Kafelnikov v Ivanisevic
ATP Tour career
Lineball analyst8–6
Too close to call — 8–6 on categories
Kafelnikov wins on return points won %. Ivanisevic’s case rests on grand slam titles. ATP Tour career: Kafelnikov 868 matches, Ivanisevic 895 matches.
- Ivanisevic has 1 grand slam title (one every 50 matches) to Kafelnikov’s 2 grand slam titles (one every 100 matches).
- Ivanisevic averages 12.7 aces a match to Kafelnikov’s 5.2 — 2.5 times as many.
- Ivanisevic has the better first-serve points won %: 82.5 to Kafelnikov’s 73.3.
- Not every stat was recorded for every match (grand slam titles): those averages use only the games that logged them.
Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.
Tale of the tape
Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
- 0.027 total · best 1Titlesper game0.024 total · best 1
- 0.02 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.01 total · best 1
- 55.7First serve in %54.8
- 73.3First-serve points won %82.5
- 60.5Break points saved %62.9
- 39.8Return points won %35.2
Head to head
515 matches
since 199410
since 199410
- Carpet · 8 matchesKafelnikov 2Ivanisevic 6
- Hard · 3 matchesKafelnikov 2Ivanisevic 1
- Clay · 3 matchesKafelnikov 1Ivanisevic 2
- Grass · 1 matchKafelnikov 0Ivanisevic 1
- Grand Slams · 1 matchKafelnikov 0Ivanisevic 1
- Finals · 3 matchesKafelnikov 1Ivanisevic 2
Last meetings
- 12 Nov 2001 · Tennis Masters Cup · Round robin · HardKafelnikov won 6-3 6-4
- 12 Mar 2001 · ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells · Round of 16 · HardKafelnikov won 5-7 6-2 6-3
- 4 Oct 1999 · Basel · Quarterfinal · CarpetIvanisevic won 4-6 6-3 6-4
- 9 Nov 1998 · Moscow · Final · CarpetKafelnikov won 7-6(2) 7-6(5)
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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