Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Insights

Peak Slam run came in a three-year burst

His two titles, one runner-up finish, and three semifinal runs all came between 1995 and 2001. That cluster accounts for every appearance in the final four or better in the data.

1999-2001 was his strongest three-season stretch

Across those three years he reached the Australian Open title, the US Open semifinal, the Australian Open final, the French Open and Australian Open quarterfinals, and the US Open semifinal. No other three-year span in the table matches that concentration of deep runs.

Australian Open was his most productive major

He won it in 1999, was runner-up in 2000, and reached the quarterfinals in 2001. The same event also shows his earliest listed result there, a quarterfinal in 1995.

Late-career decline was abrupt after 2001

After the 2001 US Open semifinal at age 27, his next six Slam results were all outside the second week: R32, R64, R32, R64, R64, and R128 from 2002 to 2003. That marks a clear drop from his earlier deep-run pattern.

He was already competitive at 19-20

His first listed Slam result is a 1993 French Open R64 at age 19, and by 1994 he had reached the US Open round of 16 and two round-of-32 finishes. The early progression shows immediate movement into the later rounds.