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Boris Becker vs Yevgeny Kafelnikov Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Boris Becker seasons:19991998199719961995
Yevgeny Kafelnikov seasons:20032002200120001999
🇩🇪 Boris Becker
🇷🇺 Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Age: 58y 163d (1967-11-22)
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
(1974-02-18) Age: 52y 75d
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
4 - 2
Wins: 66.7% - 33.3%
Hard 1–0Clay 0–0Grass 0–1
500 1–1Finals 2–0Slam 1–0250 0–1
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🇩🇪Boris Becker and 🇷🇺Yevgeny Kafelnikov have met 6 times. Boris Becker currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 4–2.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇩🇪Boris Becker has compiled an overall career record of 713–214 across 927 matches, translating to a win rate of 76.91%. On hard courts his record stands at 219–64 (77.39%), while on clay he holds a 120–61 (66.30%) mark. On grass the numbers read 116–25 (82.27%) , and on carpet 258–64 (80.12%). Throughout his career he has won 49 titles (16 hard, 7 grass, 26 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 121–65 (65.05%).

🇷🇺Yevgeny Kafelnikov, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 609–306 from 915 matches (66.56% win rate). His hard-court record is 256–123 (67.55%), on clay he stands at 141–103 (57.79%), and on grass he has gone 46–20 (69.70%) , with a carpet record of 166–60 (73.45%). He has accumulated 26 titles in total (9 hard, 3 clay, 3 grass, 11 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 46–67 (40.71%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 1 times, with Boris Becker leading 1–0 (100.00%). On grass, their 1 encounter has yielded a record of 1–0 (100.00% for Yevgeny Kafelnikov).

Dateâ–¼
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
1997-06-09HalleGrassSF6🇷🇺Yevgeny Kafelnikov (1)13🇩🇪Boris Becker (4)6-3 6-43775177.2%84.1%38.5%3/4
1996-11-19ATP World ChampionshipsCarpetRR6🇩🇪Boris Becker3🇷🇺Yevgeny Kafelnikov6-4 7-537717467.2%88.4%38.1%2/3
1996-01-15Australian OpenHardQF4🇩🇪Boris Becker (4)6🇷🇺Yevgeny Kafelnikov (6)6-4 7-6(9) 6-15-26459.8%95.9%53.1%0/0
1995-11-14ATP World Tour ChampionshipsCarpetRR5🇩🇪Boris Becker6🇷🇺Yevgeny Kafelnikov6-4 7-538421745.5%88.6%50.0%7/7
1995-02-20Stuttgart IndoorCarpetQF3🇩🇪Boris Becker (1)8🇷🇺Yevgeny Kafelnikov (7)7-6(4) 7-6(1)310516253.6%86.5%65.6%1/2
1995-02-13MilanCarpetF10🇷🇺Yevgeny Kafelnikov (5)3🇩🇪Boris Becker (1)7-5 5-7 7-6(6)31363458.6%76.9%56.5%4/7

Wins

Boris Becker
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
4–2Overall
1–0Grand Slam
1–1ATP 500
0–1ATP 250
2–0Tour Finals
1–0Hard
0–1Grass
3–1Indoor Hard

Sets Format

60.0%3
40.0%2
Bo3
100.0%1
0.0%0
Bo5
75.0%3
25.0%1
2 Sets
50.0%1
50.0%1
3 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
Boris Becker
Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Deciding

0.0%0
100.0%1
Decider Set
66.7%2
33.3%1
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Boris Becker
Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Sets

71.4%10
28.6%4
All
100.0%3
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
100.0%3
0.0%0
Hard
0.0%0
100.0%2
Grass
0.0%0
0.0%0
Clay
77.8%7
22.2%2
Carpet
Boris Becker
Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Games

53.8%84
46.2%72
All
63.3%19
36.7%11
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
63.3%19
36.7%11
Hard
36.8%7
63.2%12
Grass
0.0%0
0.0%0
Clay
54.2%58
45.8%49
Carpet
Boris Becker
Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Overview

By Surface

Boris Becker
Yevgeny Kafelnikov

By Tournament Level

Boris Becker
Yevgeny Kafelnikov

By Round

Boris Becker
Yevgeny Kafelnikov

By Opponent Ranking

Boris BeckerYevgeny Kafelnikov
52.8%19-17
vs Top 1
22.7%5-17
61.8%68-42
vs Top 5
37.3%25-42
65.1%121-65
vs Top 10
40.7%46-67
66.6%207-104
vs Top 20
46.6%104-119
74.4%563-194
vs Top 100
62.9%472-278
88.2%149-20
vs +100
82.8%135-28
58%94-68
vs Higher
43.6%51-66
80.9%618-146
vs Lower
69.8%556-240

Opponent Breakdown

Boris BeckerYevgeny Kafelnikov
70%236-101
Vs Younger
61.3%247-156
80.8%475-113
Vs Older
70.7%362-150
76.2%578-181
Vs Right-Handed
66.3%513-261
80.4%135-33
Vs Left-Handed
67.9%95-45
64.2%79-44
Vs 2H Backhand
57.6%155-114
61.4%70-44
Vs 1H Backhand
59.7%123-83
77.2%547-162
Vs Shorter
67.1%433-212
73.4%91-33
Vs Taller
59.2%90-62

Pressure Situations