SF Marseille 2003

Roger Federer #6 def. Karol Kucera #62

7-6(5) 6-3

Roger Federer defeated Karol Kucera 7-6(5) 6-3 in the 2003 Marseille semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatRoger FedererKarol Kucera
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
34
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
11
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
71.9%65.3%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
78.0%71.4%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
75.0%42.3%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
—66.7%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
77.2%61.3%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
33.3%—
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
38.7%22.8%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
55.3%44.7%
Match Serve+This match’s service points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+14.7-1.1
Match Return+This match’s return points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+1.1-14.7

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the ATP 2003 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldRoger FedererKarol Kucera
Country SUI SVK
Birth dateAug 8, 1981Mar 4, 1974
Age2128
Height185 cm188 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleOne-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)662
Ranking points (entering)2,415613
Elo (entering)1,9211,832
Current career W-L1,219–272261–233
Current career earnings$130,594,339$5,061,125
Pre-match H2H
Roger Federer #6 2 – 1 Karol Kucera #62

Path

Roger Federer's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Raemon Sluiter #786-4 4-6 6-4WH2HMatch dataFeb 15, 2003QF
Jarkko Nieminen #356-3 6-3WH2HMatch dataFeb 14, 2003R16
Ivan Ljubicic #527-6(3) (ret.)WH2HMatch dataFeb 13, 2003R32

Roger Federer's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Jonas Bjorkman #866-2 7-6(6)WH2HMatch dataFeb 16, 2003F

Karol Kucera's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Olivier Rochus #686-3 6-3WH2HMatch dataFeb 15, 2003QF
Sebastien Grosjean #127-6(4) 6-1WH2HMatch dataFeb 14, 2003R16
Michel Kratochvil #823-6 6-4 4-1 (ret.)WH2HMatch dataFeb 13, 2003R32