Head to head
4
Hard
4
0
Clay
1
2
Grass
1
3
Carpet
0
Yevgeny Kafelnikov's wins on the left · Nicolas Kiefer's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (15)
| 2003 | St. Petersburg | Hard | R32 | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 2-6 6-3 6-4 |
| 2003 | Indianapolis | Hard | R16 | Nicolas Kiefer | 6-3 6-4 |
| 2002 | Moscow | Carpet | R16 | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 6-4 6-2 |
| 2002 | Halle | Grass | F | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 2-6 6-4 6-4 |
| 2002 | Munich | Clay | R32 | Nicolas Kiefer | 6-4 6-7(7) 6-3 |
| 2001 | Moscow | Carpet | F | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 6-4 7-5 |
| 2001 | Rotterdam | Hard | R16 | Nicolas Kiefer | 6-4 6-2 |
| 2001 | Australian Open | Hard | R64 | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 6-2 3-6 3-6 6-3 6-0 |
| 1999 | ATP Tour World Championship | Hard | RR | Nicolas Kiefer | 6-1 4-6 6-2 |
| 1999 | Vienna | Hard | QF | Nicolas Kiefer | 6-0 6-4 |
| 1999 | Washington | Hard | SF | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 6-2 2-6 6-3 |
| 1999 | Davis Cup WG R1: GER vs RUS | Carpet | RR | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 7-6(5) 6-4 6-4 |
| 1998 | US Open | Hard | R32 | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 6-4 6-0 6-2 |
| 1997 | Wimbledon | Grass | R16 | Nicolas Kiefer | 6-2 7-5 2-6 6-1 |
| 1997 | Halle | Grass | R16 | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 7-6(3) 7-6(2) |
Methodology
Head-to-head totals and surface splits exclude walkovers (no match was played), which follows ATP convention — walkover meetings still appear in the match list. The momentum chart plots the running lead across all counted meetings, oldest to newest.