Points won directly behind the serve:
21 % Hrbaty – 15 of 69
20 % Kafelnikov – 21 of 103
[30] Hrbaty’s first appearance on Philippe Chatrier Court & what a performance against the best player in the world & former champion!
In the middle of the match the Slovak won 10 out of 11 games & led 3:0* in the 3rd set, later on the Russian had two game points to level at 5-all. The 21-year-old Hrbaty won another three matches & achieved his only major semifinal (tight 4-set loss to Andre Agassi). It’s a unique Head-to-Head in the Slovak-Russian rivalry that an inferior player owned the higher ranked one, Hrbaty won it 9-4 leading 3:0 after Paris.
Points won directly behind the serve:
21 % Hrbaty – 15 of 69
20 % Kafelnikov – 21 of 103
[30] Hrbaty’s first appearance on Philippe Chatrier Court & what a performance against the best player in the world & former champion!
In the middle of the match the Slovak won 10 out of 11 games & led 3:0* in the 3rd set, later on the Russian had two game points to level at 5-all. The 21-year-old Hrbaty won another three matches & achieved his only major semifinal (tight 4-set loss to Andre Agassi). It’s a unique Head-to-Head in the Slovak-Russian rivalry that an inferior player owned the higher ranked one, Hrbaty won it 9-4 leading 3:0 after Paris.