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Michel Kratochvil #44 def. David Nalbandian #45

2-6 6-1 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jan 12, 2002*
Tournament	Auckland
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Michel Kratochvil
Score	2-6 6-1 7-5
Loser	David Nalbandian
Duration	1h 49m

Stat	Michel Kratochvil	David Nalbandian
Aces	4	1
Double faults	1	4
First serve %	61	61
First serve points won %	73	65
Second serve points won %	50	55
Break points saved %	50	56
Break points converted %	44	50
Service points won %	64	61
Return points won %	39	36
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Michel Kratochvil	David Nalbandian
Country	SUI	ARG
Birth date	Apr 7, 1979	Jan 1, 1982
Age	22	20
Height	185	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	44	45
Ranking points (entering)	836	795
Elo (entering)	1,737	1,759
Career W-L	70–89	356–185
Career earnings	$1,159,379	$11,123,125

Pre-match H2H

Michel Kratochvil 0 – 0 David Nalbandian

Path

Michel Kratochvil's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 11, 2002	R16	Mark Nielsen	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 10, 2002	R32	Robby Ginepri	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Michel Kratochvil's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 12, 2002	SF	Jerome Golmard	2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

David Nalbandian's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 11, 2002	R16	Francisco Clavet	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 10, 2002	R32	Bjorn Phau	6-4 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data