Gustavo Kuerten vs Yevgeny Kafelnikov Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis
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Gustavo Kuerten and Yevgeny Kafelnikov have built a notable rivalry on the ATP Tour, having clashed 12 times. Gustavo Kuerten currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 7–5.
Looking at their individual career profiles, Gustavo Kuerten has compiled an overall career record of 358–195 across 553 matches, translating to a win rate of 64.74%. On hard courts his record stands at 147–89 (62.29%), while on clay he holds a 181–78 (69.88%) mark. On grass the numbers read 7–8 (46.67%) , and on carpet 23–20 (53.49%). Throughout his career he has won 20 titles (6 hard, 14 clay). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 38–36 (51.35%).
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 7 times, with Yevgeny Kafelnikov leading 4–3 (57.14%). The clay record between them sits at 4–1 (80.00% for Gustavo Kuerten) across 5 matches.
Dateâ–¼ | Tourney | Surface | Round | Wrk | Winner | Lrk | Loser | Score | BoF | Min | WA | WDF | W1stIn | W1st% | W2nd% | BPSvd |
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| 2001-11-12 | Masters Cup | Hard | RR | 6 | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 1 | Gustavo Kuerten | 6-2 4-6 6-3 | 3 | 97 | 9 | 2 | 57.9% | 70.9% | 55.0% | 12/15 |
| 2001-08-27 | US Open | Hard | QF | 7 | Yevgeny Kafelnikov (7) | 1 | Gustavo Kuerten (1) | 6-4 6-0 6-3 | 5 | 92 | 4 | 4 | 51.9% | 82.5% | 64.9% | 3/3 |
| 2001-08-06 | Cincinnati Masters | Hard | QF | 1 | Gustavo Kuerten (1) | 6 | Yevgeny Kafelnikov (6) | 6-4 3-6 6-4 | 3 | 103 | 14 | 3 | 52.7% | 82.1% | 62.9% | 7/9 |
| 2001-05-28 | Roland Garros | Clay | QF | 1 | Gustavo Kuerten (1) | 7 | Yevgeny Kafelnikov (7) | 6-1 3-6 7-6(3) 6-4 | 5 | 152 | 13 | 2 | 48.1% | 75.8% | 59.7% | 11/13 |
| 2000-11-27 | Tennis Masters Cup | Hard | RR | 2 | Gustavo Kuerten (2) | 5 | Yevgeny Kafelnikov (5) | 6-3 6-4 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0/0 |
| 2000-09-18 | Sydney Olympics | Hard | QF | 8 | Yevgeny Kafelnikov (5) | 3 | Gustavo Kuerten (2) | 6-4 7-5 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0/0 |
| 2000-05-29 | Roland Garros | Clay | QF | 5 | Gustavo Kuerten (5) | 4 | Yevgeny Kafelnikov (4) | 6-3 3-6 4-6 6-4 6-2 | 5 | 180 | 14 | 3 | 49.7% | 73.6% | 52.1% | 11/17 |
| 1999-05-10 | Rome Masters | Clay | R16 | 14 | Gustavo Kuerten (16) | 1 | Yevgeny Kafelnikov (1) | 7-5 6-1 | 3 | 69 | 7 | 1 | 63.0% | 79.4% | 50.0% | 2/3 |
| 1999-03-08 | Indian Wells Masters | Hard | R32 | 22 | Gustavo Kuerten | 2 | Yevgeny Kafelnikov (2) | 0-6 7-6(4) 6-3 | 3 | 110 | 11 | 2 | 50.5% | 66.0% | 42.9% | 8/14 |
| 1998-08-17 | New Haven | Hard | R16 | 12 | Yevgeny Kafelnikov (5) | 26 | Gustavo Kuerten (11) | 6-4 6-4 | 3 | 65 | 10 | 1 | 64.2% | 82.4% | 63.2% | 1/2 |
| 1997-05-26 | Roland Garros | Clay | QF | 66 | Gustavo Kuerten | 3 | Yevgeny Kafelnikov (3) | 6-2 5-7 2-6 6-0 6-4 | 5 | 150 | 16 | 4 | 57.6% | 79.5% | 57.4% | 5/9 |
| 1996-07-15 | Stuttgart Outdoor | Clay | R32 | 6 | Yevgeny Kafelnikov (2) | 120 | Gustavo Kuerten (Q) | 6-1 6-4 | 3 | 50 | 3 | 1 | 57.1% | 75.0% | 71.4% | 3/4 |
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