Karol Kucera vs Fabrice Santoro — Sydney Round of 32

Sydney · ATP · Round of 32
SVK
Karol Kucera
52 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 7 January 2002
hard
FRA
Fabrice Santoro
53 yrs · 178 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Kucera K.
6-4 1-6 6-3
Santoro F.
Kucera K.
6162
Santoro F.
4631

Karol Kucera defeated Fabrice Santoro 6-4 1-6 6-3 in the Sydney round of 32 on hard. The result followed the form book — Karol Kucera came in leading the head-to-head 6–2. Karol Kucera extended the head-to-head to 7–2.

Key context

  • Match story: Karol Kucera closed it out in three sets, 6–4 1–6 6–3.

Head to head

6–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2003-06-09HalleR16grassKarol Kucera6-3 6-3
2001-12-31ChennaiQFhardKarol Kucera6-2 6-7(9) 7-6(5)
2001-02-12MarseilleR16hardKarol Kucera6-2 7-5
1999-02-15RotterdamR16hardKarol Kucera7-6(4) 6-4
1998-11-02Paris MastersR32hardKarol Kucera6-2 3-6 6-0
1997-04-07EstorilR32clayFabrice Santoro2-6 7-6(1) 6-2
1997-03-17St. PetersburgR32carpetFabrice Santoro6-4 6-3
1997-03-10CopenhagenR16carpetKarol Kucera6-1 4-6 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Kucera K.serving78% hold

wins 62% of points on serve vs Santoro F.

Santoro F.serving76% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Kucera K.

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
Kucera K.Santoro F.
1st serve in·Even
58%
57%
1st serve points won·Even
70%
69%
2nd serve points won·Even
48%
51%
Service points won·Even
61%
61%
Return points won·Even
39%
38%
Break points saved·Even
57%
60%
Aces / match·Slight edge
5.5
4.2
Double faults / match·Dominant
4.8
1.8

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (99 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Federer R.
Chela J.
6-36-3
Semi-finals
Federer R.
Roddick A.
7-636-4
Chela J.
Mirnyi M.
6-46-4
Quarter-finals
Chela J.
Escude N.
W/O
Mirnyi M.
Boutter J.
6-46-2
Roddick A.
Lee H.
6-736-37-5
Federer R.
Rios M.
6-727-646-3
R16
Escude N.
Canas G.
6-46-1
Chela J.
Ferreira W.
6-41-67-61
Rios M.
Pavel A.
6-16-4
Federer R.
Malisse X.
6-26-4
Roddick A.
Ulihrach B.
6-06-4
Lee H.
Kucera K.
6-16-2
Mirnyi M.
Srichaphan P.
6-26-3
Boutter J.
Schuettler R.
6-47-63
R32
Malisse X.
Arazi H.
6-3
Lee H.
Moya C.
7-657-64
Federer R.
Robredo T.
7-657-65
Ferreira W.
Clement A.
6-26-4
Chela J.
Costa A.
6-07-62
Escude N.
Martin A.
6-16-4
Canas G.
Delgado R.
3-66-46-1
Boutter J.
Johansson T.
7-647-5
Schuettler R.
Kiefer N.
6-26-2
Mirnyi M.
Arthurs W.
7-57-64
Srichaphan P.
Grosjean S.
6-36-4
Rios M.
Ljubicic I.
6-756-37-61
Pavel A.
Diaz J.
7-56-4
Roddick A.
Ilie A.
6-46-4
Ulihrach B.
Lapentti N.
6-36-1
Kucera K.
Santoro F.
6-41-66-3