Ivanisevic v Kafelnikov
ATP Tour career
Lineball analyst6–8
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: Ivanisevic 895 matches, Kafelnikov 868 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.
- 0.024 total · best 1Titlesper game0.027 total · best 1
- 0.01 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.02 total · best 1
- 54.8First serve in %55.7
- 82.5First-serve points won %73.3
- 62.9Break points saved %60.5
- 35.2Return points won %39.8
Head to head
1015 matches
since 19945
since 19945
- Carpet · 8 matchesIvanisevic 6Kafelnikov 2
- Hard · 3 matchesIvanisevic 1Kafelnikov 2
- Clay · 3 matchesIvanisevic 2Kafelnikov 1
- Grass · 1 matchIvanisevic 1Kafelnikov 0
- Grand Slams · 1 matchIvanisevic 1Kafelnikov 0
- Finals · 3 matchesIvanisevic 2Kafelnikov 1
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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