Karol Kucera #53 def. Michel Kratochvil #81

7-5 6-2

Karol Kucera defeated Michel Kratochvil 7-5 6-2 in the 2003 Copenhagen quarterfinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Mar 1, 2003*
Tournament: Copenhagen
Edition: 2003
Category: ATP International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250
Surface: Hard
Round: QF
Duration: 1h 26m

Match Statistics

Stat	Karol Kucera	Michel Kratochvil
Aces	6	2
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	57	56
First serve points won %	82	57
Second serve points won %	67	45
Break points saved %	0	56
Break points converted %	44	100
Service points won %	76	52
Return points won %	48	24
Total points won %	59	41

Player Comparison

Field	Karol Kucera	Michel Kratochvil
Country	SVK	SUI
Birth date	Mar 4, 1974	Apr 7, 1979
Age	28	23
Height	188 cm	185 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	53	81
Ranking points (entering)	683	520
Elo (entering)	1,833	1,647
Current career W-L	261–233	70–89
Current career earnings	$5,061,125	$1,159,379

Pre-match H2H

Karol Kucera #53 1 – 1 Michel Kratochvil #81

Path

Karol Kucera's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Marc Rosset #114	7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 28, 2003	R16
Kristof Vliegen #111	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 27, 2003	R32

Karol Kucera's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Wayne Arthurs #45	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 1, 2003	SF

Michel Kratochvil's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jean-Rene Lisnard #88	7-6(5) 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 28, 2003	R16
Kenneth Carlsen #59	6-7(3) 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 27, 2003	R32