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Patrick Rafter vs Yevgeny Kafelnikov Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Patrick Rafter seasons:20012000199919981997
Yevgeny Kafelnikov seasons:20032002200120001999
🇦🇺 Patrick Rafter
🇷🇺 Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Age: 53y 126d (1972-12-28)
Hand: R
Backhand: 1H
(1974-02-18) Age: 52y 74d
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
2 - 3
Wins: 40.0% - 60.0%
Hard 2–2Clay 0–0Grass 0–0
250 0–1Davis Cup 0–1500 0–1Masters 1000 2–0
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🇦🇺Patrick Rafter and 🇷🇺Yevgeny Kafelnikov have met 5 times. Yevgeny Kafelnikov currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 3–2.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇦🇺Patrick Rafter has compiled an overall career record of 358–191 across 549 matches, translating to a win rate of 65.21%. On hard courts his record stands at 212–105 (66.88%), while on clay he holds a 36–34 (51.43%) mark. On grass the numbers read 74–25 (74.75%) , and on carpet 36–27 (57.14%). Throughout his career he has won 11 titles (7 hard, 4 grass). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 35–49 (41.67%).

🇷🇺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 4 times, the record is tied 2–2 (50.00% each).

Dateâ–¼
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
1999-08-09Cincinnati MastersHardSF4🇦🇺Patrick Rafter (2)2🇷🇺Yevgeny Kafelnikov (4)6-4 6-235511176.7%84.8%80.0%0/0
1998-08-10Cincinnati MastersHardSF3🇦🇺Patrick Rafter (5)10🇷🇺Yevgeny Kafelnikov (7)7-5 6-03645070.2%81.8%71.4%0/0
1997-08-11New HavenHardF6🇷🇺Yevgeny Kafelnikov (1)18🇦🇺Patrick Rafter (8)7-6(4) 6-43914258.0%66.0%61.8%2/3
1994-03-25Davis Cup WG R1: RUS vs AUSCarpetRR36🇷🇺Yevgeny Kafelnikov31🇦🇺Patrick Rafter6-3 6-0 6-45------0/0
1994-01-03AdelaideHardSF102🇷🇺Yevgeny Kafelnikov66🇦🇺Patrick Rafter6-1 7-53790473.7%64.3%66.7%1/2

Wins

Patrick Rafter
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
2–3Overall
2–0Masters 1000
0–1ATP 500
0–1ATP 250
0–1Davis Cup
2–2Hard
0–1Indoor Hard

Sets Format

50.0%2
50.0%2
Bo3
0.0%0
100.0%1
Bo5
50.0%2
50.0%2
2 Sets
0.0%0
100.0%1
3 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
Patrick Rafter
Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Deciding

0.0%0
0.0%0
Decider Set
0.0%0
100.0%1
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Patrick Rafter
Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Sets

36.4%4
63.6%7
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
100.0%4
0.0%0
Masters 1000
50.0%4
50.0%4
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
0.0%0
0.0%0
Clay
0.0%0
100.0%3
Carpet
Patrick Rafter
Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Games

46.6%48
53.4%55
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
69.4%25
30.6%11
Masters 1000
52.6%41
47.4%37
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
0.0%0
0.0%0
Clay
28.0%7
72.0%18
Carpet
Patrick Rafter
Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Overview

By Surface

Patrick Rafter
Yevgeny Kafelnikov

By Tournament Level

Patrick Rafter
Yevgeny Kafelnikov

By Round

Patrick Rafter
Yevgeny Kafelnikov

By Opponent Ranking

Patrick RafterYevgeny Kafelnikov
26.7%4-11
vs Top 1
22.7%5-17
40.4%21-31
vs Top 5
37.3%25-42
41.7%35-49
vs Top 10
40.7%46-67
45.8%70-83
vs Top 20
46.6%104-119
60.6%255-166
vs Top 100
62.9%472-278
80%100-25
vs +100
82.8%135-28
40.4%63-93
vs Higher
43.6%51-66
74.9%292-98
vs Lower
69.8%556-240

Opponent Breakdown

Patrick RafterYevgeny Kafelnikov
72.5%153-58
Vs Younger
61.3%247-156
60.7%205-133
Vs Older
70.7%362-150
64.6%296-162
Vs Right-Handed
66.3%513-261
67.8%61-29
Vs Left-Handed
67.9%95-45
60.2%100-66
Vs 2H Backhand
57.6%155-114
55.8%58-46
Vs 1H Backhand
59.7%123-83
64%142-80
Vs Shorter
67.1%433-212
64.7%143-78
Vs Taller
59.2%90-62

Pressure Situations