Richard Krajicek vs Thomas Johansson — St. Petersburg Semi-final

St. Petersburg · ATP · Semi-final
NED
Richard Krajicek
54 yrs · 196 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWLWWLLL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 9 February 1998
carpet
SWE
Thomas Johansson
51 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLWLLWL
Krajicek R.
6-4 6-4
Johansson T.
Krajicek R.
662
Johansson T.
44–

Richard Krajicek defeated Thomas Johansson 6-4 6-4 in the St. Petersburg semi-final on carpet. The upset overturned the form book — Thomas Johansson came in defending the title. Richard Krajicek extended the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Richard Krajicek edged a tight contest from start to finish — 6–4 6–4.

Head to head

1–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
1999-02-22LondonSFcarpetRichard Krajicek6-2 6-4
1998-08-31US OpenR32hardThomas Johansson6-7(5) 5-4 RET

Serve vs return

This season
Krajicek R.serving94% hold

wins 74% of points on serve vs Johansson T.

Johansson T.serving86% hold

wins 67% of points on serve vs Krajicek R.

Serve-dominated — both hold easily, expect tiebreaks

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 season
Krajicek R.Johansson T.
1st serve in·Even
58%
57%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
82%
75%
2nd serve points won·Even
52%
51%
Service points won·Slight edge
70%
65%
Return points won·Even
37%
35%
Break points saved·Even
65%
63%
Aces / match·Dominant
14.2
8.8
Double faults / match·Clear edge
3.7
2.3

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (193 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Krajicek R.
Rosset M.
6-47-65
Semi-finals
Krajicek R.
Johansson T.
6-46-4
Rosset M.
Pioline C.
6-16-4
Quarter-finals
Rosset M.
Hrbaty D.
6-46-3
Krajicek R.
Vacek D.
7-646-1
Johansson T.
Santoro F.
6-36-3
Pioline C.
Dreekmann H.
4-66-37-5
R16
Vacek D.
Knippschild J.
6-22-1
Hrbaty D.
Kulti N.
6-36-4
Rosset M.
Delaitre O.
6-46-3
Dreekmann H.
Goellner M.
6-46-4
Pioline C.
Van Herck J.
6-36-4
Krajicek R.
Prinosil D.
6-726-46-2
Santoro F.
Bachelot J.
6-37-5
Johansson T.
Sanguinetti D.
6-26-2
R32
Prinosil D.
Damm Sr M.
3-66-27-66
Knippschild J.
Vasek R.
6-736-36-3
Vacek D.
Furlan R.
6-37-62
Santoro F.
Boetsch A.
7-646-3
Bachelot J.
Pescariu D.
7-56-3
Sanguinetti D.
Burgsmuller L.
6-26-4
Johansson T.
Pozzi G.
7-626-2
Hrbaty D.
Schuettler R.
6-36-4
Kulti N.
Schaller G.
6-22-0
Goellner M.
Marin J.
6-47-5
Rosset M.
Tchernenko A.
6-26-3
Van Herck J.
Tillstrom M.
3-66-36-4
Delaitre O.
Golmard J.
7-56-1
Krajicek R.
Kroslak J.
6-14-66-3
Pioline C.
Ondruska M.
7-56-2
Dreekmann H.
Ivanov Smolensky K.
6-16-2