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Yevgeny Kafelnikov (Russia) beat Tommy Haas (Germany) 7-6(4), 3-6, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 in the Olympic Games final, 2000 on hard court in Sydney, Australia Kafelnikov was seeded 5th, Haas was unseeded. Arnaud Di Pasquale (France), who Kafelnikov had beaten in the semi-final, would win the Bronze medal...

Yevgeny Kafelnikov beat Pete Sampras 7-6(4), 6-0, 6-2 in the French Open final, 1996 on clay Kafelnikov would go onto win the event, his first Slam title, beating Michael Stich in the final. This would be the only semi-final showing at the event for Sampras Kafelnikov won 105 points, Sampras...

Sebastien Grosjean beat Yevgeny Kafelnikov 7-6(3), 6-1, 6-7(5), 6-4 in the Paris final, 2001 on carpet It would be Grosjean’s only Masters title and he’d finish runner-up at the Year End Championship shortly after. It would be the last of Kafelnikov’s 5 Masters final, all of which he lost...

Aloha to all Fischer fans! Just facts. I had phone conversation with Yevgeny Kafelnikov. I recorded it, so now have all the proofs about Kafelnikov and Fischer racquets on my hands) First of all, he didn't remember exactly when he signed with Fischer - 1993, or 1992. About favorite paintjob...

Andrei Medvedev beat Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 in the Hamburg final, 1994 on clay It was Medvedev’s first title at the event and he would defend it the following year. Kafelnikov was unseeded and this would be his only clay Masters final. The two had recently met in Monte Carlo...

Thomas Enqvist beat Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6-2, 6-4, 7-5 in the Paris final, 1996 on carpet It was the first of Enqvist’s eventual 3 masters title and only one in Paris. Kafelnikov had won the French Open earlier in the year Enqvist won 92 points, Kafelnikov 68 Serve Stats Enqvist... - 1st serve...

Richard Krajicek beat Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 in the Stuttgart Indoor final, 1998 on indoor hard court It was 11th seeded Krajicek’s first Masters series title and he defeated Magnus Norman, Andre Agassi, Goran Ivanisevic and Pete Sampras to reach the final. 7th seeded Kafelnikov would...

As I announced previously, here you are – the second part of my Fischer-Kafelnikov-My youth post. In the first part I told you that I became a huge tennis (=Kafelnikov) fan in 1995. Roland-Garros. Every evening I watched 30-minutes highlights on our First Channel. That was it. No more...

As I announced previously, here you are – the second part of my Fischer-Kafelnikov-My youth post. In the first part I told you that I became a huge tennis (=Kafelnikov) fan in 1995. Roland-Garros. Every evening I watched 30-minutes highlights on our First Channel. That was it. No more...

Yevgeny Kafelnikov beat Thomas Enqvist 4-6, 6-0, 6-3, 7-6(1) in the Australian Open final, 1999 on hard court It was Kafelnikov’s second and last Slam title and unseeded Envqist’s only Slam final Kafelnikov won 130 points, Enqvist 113 Serve Stats Kafelnikov... - 1st serve percentage (81/134)...

Aloha, my friends! Today i want to share with you the racket-lovestory of my youth. I began playing tennis when i was 7 or 8, but seriously fell in love with this game in 1995 (i was 12 by that time) - watching all that TV provides us almost 30 years ago. And my hero was Yevgeny Kafelnikov. I...

Pete Sampras beat Yevgeny Kakelnikov 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 the Year End Championship (World Tour Finals) final, 1997 on indoor hard court in Hanover, Germany Sampras was the defending champion and this was his 4th title at the event. He finished year end world number 1 for the then record equalling 5th...