Michel Kratochvil vs Sultan Khalfan — Doha Round of 32

Doha · ATP · Round of 32
SUI
Michel Kratochvil
47 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 30 December 2002
hard
QAT
Sultan Khalfan
49 yrs · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLLWW
Kratochvil M.
6-0 6-4
Khalfan S.
Kratochvil M.
662
Khalfan S.
04–

Michel Kratochvil defeated Sultan Khalfan 6-0 6-4 in the Doha round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Sultan Khalfan came in defending last year's round of 32, but Michel Kratochvil had been the form player, winning 3 of their last 8 on hard.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Kratochvil M.serving81% hold

wins 64% of points on serve vs Khalfan S.

Khalfan S.serving60% hold

wins 54% of points on serve vs Kratochvil M.

Serve advantage — Kratochvil M.

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
Kratochvil M.Khalfan S.
1st serve in·Even
57%
56%
1st serve points won·Clear edge
69%
55%
2nd serve points won·Clear edge
48%
34%
Service points won·Clear edge
60%
46%
Return points won·Slight edge
38%
33%
Break points saved·Even
59%
58%
Aces / match·Clear edge
3.5
1.3
Double faults / match·Even
4.5
4.3

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (89 vs 3). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast
Weather
21°CClear
Wind 33 km/hHumidity 49%

Draw

Final
Koubek S.
Gambill J.
6-46-4
Semi-finals
Koubek S.
El Aynaoui Y.
7-617-65
Gambill J.
Youzhny M.
6-46-2
Quarter-finals
El Aynaoui Y.
Santoro F.
3-66-36-3
Gambill J.
Federer R.
6-47-5
Koubek S.
Vinciguerra A.
6-36-4
Youzhny M.
Vicente F.
7-676-3
R16
El Aynaoui Y.
Arazi H.
6-47-61
Santoro F.
Rochus C.
7-56-787-5
Youzhny M.
Stepanek R.
6-36-1
Vinciguerra A.
Costa A.
3-67-657-5
Koubek S.
Voltchkov V.
6-16-1
Federer R.
Kratochvil M.
6-46-4
Vicente F.
Hantschk M.
7-57-63
Gambill J.
Ferrer D.
7-656-4
R32
Santoro F.
Mantilla F.
6-36-3
Costa A.
Gaudenzi A.
6-36-4
Stepanek R.
Lopez F.
6-746-36-2
Federer R.
Stoliarov A.
6-26-746-4
Vinciguerra A.
Alami K.
2-66-46-1
Kratochvil M.
Khalfan S.
6-06-4
Voltchkov V.
Lee H.
6-43-67-5
Ferrer D.
Sluiter R.
6-36-726-4
Gambill J.
Heuberger I.
6-17-5
Vicente F.
Kafelnikov Y.
6-27-5
Hantschk M.
Carlsen K.
7-636-1
Koubek S.
Escude N.
7-656-2
El Aynaoui Y.
Boutter J.
6-46-4
Arazi H.
Prinosil D.
6-26-3
Rochus C.
Allegro Y.
6-36-2
Youzhny M.
Sanchez D.
4-66-46-4