Escude v Kafelnikov
ATP Tour career
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Yevgeny Kafelnikov takes it, 11–2 on categories
Kafelnikov wins on sets lost. Escude’s case rests on aces, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Escude 285 matches, Kafelnikov 868 matches.
- Escude averages 6.4 aces a match to Kafelnikov’s 5.2 (24% more).
- Kafelnikov averages 1.0 sets lost a match to Escude’s 1.2.
- Kafelnikov has the better sets won %: 61.6 to Escude’s 55.3.
- Winners’ edge: Kafelnikov’s team won 67%, Escude’s team won 56% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Kafelnikov has 868 matches across 12 seasons, Escude 285 in 10 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
- Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, 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.
- 0.04 total · best 1Titlesper game0.027 total · best 1
- –Grand Slam titlesper game0.02 total · best 1
- 56.2First serve in %55.7
- 72.9First-serve points won %73.3
- 60.2Break points saved %60.5
- 39.0Return points won %39.8
- 6.41,834 total · best 19
Head to head
27 matches
since 19975
since 19975
- Carpet · 3 matchesEscude 1Kafelnikov 2
- Grass · 2 matchesEscude 0Kafelnikov 2
- Clay · 1 matchEscude 1Kafelnikov 0
- Hard · 1 matchEscude 0Kafelnikov 1
Last meetings
- 7 Oct 2002 · Lyon · Round of 16 · CarpetEscude won 7-6(5) 6-4
- 11 June 2001 · Halle · Quarterfinal · GrassKafelnikov won 6-7(2) 7-6(3) 7-6(4)
- 14 May 2001 · ATP Masters 1000 Hamburg · Round of 64 · ClayEscude won 7-5 7-5
- 12 June 2000 · Halle · Quarterfinal · GrassKafelnikov won 7-6(9) 6-3
- 14 Feb 2000 · Rotterdam · Round of 16 · HardKafelnikov won 6-3 6-3
- 8 Nov 1999 · Moscow · Semifinal · CarpetKafelnikov won 6-7(4) 7-6(2) 6-3
- 27 Oct 1997 · ATP Masters 1000 Paris · Round of 16 · CarpetKafelnikov won
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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