Michel Kratochvil

Michel Frank Kratochvil
Country (sports)  Switzerland
ResidenceOstermundigen, Switzerland
Born (1979-04-07) 7 April 1979
Bern, Switzerland
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro1997
Retired2008
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$1,159,379
Singles
Career record73–98
Career titles0
5 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 35 (8 July 2002)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (2001)
French Open3R (2000)
Wimbledon4R (2002)
US Open1R (2000, 2001, 2002)
Doubles
Career record7–18
Career titles0
0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 269 (16 September 2002)
Last updated on: 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
Hard (0–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–2)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2001 Shanghai, China International Series Hard Rainer Schüttler 3–6, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Oct 2001 Tokyo, Japan Championship Series Hard Lleyton Hewitt 4–6, 2–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 10 (5–5)

Legend
ATP Challenger (5–2)
ITF Futures (0–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–3)
Clay (3–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 1998 Austria F7, Vienna Futures Clay Thomas Schiessling 3–6, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Jan 1999 India F3, Bombay Futures Hard Paradorn Srichaphan 6–7, 2–6
Loss 0–3 Apr 1999 Italy F4, Frascati Futures Clay Ionuț Moldovan 2–6, 1–6
Win 1–3 Aug 1999 Vienna, Austria Challenger Clay Marcelo Charpentier 3–6, 7–6, 6–2
Win 2–3 Aug 1999 Sylt, Germany Challenger Clay Emilio Benfele Álvarez 6–1, 6–1
Win 3–3 Aug 1999 Geneva, Switzerland Challenger Clay Orlin Stanoytchev 6–0, 6–1
Loss 3–4 Sep 2000 Houston, United States Challenger Hard James Blake 6–7(5–7), 7–6(14–12), 3–6
Win 4–4 Nov 2000 Osaka, Japan Challenger Hard Lee Hyung-taik 2–6, 6–2, 6–2
Win 5–4 Nov 2000 Brest, France Challenger Hard Johan Settergren 3–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Loss 5–5 Sep 2003 Istanbul, Turkey Challenger Hard Robin Söderling 6–7(4–7), 2–6

Doubles: 4 (0–4)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–4)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 1996 Geneva, Switzerland Challenger Clay George Bastl Patrick Baur
Jens Knippschild 		1–6, 1–6
Loss 0–2 Aug 1999 Vienna, Austria Challenger Clay Petr Kralert Julian Knowle
Thomas Strengberger 		3–6, 2–6
Loss 0–3 Nov 2004 Réunion Island, Réunion Challenger Hard Jiří Vaněk Sanchai Ratiwatana
Sonchat Ratiwatana 		walkover
Loss 0–4 Aug 2007 Segovia, Spain Challenger Hard Gilles Müller Rohan Bopanna
Aisam Qureshi 		6–7(8–10), 3–6

Performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q2 A A Q1 3R 2R 2R Q3 A A A 0 / 3 4–3 57%
French Open A A A 3R 1R 2R 1R Q1 A A Q1 0 / 4 3–4 43%
Wimbledon A A A A 1R 4R 1R Q2 A A Q1 0 / 3 3–3 50%
US Open A A A 1R 1R 1R A Q1 A A Q1 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 2–4 5–4 1–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 13 10–13 43%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A A A Q1 Q2 2R 1R A A A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Miami A A A 3R 1R 1R 1R Q1 A A A 0 / 4 2–4 33%
Monte Carlo A A A A Q1 2R A A A A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Rome A A A A A 2R A A A A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Hamburg A A A Q1 Q1 1R A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Canada A A A A A 1R A 1R A A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Cincinnati A A A A A 1R A 1R A A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Madrid Not Masters Series 1R Q1 A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Paris A A A A A 1R A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 3–9 0–2 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 15 5–15 25%

References

  1. ^ "Michel Kratochvil – ATP Tour overview". ATP Tour.
  2. ^ "Davis Cup – Players". www.daviscup.com. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
  3. ^ "Agassi crashes out of Indian Wells". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2020-10-31.


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