Michel Kratochvil Explained
| Michel Frank Kratochvil |
| Residence: | Ostermundigen, Switzerland |
| Birth Date: | 1979 4, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Bern, Switzerland |
| Turnedpro: | 1997 |
| Retired: | 2008 |
| Plays: | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Careerprizemoney: | US$1,159,379 |
| Singlesrecord: | 73–98 |
| Singlestitles: | 0
5 Challenger, 0 Futures |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 35 (8 July 2002) |
| Australianopenresult: | 3R (2001) |
| Frenchopenresult: | 3R (2000) |
| Wimbledonresult: | 4R (2002) |
| Usopenresult: | 1R (2000, 2001, 2002) |
| Doublesrecord: | 7–18 |
| Doublestitles: | 0
0 Challenger, 0 Futures |
| Highestdoublesranking: | No. 269 (16 September 2002) |
| Updated: | 23 November 2022 |
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 and 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]
ATP career finals
Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)
| Legend |
|---|
| Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) | | ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) | | ATP Masters Series (0–0) | | ATP Championship Series (0–1) | | ATP World Series (0–1) | |
| | Finals by surface |
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| Hard (0–2) | | Clay (0–0) | | Grass (0–0) | | Carpet (0–0) | |
| | Finals by setting |
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| Outdoors (0–2) | | Indoors (0–0) | |
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ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 10 (5–5)
| Legend |
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| ATP Challenger (5–2) | | ITF Futures (0–3) | |
| | Finals by surface |
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| Hard (2–3) | | Clay (3–2) | | Grass (0–0) | | Carpet (0–0) | |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | | Austria F7, Vienna | Futures | Clay |  Thomas Schiessling | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | | India F3, Bombay | Futures | Hard |  Paradorn Srichaphan | 6–7, 2–6 |
| Loss | 0–3 | | Italy F4, Frascati | Futures | Clay |  Ionuț Moldovan | 2–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 1–3 | | Vienna, Austria | Challenger | Clay |  Marcelo Charpentier | 3–6, 7–6, 6–2 |
| Win | 2–3 | | Sylt, Germany | Challenger | Clay |  Emilio Benfele Álvarez | 6–1, 6–1 |
| Win | 3–3 | | Geneva, Switzerland | Challenger | Clay | Orlin Stanoytchev | 6–0, 6–1 |
| Loss | 3–4 | | Houston, United States | Challenger | Hard |  James Blake | 6–7(5–7), 7–6(14–12), 3–6 |
| Win | 4–4 | | Osaka, Japan | Challenger | Hard |  Lee Hyung-taik | 2–6, 6–2, 6–2 |
| Win | 5–4 | | Brest, France | Challenger | Hard |  Johan Settergren | 3–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–2) |
| Loss | 5–5 | | Istanbul, Turkey | Challenger | Hard | Robin Söderling | 6–7(4–7), 2–6 | |
Doubles: 4 (0–4)
| Legend |
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| ATP Challenger (0–4) | | ITF Futures (0–0) | |
| | Finals by surface |
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| Hard (0–2) | | Clay (0–2) | | Grass (0–0) | | Carpet (0–0) | |
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Performance timeline
Singles
Notes and References
- Web site: Michel Kratochvil – ATP Tour overview. ATP Tour.
- Web site: Davis Cup – Players. 2020-10-31. www.daviscup.com.
- Web site: Agassi crashes out of Indian Wells. 2020-10-31. The Irish Times.
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