Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Yevgeny Kafelnikov playing an exhibition match in France, 2009
Full name	Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Kafelnikov
Country (sports)	Russia
Residence	Sochi, Russia
Born	(1974-02-18) 18 February 1974 Sochi, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro	1992
Retired	2010 (last match 2003)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$ 23,883,797 18th all-time leader in earnings
Int. Tennis HoF	2019 (member page)
Singles
Career record	609–306 (66.6%)
Career titles	26
Highest ranking	No. 1 (3 May 1999)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	W (1999)
French Open	W (1996)
Wimbledon	QF (1995)
US Open	SF (1999, 2001)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals	F (1997)
Grand Slam Cup	SF (1995, 1996)
Olympic Games	W (2000)
Doubles
Career record	358–213
Career titles	27
Highest ranking	No. 4 (30 March 1998)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (1995, 1999)
French Open	W (1996, 1997, 2002)
Wimbledon	SF (1994, 1995)
US Open	W (1997)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	W (2002)
Medal record Olympic Games – Tennis 2000 Sydney Singles

Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Kafelnikov (Russian: Евгений Александрович Кафельников, IPA: [jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ˈkafʲɪlʲnʲɪkəf] ^ⓘ; born 18 February 1974) is a Russian former world No. 1 tennis player. He won two Grand Slam singles titles, the 1996 French Open and the 1999 Australian Open, and a gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. He also won four Grand Slam doubles titles, and is the most recent man to have won both the men's singles and doubles titles at the same Grand Slam tournament (which he accomplished at the 1996 French Open). In 2019, Kafelnikov was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.^[1]

Career

In his breakthrough year in 1994, Kafelnikov won three titles, reached the Hamburg Masters final and beat world top-5 players on six occasions. His ranking rose from 102 at the beginning of the year, to a year-end ranking of 11.

In 1995, he reached his first Grand Slam semifinals, beating world no. 1 Andre Agassi in straight sets in the quarterfinals. He also defeated three top-10 players (Michael Stich, Goran Ivanisevic and Boris Becker) on his way to the title in Milan.

At the 1996 French Open, Kafelnikov became the first Russian to ever win a Grand Slam title, defeating Michael Stich in the final in straight sets, having beaten world no. 1 Pete Sampras in the semifinals.^[2]

Kafelnikov was finalist at the 1997 ATP Tour World Championships, and won three titles during that season. In doubles, he won both the French Open and US Open partnering Daniel Vacek.

At the 1999 Australian Open, 10th seed Kafelnikov won his second singles Grand Slam title, defeating Thomas Enqvist in the final in four sets. He also won in Rotterdam and Moscow, was runner-up at the Canadian Open and reached the semifinals of the US Open.

Seeded fifth, Kafelnikov won the gold medal in the men's singles tournament at the 2000 Olympic Games, beating second seed Gustavo Kuerten in the quarterfinals and Tommy Haas in the final in five sets. He also reached the final of the Australian Open and the quarterfinals of the French Open.

In 2001, he defeated world no. 1 Gustavo Kuerten in the quarterfinals of the US Open for the loss of just seven games, before losing to Lleyton Hewitt in the semifinals. Kafelnikov was also a finalist at the Paris Masters, quarterfinalist at the Australian Open and French Open, and won a record fifth consecutive title in Moscow.

Kafelnikov won his fourth and final doubles Grand Slam at the French Open in 2002, partnering Paul Haarhuis, and his final career singles title, in Tashkent. He was also a member of Russia's Davis Cup-winning team in 2002.

Kafelnikov played his last ATP-tour match in October 2003 (in St Petersburg). In total, he won 53 titles across singles and doubles during his career, and he remains the last male player to win both singles and doubles titles at the same Grand Slam.^[3]

Kafelnikov in the Kremlin, 2002

Post-retirement

Since retiring from tennis, Kafelnikov cashed three times at the 2005 World Series of Poker.^[4] He also played golf on the European Tour at the 2005, 2008, 2013, 2014 and 2015 Russian Open, 2012, 2013 and 2014 Austrian Open, and the 2014 Czech Masters, plus several Challenge Tour events, without making any cuts. During the 2008 Miami Masters, Kafelnikov coached Marat Safin (in the absence of Safin's usual coach, Hernán Gumy). In 2009 and 2010, he participated in the ATP Champions Tour (for retired ATP-professional tennis players), finishing in third place in tournaments in Chengdu, Bogota and São Paulo.

Kafelnikov was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2019, not counting enough votes in his previous nominations in 2012 (compared to Gustavo Kuerten and Jennifer Capriati), in 2015 (compared to David Hall and Amélie Mauresmo), and in 2018 (compared to Michael Stich and Helena Suková).^[5] In May 2017, Kafelnikov was extensively interviewed by the most popular Russian website Sports.ru considering his current political preferences.^[6] In August 2020, Kafelnikov announced his plans to settle in [Western / old] Europe.^[7][8]

In March 2021, Kafelnikov faced another wave of rumors about his retirement in 2003 as really being caused by ATP's desire to avoid a betting scandal considering his match in Lyon against Fernando Vicente.^[9] Russian volleyball player Aleksey Spiridonov said in an interview: "Kafelnikov is corrupt. He made bets against himself during his career. And then he finished abruptly when being grabbed by the ass. I know. My friends work in the offices. And someone in an interview also said that Kafelnikov offered him to bet against himself and lose the match. Who pinned him down? There was no [powerful] tennis federation back then. I think, the gangsters".^[10] One week after his match in 2003, Kafelnikov said about the accusations: "This is a complete bullshit, but now in the locker room, they [players] look at me like at an enemy of the people. Even in my country where I have always been a role model they [people] have begun to look at me that way. I talked to Fernando and he said his mother was crying on the phone because of this. Those who made this mess should be punished. The article says Kafelnikov has been involved in match-fixing and it rips me to pieces. I do not want to be associated with betting in any way".^[11]

To a lesser extent, the player has been commemorated for his outspoken jealousy towards the much more impressive incomes of golf players in general, if compared to his colleagues in tennis. Lindsay Davenport correspondingly voiced some support for Kafelnikov's claim who was also worried "it would be a shame to see the public lose sympathy in me just because I am making such a statement". In January 2001, during the 2001 Australian Open, he concluded: "If you look at the golfers, we are taking an extreme example now, of course, the golfers make $540,000 a week to the winner. And this is the lowest tournament that they have on the U.S. Tour. If you look at the tennis players, to win a tournament, win five matches [at the] absolutely lowest level tournament you make only $42,000. I think it is quite bizarre to see that kind of money in a tennis game."^[12]

Major finals

Grand Slam tournaments

Singles: 3 (2–1)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1996	French Open	Clay	Michael Stich	7–6(7–4), 7–5, 7–6(7–4)
Win	1999	Australian Open	Hard	Thomas Enqvist	4–6, 6–0, 6–3, 7–6(7–1)
Loss	2000	Australian Open	Hard	Andre Agassi	6–3, 3–6, 2–6, 4–6

Doubles: 5 (4–1)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1996	French Open	Clay	Daniel Vacek	Jakob Hlasek Guy Forget	6–2, 6–3
Win	1997	French Open	Clay	Daniel Vacek	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	7–6(7–1), 4–6, 6–3
Win	1997	US Open	Hard	Daniel Vacek	Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti	7–6(10–8), 6–3
Win	2002	French Open	Clay	Paul Haarhuis	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	7–5, 6–4
Loss	2003	French Open	Clay	Paul Haarhuis	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–7(3–7), 3–6

Olympic Games

Singles: 1 (1 gold medal)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	2000	Sydney Olympics	Hard	Tommy Haas	7–6(7–4), 3–6, 6–2, 4–6, 6–3

Year-end championships

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1997	ATP Tour World Championships	Hard (i)	Pete Sampras	3–6, 2–6, 2–6

Masters 1000 tournaments

Singles: 5 (0–5)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1994	Hamburg Masters	Clay	Andrei Medvedev	4–6, 4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	1996	Paris Masters	Carpet (i)	Thomas Enqvist	2–6, 4–6, 5–7
Loss	1998	Stuttgart Masters	Hard (i)	Richard Krajicek	4–6, 3–6, 3–6
Loss	1999	Canadian Open	Hard	Thomas Johansson	6–1, 3–6, 3–6
Loss	2001	Paris Masters	Carpet (i)	Sébastien Grosjean	6–7(3–7), 1–6, 7–6(7–5), 4–6

Doubles: 11 (7–4)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1994	Monte Carlo Masters	Clay	Daniel Vacek	Nicklas Kulti Magnus Larsson	6–3, 6–7, 4–6
Win	1994	Rome Masters	Clay	David Rikl	Wayne Ferreira Javier Sánchez	6–1, 7–5
Win	1995	ATP German Open	Clay	Wayne Ferreira	Byron Black Andrei Olhovskiy	6–1, 7–6
Win	1995	Canadian Open	Hard	Andrei Olhovskiy	Brian MacPhie Sandon Stolle	6–2, 6–2
Loss	1996	Paris Masters	Carpet (i)	Daniel Vacek	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	4–6, 6–4, 6–7
Win	2000	Monte Carlo Masters	Clay	Wayne Ferreira	Paul Haarhuis Sandon Stolle	6–3, 2–6, 6–1
Loss	2000	Rome Masters	Clay	Wayne Ferreira	Martin Damm Dominik Hrbatý	4–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win	2001	Indian Wells Masters	Hard	Wayne Ferreira	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	6–2, 7–5
Win	2001	Rome Masters	Clay	Wayne Ferreira	Daniel Nestor Sandon Stolle	6–4, 7–6(8–6)
Loss	2002	Monte Carlo Masters	Clay	Paul Haarhuis	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	3–6, 6–3, 7–10
Win	2003	Indian Wells Masters	Hard	Wayne Ferreira	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 7–5, 6–4

ATP career finals

Singles: 46 (26 titles, 20 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam (2–1) Year-end championships (0–1) ATP Masters Series (0–5) Olympic (1–0) ATP Championship Series (4–3) ATP International Series (19–10)

Titles by surface Hard (9–10) Grass (3–1) Clay (3–3) Carpet (11–6)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	Jan 1994	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Alexander Volkov	6–4, 6–3
Win	2.	Mar 1994	Copenhagen, Denmark	Carpet (i)	Daniel Vacek	6–3, 7–5
Loss	1.	May 1994	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Andrei Medvedev	4–6, 4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	3.	Aug 1994	Long Island, USA	Hard	Cédric Pioline	5–7, 6–1, 6–2
Win	4.	Feb 1995	Milan, Italy	Carpet (i)	Boris Becker	7–5, 5–7, 7–6(8–6)
Win	5.	Mar 1995	St. Petersburg, Russia	Carpet (i)	Guillaume Raoux	6–2, 6–2
Loss	2.	Apr 1995	Nice, France	Clay	Marc Rosset	4–6, 0–6
Win	6.	Jul 1995	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Jakob Hlasek	6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win	7.	Aug 1995	Long Island, USA	Hard	Jan Siemerink	7–6(7–0), 6–2
Win	8.	Jan 1996	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Byron Black	7–6(7–0), 3–6, 6–1
Loss	3.	Mar 1996	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	Goran Ivanišević	4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	4.	Apr 1996	St. Petersburg, Russia	Carpet	Magnus Gustafsson	2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win	9.	May 1996	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Bohdan Ulihrach	7–5, 1–6, 6–3
Win	10.	Jun 1996	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	Michael Stich	7–6(7–4), 7–5, 7–6(7–4)
Loss	5.	Jun 1996	Halle, Germany	Grass	Nicklas Kulti	7–6(7–5), 3–6, 4–6
Loss	6.	Jul 1996	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Thomas Muster	2–6, 2–6, 4–6
Win	11.	Oct 1996	Lyon, France	Carpet (i)	Arnaud Boetsch	7–5, 6–3
Loss	7.	Nov 1996	Paris, France	Carpet	Thomas Enqvist	2–6, 4–6, 5–7
Loss	8.	Nov 1996	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Goran Ivanišević	6–3, 1–6, 3–6
Win	12.	Jun 1997	Halle, Germany	Grass	Petr Korda	7–6(7–2), 6–7(5–7), 7–6(9–7)
Win	13.	Aug 1997	New Haven, USA	Hard	Patrick Rafter	7–6(7–4), 6–4
Win	14.	Nov 1997	Moscow, Russia	Carpet (i)	Petr Korda	7–6(7–2), 6–4
Loss	9.	Nov 1997	Year-end championships, Hanover	Hard	Pete Sampras	3–6, 2–6, 2–6
Loss	10.	Feb 1998	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Thomas Enqvist	4–6, 1–6
Win	15.	Mar 1998	London, UK	Carpet (i)	Cédric Pioline	7–5, 6–4
Win	16.	Jun 1998	Halle, Germany	Grass	Magnus Larsson	6–4, 6–4
Loss	11.	Sep 1998	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Tim Henman	5–7, 4–6
Loss	12.	Nov 1998	Stuttgart, Germany	Hard (i)	Richard Krajicek	4–6, 3–6, 3–6
Win	17.	Nov 1998	Moscow, Russia	Carpet (i)	Goran Ivanišević	7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–5)
Win	18.	Feb 1999	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia	Hard	Thomas Enqvist	4–6, 6–0, 6–3, 7–6(7–1)
Win	19.	Feb 1999	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	Tim Henman	6–2, 7–6(7–3)
Loss	13.	Aug 1999	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Thomas Johansson	6–1, 3–6, 3–6
Loss	14.	Aug 1999	Washington, D.C., USA	Hard	Andre Agassi	6–7(3–7), 1–6
Win	20.	Nov 1999	Moscow, Russia	Carpet (i)	Byron Black	7–6(7–2), 6–4
Loss	15.	Jan 2000	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia	Hard	Andre Agassi	6–3, 3–6, 2–6, 4–6
Loss	16.	Feb 2000	London, UK	Hard (i)	Marc Rosset	4–6, 4–6
Win	21.	Oct 2000	Olympics, Sydney, Australia	Hard	Tommy Haas	7–6(7–4), 3–6, 6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Win	22.	Oct 2000	Moscow, Russia	Carpet (i)	David Prinosil	6–2, 7–5
Loss	17.	Nov 2000	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Thomas Johansson	2–6, 4–6, 4–6
Win	23.	Feb 2001	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Sébastien Grosjean	7–6(7–5), 6–2
Loss	18.	Sep 2001	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Marat Safin	2–6, 2–6
Win	24.	Oct 2001	Moscow, Russia	Carpet (i)	Nicolas Kiefer	6–4, 7–5
Loss	19.	Nov 2001	Paris, France	Carpet	Sébastien Grosjean	6–7(3–7), 1–6, 7–6(7–5), 4–6
Win	25.	Jun 2002	Halle, Germany	Grass	Nicolas Kiefer	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	26.	Sep 2002	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Vladimir Voltchkov	7–6(8–6), 7–5
Loss	20.	Feb 2003	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Martin Verkerk	4–6, 7–5, 5–7

Doubles: 41 (27–14)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (4–1) Tennis Masters Cup (0–0) ATP Masters Series (7–4) ATP International Series Gold (6–4) ATP International Series (10–5)

Finals by surface Hard (9–1) Clay (13–5) Grass (0–2) Carpet (5–6)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	Feb 1994	Marseille, France	Carpet	Martin Damm	Jan Siemerink Daniel Vacek	7–6, 4–6, 1–6
Win	1.	Apr 1994	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	David Rikl	Jim Courier Javier Sánchez	5–7, 6–1, 6–4
Loss	2.	Apr 1994	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Daniel Vacek	Nicklas Kulti Magnus Larsson	6–3, 6–7, 4–6
Win	2.	May 1994	Munich, Germany	Clay	David Rikl	Boris Becker Petr Korda	7–6, 7–5
Win	3.	May 1994	Rome, Italy	Clay	David Rikl	Wayne Ferreira Javier Sánchez	6–1, 7–5
Win	4.	Oct 1994	Lyon, France	Carpet	Jakob Hlasek	Martin Damm Patrick Rafter	6–7, 7–6, 7–6
Loss	3.	Mar 1995	St. Petersburg, Russia	Carpet	Jakob Hlasek	Martin Damm Anders Järryd	4–6, 2–6
Win	5.	Apr 1995	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Andrei Olhovskiy	Marc-Kevin Goellner Diego Nargiso	5–7, 7–5, 6–2
Win	6.	May 1995	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Wayne Ferreira	Byron Black Andrei Olhovskiy	6–1, 7–6
Loss	4.	Jun 1995	Halle, Germany	Grass	Andrei Olhovskiy	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	2–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	7.	Jul 1995	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Andrei Olhovskiy	Brian MacPhie Sandon Stolle	6–2, 6–2
Win	8.	Oct 1995	Lyon, France	Carpet	Jakob Hlasek	John-Laffnie de Jager Wayne Ferreira	6–3, 6–3
Loss	5.	Feb 1996	Antwerp, Belgium	Carpet	Menno Oosting	Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti	4–6, 4–6
Win	9.	Apr 1996	St. Petersburg, Russia	Carpet	Andrei Olhovskiy	Nicklas Kulti Peter Nyborg	6–3, 6–4
Win	10.	May 1996	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Daniel Vacek	Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez	6–3, 6–7, 6–3
Win	11.	Jun 1996	French Open, Paris	Clay	Daniel Vacek	Jakob Hlasek Guy Forget	6–2, 6–3
Loss	6.	Jun 1996	Halle, Germany	Grass	Daniel Vacek	Byron Black Grant Connell	1–6, 5–7
Win	12.	Sep 1996	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Daniel Vacek	David Adams Menno Oosting	6–3, 6–4
Win	13.	Oct 1996	Vienna, Austria	Carpet	Daniel Vacek	Pavel Vízner Menno Oosting	7–6, 6–4
Loss	7.	Nov 1996	Paris, France	Carpet	Daniel Vacek	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	4–6, 6–4, 6–7
Win	14.	Jun 1997	French Open, Paris	Clay	Daniel Vacek	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	7–6, 4–6, 6–3
Win	15.	Jul 1997	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Daniel Vacek	Trevor Kronemann David Macpherson	4–6, 7–6, 6–3
Win	16.	Sep 1997	US Open, New York	Hard	Daniel Vacek	Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti	7–6, 6–3
Win	17.	Feb 1998	Antwerp, Belgium	Hard	Wayne Ferreira	Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig	7–5, 3–6, 6–2
Loss	8.	Mar 1998	London, England	Carpet	Daniel Vacek	Martin Damm Jim Grabb	4–6, 5–7
Win	18.	Oct 1998	Vienna, Austria	Carpet	Daniel Vacek	David Adams John-Laffnie de Jager	7–5, 6–3
Loss	9.	Nov 1998	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Daniel Vacek	Jared Palmer Jeff Tarango	4–6, 7–6, 2–6
Win	19.	Apr 1999	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Paul Haarhuis	Massimo Bertolini Cristian Brandi	7–5, 6–3
Loss	10.	Feb 2000	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	Tim Henman	David Adams John-Laffnie de Jager	7–5, 2–6, 3–6
Win	20.	Apr 2000	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Wayne Ferreira	Paul Haarhuis Sandon Stolle	6–3, 2–6, 6–1
Loss	11.	May 2000	Rome, Italy	Clay	Wayne Ferreira	Martin Damm Dominik Hrbatý	4–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win	21.	Oct 2000	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Nenad Zimonjić	Jiří Novák David Rikl	6–4, 6–4
Win	22.	Mar 2001	Indian Wells, United States	Hard	Wayne Ferreira	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	6–2, 7–5
Win	23.	May 2001	Rome, Italy	Clay	Wayne Ferreira	Daniel Nestor Sandon Stolle	6–4, 7–6(8–6)
Win	24.	Oct 2001	St. Petersburg, Russia	Hard	Denis Golovanov	Irakli Labadze Marat Safin	7–5, 6–4
Loss	12.	Apr 2002	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Paul Haarhuis	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	3–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Win	25.	Jun 2002	French Open, Paris	Clay	Paul Haarhuis	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	7–5, 6–4
Win	26.	Mar 2003	Indian Wells, United States	Hard	Wayne Ferreira	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 7–5, 6–4
Loss	13.	Jun 2003	French Open, Paris	Clay	Paul Haarhuis	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–7, 3–6
Loss	14.	Jul 2003	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Kevin Ullyett	Tomáš Cibulec Pavel Vízner	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Win	27.	Aug 2003	Washington, D.C., United States	Hard	Sargis Sargsian	Chris Haggard Paul Hanley	7–5, 4–6, 6–2

Performance timelines

Top 10 wins

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	KR
1993
1.	Michael Stich	10	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	3R	4–6, 6–3, 6–3	253
2.	Michael Stich	4	Lyon, France	Carpet (i)	1R	6–3, 7–6(7–4)	127
1994
3.	Magnus Gustafsson	10	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	2R	6–1, 6–3	51
4.	Michael Stich	2	Monte-Carlo, Monaco	Clay	3R	7–6(7–3), 6–4	41
5.	Goran Ivanišević	5	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	2R	7–6(7–1), 6–0	29
6.	Michael Stich	2	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	SF	6–3, 6–4	29
7.	Jim Courier	7	Halle, Germany	Grass	QF	6–1, 6–4	19
8.	Thomas Muster	10	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	QF	7–6(11–9), 3–6, 7–6(7–4)	15
9.	Michael Chang	6	Long Island, United States	Hard	QF	3–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–4	14
10.	Michael Stich	2	Davis Cup, Hamburg, Germany	Hard	RR	7–5, 6–3	12
11.	Stefan Edberg	5	Stockholm, Sweden	Carpet (i)	3R	7–6(7–4), 6–2	13
12.	Sergi Bruguera	4	Stockholm, Sweden	Carpet (i)	QF	6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–2	13
13.	Stefan Edberg	7	Davis Cup, Moscow, Russia	Carpet (i)	RR	4–6, 6–4, 6–0	11
1995
14.	Todd Martin	10	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia	Hard	4R	6–1, 6–4, 6–2	12
15.	Michael Stich	8	Milan, Italy	Carpet (i)	QF	7–6(7–4), 4–6, 6–0	10
16.	Goran Ivanišević	4	Milan, Italy	Carpet (i)	SF	7–5, 6–7(4–7), 6–4	10
17.	Boris Becker	3	Milan, Italy	Carpet (i)	F	7–5, 5–7, 7–6(8–6)	10
18.	Andre Agassi	1	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	QF	6–4, 6–3, 7–5	9
19.	Jim Courier	8	Davis Cup, Moscow, Russia	Clay (i)	RR	7–6(7–1), 7–5, 6–3	6
1996
20.	Pete Sampras	1	World Team Cup, Düsseldorf, Germany	Clay	RR	6–3, 6–2	7
21.	Pete Sampras	1	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	SF	7–6(7–4), 6–0, 6–2	7
22.	Thomas Enqvist	9	ATP Tour World Championships, Hanover, Germany	Carpet (i)	RR	6–3, 7–6(7–5)	3
1997
23.	Thomas Enqvist	8	Montreal, Canada	Hard	QF	7–5, 6–7(7–9), 6–1	7
24.	Sergi Bruguera	6	Grand Slam Cup, Munich, Germany	Carpet (i)	1R	6–4, 6–3	4
25.	Greg Rusedski	5	Paris, France	Carpet (i)	QF	6–4, 3–6, 6–3	6
26.	Jonas Björkman	4	ATP Tour World Championships, Hanover, Germany	Hard (i)	RR	6–3, 7–6(8–6)	6
27.	Michael Chang	2	ATP Tour World Championships, Hanover, Germany	Hard (i)	RR	6–3, 6–0	6
28.	Carlos Moyà	7	ATP Tour World Championships, Hanover, Germany	Hard (i)	SF	7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–3)	6
1998
29.	Tim Henman	10	Paris, France	Carpet (i)	3R	6–3, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–2)	8
30.	Marcelo Ríos	2	Paris, France	Carpet (i)	QF	6–3, 6–2	8
31.	Karol Kučera	7	ATP Tour World Championships, Hanover, Germany	Hard (i)	RR	6–7(3–7), 6–3, 6–2	10
1999
32.	Greg Rusedski	9	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	SF	6–4, 6–2	2
33.	Tim Henman	7	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	F	6–2, 7–6(7–3)	2
34.	Todd Martin	9	Montreal, Canada	Hard	QF	7–6(10–8), 6–7(3–7), 6–4	4
35.	Andre Agassi	3	Montreal, Canada	Hard	SF	6–1, 6–4	4
36.	Tim Henman	5	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	QF	7–5, 7–5	2
37.	Todd Martin	7	ATP Tour World Championships, Hanover, Germany	Hard (i)	RR	6–4, 1–6, 6–1	2
38.	Thomas Enqvist	4	ATP Tour World Championships, Hanover, Germany	Hard (i)	RR	7–5, 3–6, 6–4	2
2000
39.	Lleyton Hewitt	9	World Team Cup, Düsseldorf, Germany	Clay	RR	6–1, 6–2	4
40.	Gustavo Kuerten	3	Summer Olympics, Sydney, Australia	Hard	QF	6–4, 7–5	8
41.	Magnus Norman	4	Tennis Masters Cup, Lisbon, Portugal	Hard (i)	RR	4–6, 7–5, 6–1	5
2001
42.	Gustavo Kuerten	1	US Open, New York, United States	Hard	QF	6–4, 6–0, 6–3	7
43.	Juan Carlos Ferrero	4	Tennis Masters Cup, Sydney, Australia	Hard (i)	RR	4–6, 6–1, 7–6(7–5)	6
44.	Gustavo Kuerten	1	Tennis Masters Cup, Sydney, Australia	Hard (i)	RR	6–2, 4–6, 6–3	6
2003
45.	Marat Safin	7	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	2R	4–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–4	25
46.	Carlos Moyá	4	Rome, Italy	Clay	3R	6–4, 7–6(7–4)	24

Team titles

2002 – Davis Cup winner with Russia

2000, 2001, 2002 - World Team Cup finalist with Russia

Tennis records

• He played exclusively with and endorsed racquets from Austrian company Fischer throughout his career.
• In the episode of Sports Night "Shane", Dan and Jeremy spend over an hour recording and rerecording a ten-second commercial voiceover because Dan cannot say Yevgeny Kafelnikov.
• Kafelnikov is the only male player in the open era to have won two or more Grand Slam singles titles without also winning a Masters Series title, despite having reached five Masters Series finals.
• He won the Kremlin Cup in Moscow for a record five consecutive times from 1997 to 2001.

Other interests

• Kafelnikov is an avid supporter of Spartak Moscow FC.
• Kafelnikov is a professional golfer, he has won the Russian Amateur Open Championship of Golf in 2011.^[13] Note that this national tournament should not be confused with the Russian Open tournament that wasn't held that year.^[14][15]
• Kafelnikov starred in Virtua Tennis, an arcade tennis game.

Awards

1994–1999, 2001

The Russian Cup in the nomination Male Player of the Year

2000

The Russian Cup in the nomination Male Player of the Century

2002

The Russian Cup in the nomination Team of the Year (with M. Safin, M. Youzhny, S. Leonyuk, B. Sobkin, A. Cherkasov, V. Okhapkin, S. Yasnitsky, A. Glebov)

See also

• Match fixing in tennis

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Yevgeny Kafelnikov.

• Yevgeny Kafelnikov at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Yevgeny Kafelnikov at the International Tennis Federation
• Yevgeny Kafelnikov at the Davis Cup
• Yevgeny Kafelnikov at Wimbledon
• Yevgeny Kafelnikov at Olympedia
• Yevgeny Kafelnikov at Olympics.com