 (57%) 105.6 +2.19 1993 1518 98.4 -4.56 -1.02 0.794 45.5% +38 +53 — 30.0% -1.53 0–4 (0%) 1–2 (33%) 93.1 +1.18
27 2001 1979 154.8 +2.10 +1.93 1.098 52.0% +21 -174 -153 64.8% +0.86 18–10 (64%) 26–18 (59%) 100.8 +1.22 1994 1534 119.7 -2.73 +0.05 0.822 45.3% +10 +37 — 35.0% -1.20 1–1 1–1 — -0.43
28 2002 1809 140.7 +1.24 +0.76 1.042 51.0% +44 -93 +62 56.6% +0.27 11–6 (65%) 18–16 (53%) 98.7 +2.29 1995 1588 112.0 +0.87 +1.91 1.114 51.8% — +19 — 55.6% +0.78 3–1 (75%) — — +0.31
29 2003 1708 143.0 -0.71 +4.01 1.099 51.7% +33 +98 — 56.3% +0.48 10–11 (48%) 9–8 (53%) 98.9 +1.32 1996 1546 101.6 -1.43 -1.23 0.807 45.5% — +23 — 30.0% -2.10 1–1 2–1 (67%) — +0.03
30 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1997 1515 113.8 -3.61 -1.25 0.834 46.6% -4 +59 — 39.6% -0.73 3–7 (30%) 3–5 (38%) 96.4 +0.32
Career — 2066 158.0 +1.62 +2.75 1.105 51.9% +21 -16 -88 62.0% +0.72 181–98 (65%) 206–154 (57%) 107.5 +0.20 — 1758 136.8 -2.67 +0.49 0.912 48.1% -43 +35 +11 42.8% -0.53 36–59 (38%) 33–41 (45%) 95.0 -2.18

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.