May 3, 1999: The day Russian Yevgeny Kafelnikov – surprisingly – became world No 1
Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back in time to relive a tennis event which happened on this specific day. On May 3, 1999, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, aged 25, became the first Russian to become world No 1 in tennis history
Alexandre Sokolowski
May 3, 2023
