Yevgeny Kafelnikov is a Russian former professional tennis player, born on 18 February 1974, who reached the world number one ranking in men's singles on the ATP rankings. He won 26 ATP Tour level singles titles, among them two major championships, the 1996 French Open and the 1999 Australian Open, and he took the gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. In doubles he won four majors, three at the French Open and one at the US Open. He is the most recent man to win both the singles and doubles titles at the same major, which he did at the 1996 French Open, and he was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2019.
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Kafelnikov won 26 ATP Tour-level singles titles
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is a Russian former professional tennis player
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including two majors at the 1996 French Open and the 1999 Australian Open
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including two majors at the 1996 French Open and the 1999 Australian Open
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as well as an Olympic gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics
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