Fabrice Santoro vs Karol Kucera — St. Petersburg Round of 32
St. Petersburg · ATP · Round of 32
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 17 March 1997
carpet
Santoro F.6-4 6-3
Kucera K.
Santoro F.
662
Kucera K.
43–
Fabrice Santoro defeated Karol Kucera 6-4 6-3 in the St. Petersburg round of 32 on carpet. The upset overturned the form book — Karol Kucera came in leading the head-to-head 7–1. Fabrice Santoro narrowed the head-to-head to 7–2.
Key context
- Match story: Fabrice Santoro closed it out in two sets, 6–4 6–3.
Head to head
1–7| Date | Tournament | Round | Surface | Winner | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-06-09 | Halle | R16 | grass | Karol Kucera | 6-3 6-3 |
| 2002-01-07 | Sydney | R32 | hard | Karol Kucera | 6-4 1-6 6-3 |
| 2001-12-31 | Chennai | QF | hard | Karol Kucera | 6-2 6-7(9) 7-6(5) |
| 2001-02-12 | Marseille | R16 | hard | Karol Kucera | 6-2 7-5 |
| 1999-02-15 | Rotterdam | R16 | hard | Karol Kucera | 7-6(4) 6-4 |
| 1998-11-02 | Paris Masters | R32 | hard | Karol Kucera | 6-2 3-6 6-0 |
| 1997-04-07 | Estoril | R32 | clay | Fabrice Santoro | 2-6 7-6(1) 6-2 |
| 1997-03-10 | Copenhagen | R16 | carpet | Karol Kucera | 6-1 4-6 6-1 |
Serve vs return
This seasonEven serve battle
Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About
Statistics
This season1st serve in·Even
57%
56%
1st serve points won·Even
69%
72%
2nd serve points won·Even
51%
48%
Service points won·Even
61%
61%
Return points won·Even
38%
40%
Break points saved·Even
60%
57%
Aces / match·Slight edge
4.2
5.6
Double faults / match·Dominant
1.8
4.8
Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.
Conditions
Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast
Draw
Quarter-finals
Kroslak J.
Norman M.
6-32-67-5
Stich M.
Carlsen K.
6-26-4
Johansson T.
Delaitre O.
6-26-4
Furlan R.
Clement A.
5-76-46-2
R16
Clement A.
Rusedski G.
W/O
Carlsen K.
Marques N.
6-46-4
Delaitre O.
Vacek D.
6-37-61
Johansson T.
Simian S.
3-66-36-2
Kroslak J.
Santoro F.
3-66-46-3
Norman M.
Prinosil D.
1-66-46-3
Furlan R.
Stanoytchev O.
7-56-3
Stich M.
Camporese O.
6-46-4
R32
Clement A.
Olhovskiy A.
7-54-1
Furlan R.
Burgsmuller L.
7-627-63
Camporese O.
Benfele Alvarez E.
7-637-61
Vacek D.
Fredriksson P.
6-43-66-2
Santoro F.
Kucera K.
6-46-3
Johansson T.
Volkov A.
6-46-1
Simian S.
Tchelychev I.
6-46-2
Delaitre O.
Cherkasov A.
6-46-4
Prinosil D.
Rehmann L.
6-26-2
Norman M.
Winnink J.
7-56-4
Kroslak J.
Stoliarov A.
6-26-4
Rusedski G.
El Sawy T.
4-66-16-4
Stanoytchev O.
Pozzi G.
6-36-4
Stich M.
Fromberg R.
4-67-57-67
Carlsen K.
Roig F.
6-46-4
Marques N.
Belov A.
6-46-2