The hobbies of Yevgeny are fishing, soccer (Spartak Moscow), basketball, hockey (Detroit Red Wings), golf, airplanes, casino... Yevgeny's past or current sponsors are : Lotto, Diadora, Fischer, Nike. His friends on the ATP Tour are Medvedev, Rosset, Safin, Moya, Enqvist. His ennemies on the ATP Tour are Hewitt, Kiefer, Rafter. Yevgeny has a golf handicap of 10. Andrei Medvedev won 1000 $ in Estoril after a bet with Yevgeny. Impressed by the way Costa defeated him in Davis Cup the week before, Yevgeny had bet on a defeat for Andrei and had advised him to reserve rapidly his plane ticket. In the 1999 Davis Cup first round, the players could chose a song to come to the court. Yevgeny chose "Save tonight" (Eagle Eye Cherry). Yevgeny escaped potential serious injuries in a freak incident. Fireworks exploded near his head while he celebrated New Year's Eve with friends in Frankfurt, and he arrived in Qatar with cuts on his face and forehead. Yevgeny likes skiing in France. He likes all kind of pop music. Yevgeny prefers to play against servers/volleyers than play against "those Spanish players who never make any faults". When he was young, he used to watch each tournament on TV : he loved that! He used to appreciate History at school. His best stroke is his forehand according to him. Stockholm is his favourite city. Kafel can't read more than two pages; this makes him tired and reminds him of the school! A couple of years ago at a world championship the autograph of Yevgeny was analysed. Electronic graphology determined that he is a pedant and pragmatist, that he is capable of giving to charity, and a very good friend. At the same time he is inclined to isolation. Among his friends are ice hockey player Sergei Fedorov and football player Sergei Kirjakov. Yevgeny presented the Sochi children's clinic with a gas analyzer for 50 000 $. Kafelnikov began following baseball in 1994 and proclaims himself an avid Yankees fan. Yevgeny Kafelnikov is one of Martina Hingis' three favourite male players. In the Masters Cup 2001, Yevgeny and Ferrero played in particular conditions for one set and a half: the net was 5 cms too high! Yevgeny was the only one who noticed it, puzzled by his poor first serve %...