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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Aleksandrovich and the family name is Kafelnikov.
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Yevgeny Kafelnikov in 2023
Full name
Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Kafelnikov
Country (sports)
Russia
Residence
Sochi, Russia
Born
(1974-02-18) 18 February 1974 (age 50) 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
20th 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 (62.7%)
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:[jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪjˈkafʲɪlʲnʲɪkəf]ⓘ; 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]
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No. 1 ranking (the most in any single year): Sampras, Carlos Moyá, YevgenyKafelnikov, Andre Agassi, and Patrick Rafter. Prior to 2009, Federer accumulated...
Australian Open title, beating Sampras in a five-set semi-final and YevgenyKafelnikov in a four-set final. He was the first male player to have reached...
matches, as well as being much slower than his first serve. In 2020, YevgenyKafelnikov said the following about Rublev's game: "I think his whole game, it...
McEnroe, Marcelo Ríos, YevgenyKafelnikov, Fernando González, and Tim Henman. Under Stefanki's guidance, both Rios and Kafelnikov rose to the world No....
ranking since Andy Roddick in 2004, the third Russian man following YevgenyKafelnikov in 1999 and Marat Safin in 2000, and the 27th man overall. He then...
title at the US Open, comprehensively defeating former world No. 1 YevgenyKafelnikov in the semi-finals, and four-time champion Pete Sampras the next day...
Muster won his first and only Grand Slam singles title, defeating YevgenyKafelnikov in the semifinals and comfortably beating 1989 champion Michael Chang...
in his third and final Grand Slam singles final, where he lost to YevgenyKafelnikov in straight sets. He also won his final career singles title that...
to win a Masters tournament after Marat Safin, Andrei Chesnokov, YevgenyKafelnikov and Nikolay Davydenko. Despite starting the season as the 11th ranked...
every one of the three French Open victories he defeated Russia's YevgenyKafelnikov in the quarterfinals and two top 10 players on his way to the title...
9 YevgenyKafelnikov on his way to the Stuttgart Masters title in November. At the 1999 US Open, Krajicek lost a quarterfinal matchup to Yevgeny Kafelnikov...
Australian Open and was held from 17 through 30 January 2000. Both YevgenyKafelnikov and Martina Hingis were unsuccessful in their title defences, both...
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