Yevgeny Alexandrovich Kafelnikov

Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Nation:	Russia
Birthday:	February 18, 1974
Size:	190 cm
1st professional season:	1992
Resignation:	2003
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Prize money:	$ 23,883,797
singles
Career record:	609: 306
Career title:	26th
Highest ranking:	1 (May 3, 1999)
Weeks as No. 1:	5
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	358: 213
Career title:	27
Highest ranking:	4 (March 30, 1998)
Grand Slam record
Olympic games
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Yevgeny Kafelnikov (right) with Russian President Vladimir Putin , 2000

Evgeni Alexandrowitsch Kafelnikov ( Russian Евгений Александрович Кафельников , scientific transliteration Evgenij Alexandrovič Kafel'nikov ; born February 18, 1974 in Sochi , Soviet Union ) is a former Russian tennis player and hobby poker player .

Career

Kafelnikov graduated from the State Institute of Sports in Krasnodar and turned professional in 1992. His greatest successes were victories at the French Open 1996 , the Australian Open 1999 and the Olympic Games 2000 in Sydney . He was also number 1 in the world rankings for a short time and was also able to celebrate numerous successes in doubles. He was also a member of the victorious Russian Davis Cup team of 2002 , although he lost both his singles match against Sébastien Grosjean and the doubles with Marat Safin against Nicolas Escudé and Fabrice Santoro in the final. He was one of the players who had the most tournaments on the ATP Tour in a calendar year , where he holds some records. His strengths included direct points without the opponent making mistakes and being able to turn games that were believed to be lost. He had a very good success rate playing full five set games. Its weak point was a relatively high rate of involuntary errors.

Kafelnikow was repeatedly suspected of having been involved in match fixing, but such manipulation was never proven.

Since retiring from professional tennis, he has increasingly devoted himself to his passion for poker (he has already appeared in poker competitions on TV) and golf (however, in 2005 he clearly missed the cut in Moscow). In 2004, Yevgeny Kafelnikow reached the UK Poker Open , the highest-endowed poker tournament in the United Kingdom at the time, third place behind snooker player Matthew Stevens from Wales and darts player Phil Taylor . After winning the Russian Golf Championships in 2011 , he cherished the hope of qualifying for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

From 2008 Kafelnikow competed in tournaments as part of the ATP Champions Tour . In 2019 he was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame . Kafelnikow is divorced and has a daughter.

successes

Legend

Grand Slam

Tennis Masters Cup

ATP Masters Series

Olympic gold

ATP Championship Series / ATP International Series Gold

ATP World Series / ATP International Series

singles

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	January 10, 1994	Adelaide	Hard court	Alexander Volkov	6: 4, 6: 3
2.	March 7, 1994	Copenhagen	carpet	Daniel Vacek	6: 3, 7: 5
3.	August 29, 1994	Long Island (1)	Hard court	Cédric Pioline	5: 7, 6: 1, 6: 2
4th	February 20, 1995	Milan (1)	carpet	Boris Becker	7: 5, 5: 7, 7: 6 6
5.	March 27, 1995	St. Petersburg	carpet	Guillaume Raoux	6: 2, 6: 2
6th	July 17, 1995	Gstaad	sand	Jakob Hlasek	6: 3, 6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 3
7th	August 28, 1995	Long Island (2)	Hard court	Jan Siemerink	7: 6 0 , 6: 2
8th.	January 8, 1996	Adelaide (2)	Hard court	Byron Black	7: 6 0 , 3: 6, 6: 1
9.	May 6, 1996	Prague	sand	Bohdan Ulihrach	7: 5, 1: 6, 6: 3
10.	June 10, 1996	French Open	sand	Michael Stich	7: 6 4 , 7: 5, 7: 6 4
11.	October 7, 1996	Lyon	carpet	Arnaud Boetsch	7: 5, 6: 3
12.	June 16, 1997	Hall (1)	race	Petr Korda	7: 6 2 , 6: 7 5 , 7: 6 7
13.	August 18, 1997	New Haven	Hard court	Patrick Rafter	7: 6 4 , 6: 4
14th	November 10, 1997	Moscow (1)	carpet	Petr Korda	7: 6 2 , 6: 4
15th	March 2, 1998	London (2)	carpet	Cédric Pioline	7: 5, 6: 4
16.	June 15, 1998	Hall (2)	race	Magnus Larsson	6: 4, 6: 4
17th	November 16, 1998	Moscow (2)	carpet	Goran Ivanišević	7: 6 2 , 7: 6 5
18th	February 1, 1999	Australian Open	Hard court	Thomas Enqvist	4: 6, 6: 0, 6: 3, 7: 6 1
19th	February 22, 1999	Rotterdam	carpet	Tim Henman	6: 2, 7: 6 3
20th	November 15, 1999	Moscow (3)	carpet	Byron Black	7: 6 2 , 6: 4
21st	October 2, 2000	Sydney	Hard court	Tommy Haas	7: 6 4 , 3: 6, 6: 2, 4: 6, 6: 3
22nd	October 30, 2000	Moscow (4)	carpet	David Prinosil	6: 2, 7: 5
23.	February 19, 2001	Marseille	Hard court	Sébastien Grosjean	7: 6 5 , 6: 2
24.	October 8, 2001	Moscow (5)	carpet	Nicolas Kiefer	6: 4, 7: 5
25th	June 17, 2002	Hall (3)	race	Nicolas Kiefer	2: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4
26th	September 16, 2002	Tashkent	Hard court	Uladsimir Waltschkou	7: 6 6 , 7: 5

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	May 9, 1994	Hamburg	sand	Andrij Medvedev	4: 6, 4: 6, 6: 3, 3: 6
2.	April 24, 1995	Nice	sand	Marc Rosset	4: 6, 0: 6
3.	March 11, 1996	Rotterdam	sand	Goran Ivanišević	4: 6, 6: 3, 3: 6
4th	April 1, 1996	St. Petersburg	carpet	Magnus Gustafsson	2: 6, 6: 7 4
5.	June 24, 1996	Hall	race	Nickla's cult	7: 6 5 , 3: 6, 4: 6
6th	July 22, 1996	Stuttgart	sand	Thomas Muster	2: 6, 2: 6, 4: 6
7th	November 4, 1996	Paris	carpet	Thomas Enqvist	2: 6, 4: 6, 5: 7
8th.	November 11, 1996	Moscow	carpet	Goran Ivanišević	6: 3, 1: 6, 3: 6
9.	November 17, 1997	Hanover	Hard court	Pete Sampras	3: 6, 2: 6, 2: 6
10.	February 9, 1998	Marseille	Hard court (i)	Thomas Enqvist	4: 6, 1: 6
11.	September 21, 1998	Tashkent	Hard court	Tim Henman	5: 7, 4: 6
12.	November 2, 1998	Stuttgart	Hard court (i)	Richard Krajicek	4: 6, 3: 6, 3: 6
13.	August 9, 1999	Montreal	Hard court	Thomas Johansson	6: 1, 3: 6, 3: 6
14th	August 23, 1999	Washington DC	Hard court	Andre Agassi	6: 7 3 , 1: 6
15th	January 31, 2000	Australian Open	Hard court	Andre Agassi	6: 3, 3: 6, 2: 6, 4: 6
16.	February 28, 2000	London	Hard court (i)	Marc Rosset	4: 6, 4: 6
17th	November 27, 2000	Stockholm	Hard court (i)	Thomas Johansson	2: 6, 4: 6, 4: 6
18th	September 17, 2001	Tashkent	Hard court	Marat Safin	2: 6, 2: 6
19th	November 5, 2001	Paris	carpet	Sébastien Grosjean	6: 7 3 , 1: 6, 7: 6 5 , 4: 6
20th	February 3, 2003	Milan	carpet	Martin Verkerk	4: 6, 7: 5, 5: 7

Double

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	April 11, 1994	Barcelona (1)	sand	David Rikl	Jim Courier Javier Sánchez	5: 7, 6: 1, 6: 4
2.	May 2, 1994	Munich	sand	David Rikl	Boris Becker Petr Korda	6: 7, 5: 7
3.	May 16, 1994	Rome (1)	sand	David Rikl	Wayne Ferreira Javier Sánchez	1: 6, 5: 7
4th	October 24, 1994	Lyon (1)	carpet	Jakob Hlasek	Martin Damm Patrick Rafter	6: 7, 7: 6, 7: 6
5.	April 10, 1995	Estoril	sand	Andrei Olchowski	Marc-Kevin Goellner Diego Nargiso	5: 7, 7: 5, 6: 2
6th	May 15, 1995	Hamburg	sand	Wayne Ferreira	Byron Black Andrei Olchowski	6: 1, 7: 6
7th	July 31, 1995	Montreal	Hard court	Andrei Olchowski	Brian MacPhie Sandon Stolle	6: 2, 6: 2
8th.	October 23, 1995	Lyon (2)	carpet	Jakob Hlasek	John-Laffnie de Jager Wayne Ferreira	6: 3, 6: 3
9.	April 1, 1996	St. Petersburg	carpet	Andrei Olchowski	Nicklas Kulti Peter Nyborg	6: 3, 6: 4
10.	May 6, 1996	Prague	sand	Daniel Vacek	Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez	6: 3, 6: 7, 6: 3
11.	June 10, 1996	French Open (1)	sand	Daniel Vacek	Jakob Hlasek Guy Forget	6: 2, 6: 3
12.	September 30, 1996	Basel	Hard court (i)	Daniel Vacek	David Adams Menno Oosting	6: 3, 6: 4
13.	October 14, 1996	Vienna (1)	carpet	Daniel Vacek	Pavel Vízner Menno Oosting	7: 6, 6: 4
14th	June 9, 1997	French Open (2)	sand	Daniel Vacek	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	7: 6, 4: 6, 6: 3
15th	July 14, 1997	Gstaad	sand	Daniel Vacek	Trevor Kronemann David Macpherson	4: 6, 7: 6, 6: 3
16.	September 8, 1997	US Open	Hard court	Daniel Vacek	Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti	7: 6, 6: 3
17th	February 23, 1998	Antwerp	Hard court	Wayne Ferreira	Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig	7: 5, 3: 6, 6: 2
18th	October 19, 1998	Vienna (2)	carpet	Daniel Vacek	David Adams John Laffnie De Jager	7: 5, 6: 3
19th	April 19, 1999	Barcelona (2)	sand	Paul Haarhuis	Massimo Bertolini Cristian Brandi	7: 5, 6: 3
20th	April 24, 2000	Monte Carlo	sand	Wayne Ferreira	Paul Haarhuis Sandon Stolle	6: 3, 2: 6, 6: 1
21st	October 16, 2000	Vienna (3)	Hard court (i)	Nenad Zimonjić	Jiří Novák David Rikl	6: 4, 6: 4
22nd	March 19, 2001	Indian Wells	Hard court	Wayne Ferreira	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	6: 2, 7: 5
23.	May 14, 2001	Rome (2)	sand	Wayne Ferreira	Daniel Nestor Sandon Stolle	6: 4, 7: 6 6
24.	October 29, 2001	St. Petersburg	Hard court	Denis Golovanov	Irakli Labadze Marat Safin	7: 5, 6: 4
25th	June 10, 2002	French Open (3)	sand	Paul Haarhuis	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	7: 5, 6: 4
26th	March 17, 2003	Indian Wells (2)	Hard court	Wayne Ferreira	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3: 6, 7: 5, 6: 4
27.	August 4, 2003	Washington DC	Hard court	Sargis Sargsian	Chris Haggard Paul Hanley	7: 5, 4: 6, 6: 2

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	February 7, 1994	Marseille	carpet	Martin Damm	Jan Siemerink Daniel Vacek	7: 6, 4: 6, 1: 6
2.	April 25, 1994	Monte Carlo	sand	Daniel Vacek	Nickla's cult Magnus Larsson	6: 3, 6: 7, 4: 6
3.	March 27, 1995	St. Petersburg	carpet	Jakob Hlasek	Martin Damm Anders Järryd	4: 6, 2: 6
4th	June 26, 1995	Hall	race	Andrei Olchowski	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	2: 6, 6: 3, 3: 6
5.	February 26, 1996	Antwerp	carpet	Menno Oosting	Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti	4: 6, 4: 6
6th	June 24, 1996	Hall	race	Daniel Vacek	Byron Black Grant Connell	1: 6, 5: 7
7th	November 4, 1996	Paris	carpet	Daniel Vacek	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 7
8th.	March 2, 1998	London	carpet	Daniel Vacek	Martin Damm Jim Grabb	4: 6, 5: 7
9.	November 16, 1998	Moscow	carpet	Daniel Vacek	Jared Palmer Jeff Tarango	4: 6, 7: 6, 2: 6
10.	February 21, 2000	Rotterdam	Hard court (i)	Tim Henman	David Adams John-Laffnie De Jager	7: 5, 2: 6, 3: 6
11.	May 15, 2000	Rome	sand	Wayne Ferreira	Martin Dam Dominik Hrbatý	4: 6, 6: 4, 3: 6
12.	April 22, 2002	Monte Carlo	sand	Paul Haarhuis	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	3: 6, 6: 3, [7:10]
13.	June 9, 2003	French Open	sand	Paul Haarhuis	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6: 7, 3: 6
14th	July 21, 2003	Stuttgart	sand	Kevin Ullyett	Tomáš Cibulec Pavel Vízner	6: 3, 3: 6, 4: 6

Grand Slam Statistics

	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Australian Open	-	-	2	VF	VF	-	-	S.	F.	VF	2	2
French Open	-	2	3	HF	S.	VF	2	2	VF	VF	2	2
Wimbledon	-	-	3	VF	1	AF	1	3	2	3	3	1
US Open	-	-	AF	3	-	2	AF	HF	3	HF	2	3
Position at the end of the year	275	102	11	6th	3	5	11	2	5	4th	27	41

VF = quarter-finals , HF = semi-finals , F = final , S = victory

poker

Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money	100,000 $
Total prize money	$ 193,905
World Series of Poker
Bracelets	no
Cashes	5
Best main event	no cash
Main Event of party poker Live
title	no
Cashes	1
Last updated: June 23, 2020

Kafelnikow has occasionally taken part in live poker tournaments since 2004 . It was in November 2004 at the Pacific Poker UK Open in London by third parties and received 100,000 US dollars . In June 2005, Kafelnikow made three money awards at the World Series of Poker at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas . At the beginning of November 2017, he took 45th place at the Main Event of the World Series of Poker Europe at King's Resort in Rozvadov, endowed with more than 20,000 euros . In total, he has earned almost $ 200,000 in poker in live tournaments.

Web links

Commons : Yevgeny Kafelnikow  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• ATP profile of Yevgeny Kafelnikow (English)
• ITF profile of Yevgeny Kafelnikow (English)
• Davis Cup stats by Yevgeny Kafelnikov (English)
• Yevgeny Kafelnikow in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Profile on ATP Champions Tour homepage
• Yevgeny Kafelnikov in the Hendon Mob Poker Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ A report from the game vs. Fernando Vicente
2. ↑ Match fixing report: Kafelnikov after interview under suspicion
3. ↑ Russian Yevgeni Kafelnikov picks up the driver
4. ^ Li Na, Mary Pierce, Yevgeny Kafelnikov to be inducted into International Tennis Hall of Fame. In: tennisfame.com. January 18, 2019, accessed on July 21, 2019 . 
5. ^ Yevgeny Alexandrowitsch Kafelnikow in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 11, 2020 (English).