Kuerten v Kafelnikov
ATP Tour career
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Too close to call — 7–5 on categories
Kuerten’s case rests on titles. ATP Tour career: Kuerten 521 matches, Kafelnikov 868 matches.
- Kuerten has 20 titles (one every 25 matches) to Kafelnikov’s 27 titles (one every 33.3 matches).
- Kuerten averages 8.1 aces a match to Kafelnikov’s 5.2 (56% more).
- Longevity: Kafelnikov has 868 matches across 12 seasons, Kuerten 521 in 13 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
- 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.
- 0.020 total · best 1Titlesper game0.027 total · best 1
- 0.03 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.02 total · best 1
- 54.7First serve in %55.7
- 76.2First-serve points won %73.3
- 62.4Break points saved %60.5
- 38.2Return points won %39.8
Head to head
712 matches
since 19965
since 19965
- Hard · 7 matchesKuerten 3Kafelnikov 4
- Clay · 5 matchesKuerten 4Kafelnikov 1
- Grand Slams · 4 matchesKuerten 3Kafelnikov 1
Last meetings
- 12 Nov 2001 · Tennis Masters Cup · Round robin · HardKafelnikov won 6-2 4-6 6-3
- 27 Aug 2001 · US Open · Quarterfinal · HardKafelnikov won 6-4 6-0 6-3
- 6 Aug 2001 · ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati · Quarterfinal · HardKuerten won 6-4 3-6 6-4
- 28 May 2001 · Roland Garros · Quarterfinal · ClayKuerten won 6-1 3-6 7-6(3) 6-4
- 27 Nov 2000 · Tennis Masters Cup · Round robin · HardKuerten won 6-3 6-4
- 18 Sept 2000 · Sydney Olympics · Quarterfinal · HardKafelnikov won 6-4 7-5
- 29 May 2000 · Roland Garros · Quarterfinal · ClayKuerten won 6-3 3-6 4-6 6-4 6-2
- 10 May 1999 · ATP Masters 1000 Rome · Round of 16 · ClayKuerten won
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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