Dominik Hrbaty vs Karol Kucera — Tokyo Round of 16

Tokyo · ATP · Round of 16
SVK
Dominik Hrbaty
48 yrs · 183 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 9 October 2000
hard
SVK
Karol Kucera
52 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLWLWLWL
Hrbaty D.
6-4 6-4
Kucera K.
Hrbaty D.
662
Kucera K.
44–

Dominik Hrbaty defeated Karol Kucera 6-4 6-4 in the Tokyo round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Karol Kucera came in leading the head-to-head 3–2, but Dominik Hrbaty had been the form player, winning 3 of their last 5 on hard. Dominik Hrbaty narrowed the head-to-head to 3–3.

Key context

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

Head to head

2–3
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2004-08-30US OpenR64hardDominik Hrbaty6-4 6-3 1-6 5-7 6-4
1999-10-11ViennaR32hardKarol Kucera3-6 6-4 7-6(3)
1998-08-03AmsterdamQFclayKarol Kucera6-2 6-1
1998-04-13BarcelonaR32clayDominik Hrbaty7-6(7) 6-2
1998-03-09Indian Wells MastersR64hardKarol Kucera6-4 1-6 7-6(5)

Serve vs return

This season
Hrbaty D.serving74% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Kucera K.

Kucera K.serving74% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Hrbaty D.

Even 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 season
Hrbaty D.Kucera K.
1st serve in·Even
58%
56%
1st serve points won·Even
70%
71%
2nd serve points won·Even
49%
48%
Service points won·Even
61%
61%
Return points won·Even
40%
40%
Break points saved·Even
58%
56%
Aces / match·Slight edge
4.3
5.5
Double faults / match·Clear edge
4.1
4.9

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 173). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Weather
18°CRain
Wind 13 km/hHumidity 88%

Draw

Final
Schalken S.
Lapentti N.
6-43-66-1
Semi-finals
Schalken S.
Arazi H.
4-66-37-67
Lapentti N.
Hrbaty D.
6-36-4
Quarter-finals
Hrbaty D.
Kuerten G.
6-766-23-0
Schalken S.
Philippoussis M.
6-26-3
Lapentti N.
Black B.
6-26-2
Arazi H.
Black W.
6-746-26-2
R16
Lapentti N.
Bjorkman J.
4-67-57-64
Philippoussis M.
Yoon Y.
7-676-4
Arazi H.
Taino E.
6-46-2
Black W.
Levy H.
7-656-3
Kuerten G.
Gaudenzi A.
3-66-36-4
Hrbaty D.
Kucera K.
6-46-4
Black B.
Flygt K.
6-26-3
Schalken S.
Mamiit C.
6-26-2
R32
Lapentti N.
Rochus O.
7-667-64
Mamiit C.
Chang M.
7-56-4
Arazi H.
Bastl G.
6-45-76-4
Black W.
Dent T.
6-46-2
Schalken S.
Bruguera S.
6-46-2
Taino E.
Spadea V.
6-37-5
Yoon Y.
Prinosil D.
4-67-56-1
Kuerten G.
Massu N.
7-656-0
Gaudenzi A.
Paes L.
6-36-2
Philippoussis M.
Arthurs W.
6-27-5
Kucera K.
Friedl L.
6-14-66-4
Levy H.
Lee H.
6-26-4
Hrbaty D.
Tieleman L.
7-657-5
Bjorkman J.
Suzuki T.
3-66-16-1
Flygt K.
Sa A.
6-46-2
Black B.
Elsner D.
6-26-1
R64
Elsner D.
Motomura G.
6-46-4
Friedl L.
Sanguinetti D.
4-66-16-4
Tieleman L.
Miyao J.
6-47-5
Yoon Y.
Vinck C.
6-41-66-2
Massu N.
Iwabuchi S.
6-26-3
Levy H.
Salzenstein J.
5-76-06-1
Lee H.
Stanoytchev O.
6-17-63
Black W.
Hantschk M.
6-37-5
Sa A.
Calatrava A.
6-40-66-2
Schalken S.
Srichaphan P.
7-55-76-2
Flygt K.
Zabaleta M.
7-673-66-3
Paes L.
Jonsson F.
7-666-3
Gaudenzi A.
Rochus C.
4-66-36-4
Bjorkman J.
Tarango J.
6-43-67-66
Suzuki T.
Kim K.
3-66-46-3
Bruguera S.
Cowan B.
6-46-3
Mamiit C.
Stoltenberg J.
6-36-4
Spadea V.
Ilie A.
6-26-1
Taino E.
Onoda M.
6-26-3
Bastl G.
Stoliarov A.
5-76-16-0
Arthurs W.
Ishii Y.
6-36-4
Kucera K.
Goldstein P.
6-16-2
Rochus O.
Woodruff C.
7-56-4
Prinosil D.
Youzhny M.
6-22-67-66