Mikhail Youzhny vs Yevgeny Kafelnikov — St. Petersburg Round of 16

St. Petersburg · ATP · Round of 16
RUS
Mikhail Youzhny
44 yrs · 183 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLWWLLL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 20 October 2003
carpet
RUS
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
52 yrs · 190 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WLLLWLWWLW
Youzhny M.
6-2 6-2
Kafelnikov Y.
Youzhny M.
662
Kafelnikov Y.
22–

Mikhail Youzhny defeated Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6-2 6-2 in the St. Petersburg round of 16 on carpet. The upset overturned the form book — Yevgeny Kafelnikov came in leading the head-to-head 2–0, defending last year's round of 16. Mikhail Youzhny claimed a first win over Yevgeny Kafelnikov in three meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2001-10-22St. PetersburgR16carpetYevgeny Kafelnikov6-7(1) 7-6(6) 7-5
2001-10-01MoscowR32hardYevgeny Kafelnikov6-3 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Youzhny M.serving74% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Kafelnikov Y.

Kafelnikov Y.serving80% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Youzhny M.

Serve advantage — Kafelnikov Y.

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Youzhny M.Kafelnikov Y.
1st serve in·Even
60%
59%
1st serve points won·Even
69%
70%
2nd serve points won·Even
52%
50%
Service points won·Even
62%
62%
Return points won·Even
38%
41%
Break points saved·Slight edge
61%
54%
Aces / match·Even
3.6
4.1
Double faults / match·Even
3.2
3.2

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 50). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Kuerten G.
Sargsian S.
6-46-3
Semi-finals
Kuerten G.
Corretja A.
6-46-3
Sargsian S.
Schuettler R.
6-36-3
Quarter-finals
Corretja A.
Grosjean S.
4-66-27-65
Schuettler R.
Youzhny M.
6-36-3
Sargsian S.
Burgsmuller L.
6-36-1
Kuerten G.
Spadea V.
6-47-64
R16
Kuerten G.
Hanescu V.
7-617-61
Youzhny M.
Kafelnikov Y.
6-26-2
Grosjean S.
Dupuis A.
6-26-2
Schuettler R.
Voltchkov V.
6-26-3
Burgsmuller L.
Vicente F.
6-46-4
Spadea V.
Hrbaty D.
6-44-67-5
Corretja A.
Gaudio G.
6-36-1
Sargsian S.
Andreev I.
6-36-2
R32
Voltchkov V.
Davletshin V.
7-636-3
Schuettler R.
Lisnard J.
7-656-1
Spadea V.
Davydenko N.
4-66-16-2
Vicente F.
Safin M.
6-726-46-3
Burgsmuller L.
Ram A.
2-67-666-1
Sargsian S.
Stepanek R.
6-36-2
Andreev I.
Mirnyi M.
6-47-61
Youzhny M.
Pavel A.
6-737-616-1
Kafelnikov Y.
Kiefer N.
2-66-36-4
Corretja A.
Vacek J.
6-46-1
Grosjean S.
Koubek S.
6-746-37-5
Dupuis A.
Sanchez D.
6-26-3
Gaudio G.
Martin A.
6-747-656-2
Kuerten G.
Vahaly B.
7-656-4
Hanescu V.
Cermak F.
7-57-5
Hrbaty D.
Ferrer D.
7-56-2