Michel Kratochvil
Country (sports) | Switzerland |
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Residence | Ostermundigen, Switzerland |
Born | Bern, Switzerland | 7 April 1979
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Turned pro | 1997 |
Retired | 2008 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | US$1,159,379 |
Singles | |
Career record | 73–98 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 35 (8 July 2002) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | 3R (2001) |
French Open | 3R (2000) |
Wimbledon | 4R (2002) |
US Open | 1R (2000, 2001, 2002) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 7–18 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 269 (16 September 2002) |
Michel Frank Kratochvil (born 7 April 1979) is a former tennis player from Switzerland.[1] He was a member of the Swiss Davis Cup Team between 2000–2004 with a singles record 3–9, winning the decider in the first round of the 2003 World Group against Martin Verkerk of Netherlands 1–6, 7–6, 7–6, 6–1.[2] He played doubles alongside Roger Federer in the 2002 Gstaad Open who was the defending champion but lost in the first round this time. He also defeated reigning champion Andre Agassi in the first round 2002 Indian Wells Masters.[3]
Singles finals[]
Legend |
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Grand Slam (0) |
Tennis Masters Cup (0) |
ATP Masters Series (0) |
ATP International Series Gold / ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–1) |
ATP International Series / ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)) |
Challengers (5–2) |
Futures (0–3) |
ATP Tour (0–2)[]
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2001 | Shanghai, China | ATP 250 | Hard | Rainer Schüttler | 6–3, 6–4 |
Loss | 0–2 | Oct 2001 | Japan Open, Japan | ATP 500 | Hard | Lleyton Hewitt | 6–4, 6–2 |
Challenger and Futures (5–5)[]
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Aug 1998 | Austria F7, Vienna | Futures | Clay | Thomas Schiessling | 6–3, 6–4 |
Loss | 0–2 | Jan 1999 | India F3, Bombay | Futures | Hard | Paradorn Srichaphan | 7–6, 6–2 |
Loss | 0–3 | Apr 1999 | Italy F4, Frascati | Futures | Clay | Ionut Moldovan | 6–2, 6–1 |
Win | 1–3 | Aug 1999 | Vienna, Austria | Challenger | Clay | Marcelo Charpentier | 3–6, 7–6, 6–2 |
Win | 2–3 | Aug 1999 | Sylt, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Emilio Benfele Álvarez | 6–1, 6–1 |
Win | 3–3 | Aug 1999 | Geneva, Switzerland | Challenger | Clay | Orlin Stanoytchev | 6–0, 6–1 |
Loss | 3–4 | Sep 2000 | Houston, US | Challenger | Hard | James Blake | 7–6, 6–7, 6–3 |
Win | 4–4 | Nov 2000 | Osaka, Japan | Challenger | Hard | Hyung-Taik Lee | 2–6, 6–2, 6–2 |
Win | 5–4 | Nov 2000 | Brest, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | Johan Settergren | 3–6, 6–4, 7–6 |
Loss | 5–5 | Sep 2003 | Istanbul, Turkey | Challenger | Hard | Robin Söderling | 7–6, 6–2 |
Doubles finals[]
Legend |
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Grand Slam (0) |
Tennis Masters Cup (0) |
ATP Masters Series (0) |
ATP Tour (0) |
Challengers (0–4) |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Aug 1996 | Geneva, Switzerland | Challenger | Clay | George Bastl | Patrick Baur Jens Knippschild |
6–1, 6–1 |
Loss | 0–2 | Aug 1999 | Vienna, Austria | Challenger | Clay | Petr Kralert | Julian Knowle Thomas Strengberger |
6–3, 6–2 |
Loss | 0–3 | Nov 2004 | Réunion | Challenger | Hard | Jiří Vaněk | Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana |
w/o |
Loss | 0–4 | Aug 2007 | Segovia, Spain | Challenger | Hard | Gilles Müller | Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi |
7–6(10–8), 6–3 |
Grand Slam performance timeline[]
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | SR | W–L |
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Australian Open | A | 3R | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 3–2 |
French Open | 3R | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 4 | 3–4 |
Wimbledon | A | 1R | 4R | 1R | A | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 3 | 3–3 |
US Open | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 3 | 0–3 |
References[]
- ^ "Michel Kratochvil – ATP Tour overview". ATP Tour.
- ^ "Davis Cup - Players". www.daviscup.com. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
- ^ "Agassi crashes out of Indian Wells". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
External links[]
- Michel Kratochvil at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Michel Kratochvil at the International Tennis Federation
- Michel Kratochvil at the Davis Cup
Categories:
- 1979 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Bern
- Swiss people of Czech descent
- Swiss male tennis players
- People from Ostermundigen
- European tennis biography stubs
- Swiss sportspeople stubs