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

Date: Feb 15, 2003*
Tournament: Marseille
Edition: 2003
Category: ATP International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250
Surface: Hard
Round: SF
Duration: 1h 26m

Match Statistics

Stat	Roger Federer	Karol Kucera
Aces	3	4
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	72	65
First serve points won %	78	71
Second serve points won %	75	42
Break points saved %	—	67
Break points converted %	33	—
Service points won %	77	61
Return points won %	39	23
Total points won %	55	45

Player Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Karol Kucera
Country	SUI	SVK
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Mar 4, 1974
Age	21	28
Height	185 cm	188 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	6	62
Ranking points (entering)	2,415	613
Elo (entering)	1,921	1,832
Current career W-L	1,219–272	261–233
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

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Raemon Sluiter #78	6-4 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 15, 2003	QF
Jarkko Nieminen #35	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 14, 2003	R16
Ivan Ljubicic #52	7-6(3) (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 13, 2003	R32

Roger Federer's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jonas Bjorkman #86	6-2 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 16, 2003	F

Karol Kucera's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Olivier Rochus #68	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 15, 2003	QF
Sebastien Grosjean #12	7-6(4) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 14, 2003	R16
Michel Kratochvil #82	3-6 6-4 4-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 13, 2003	R32