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Yevgeny Kafelnikov
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Person

Yevgeny Kafelnikov

b. 1974

Russian tennis player

Born
18 Feb 1974 · Sochi

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

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  1. 18 Feb 1974BornBorn in Sochi

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1974 – today).

  1. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  2. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  3. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  4. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  5. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  6. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  7. 1985Schengen Agreement
  8. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  9. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  10. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  11. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  12. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  13. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  14. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  15. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  16. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  17. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  18. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  19. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  20. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  21. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  22. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  23. 20112011 Norway attacks
  24. 2011Libyan civil war
  25. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  26. 20122012 Summer Olympics
  27. 20142014 FIFA World Cup
  28. 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
  29. 2015Paris Agreement
  30. 20182018 FIFA World Cup
  31. 2020COVID-19 pandemic
  32. 20212020 Summer Olympics
  33. 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
  34. 2023Gaza war
  35. 20242024 Summer Olympics
  36. 20262026 Iran war

Biography

Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Kafelnikov (Russian: Евгений Александрович Кафельников, IPA: [jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ˈkafʲɪlʲnʲɪkəf] ; born 18 February 1974) is a Russian former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Kafelnikov won 26 ATP Tour-level singles titles, including two majors at the 1996 French Open and the 1999 Australian Open, as well as an Olympic gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. He also won four major doubles titles (three at the French Open and one at the US Open), and is the most recent man to have won both the men's singles and doubles titles at the same major, which he achieved at the 1996 French Open. In 2019, Kafelnikov was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

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