Roger Federer vs Karol Kucera — Marseille Semi-final

Marseille · ATP · Semi-final
SUI
Roger Federer
44 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWWLWLWW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 10 February 2003
hard
SVK
Karol Kucera
52 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLWLWLWL
Federer R.
7-6 6-3
Kucera K.
Federer R.
7762
Kucera K.
653–

Roger Federer defeated Karol Kucera 7-6 6-3 in the Marseille semi-final on hard. The result followed the form book — Roger Federer came in leading the head-to-head 2–1. Roger Federer extended the head-to-head to 3–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Roger Federer closed it out in two sets, 7–6 6–3.

Head to head

2–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2000-11-06LyonR16clayKarol Kucera3-6 6-2 6-1
2000-09-18Sydney OlympicsR32hardRoger Federer6-4 7-6(5)
1999-10-11ViennaQFhardRoger Federer2-6 6-4 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Federer R.serving92% hold

wins 71% of points on serve vs Kucera K.

Kucera K.serving78% hold

wins 62% of points on serve vs Federer R.

Serve advantage — Federer R.

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
Federer R.Kucera K.
1st serve in·Even
63%
59%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
79%
71%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
59%
48%
Service points won·Slight edge
71%
62%
Return points won·Even
39%
39%
Break points saved·Slight edge
69%
58%
Aces / match·Dominant
9.0
5.9
Double faults / match·Dominant
1.7
4.6

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 65). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Weather
9°CPartly cloudy
Wind 19 km/hHumidity 78%

Draw

Final
Federer R.
Bjorkman J.
6-27-66
Semi-finals
Bjorkman J.
Escude N.
W/O
Federer R.
Kucera K.
7-656-3
Quarter-finals
Federer R.
Sluiter R.
6-44-66-4
Kucera K.
Rochus O.
6-36-3
Bjorkman J.
Hrbaty D.
7-676-4
Escude N.
Cadart R.
7-56-3
R16
Rochus O.
Gasquet R.
6-715-0
Escude N.
Ancic M.
6-23-67-610
Federer R.
Nieminen J.
6-36-3
Sluiter R.
Saulnier C.
7-56-716-2
Bjorkman J.
Voinea A.
7-666-766-3
Hrbaty D.
Mutis O.
6-36-4
Kucera K.
Grosjean S.
7-646-1
Cadart R.
Mirnyi M.
7-656-2
R32
Kucera K.
Kratochvil M.
3-66-44-1
Sluiter R.
Enqvist T.
7-647-66
Federer R.
Ljubicic I.
7-63
Rochus O.
Kafelnikov Y.
7-656-4
Escude N.
Novak J.
6-26-1
Ancic M.
Dupuis A.
6-746-46-4
Cadart R.
Labadze I.
6-46-3
Mirnyi M.
Robredo T.
7-661-67-65
Mutis O.
Vinck C.
6-42-67-5
Hrbaty D.
Arazi H.
6-16-3
Voinea A.
Arthurs W.
6-47-64
Bjorkman J.
El Aynaoui Y.
6-26-4
Gasquet R.
Lopez F.
6-746-46-4
Grosjean S.
Calatrava A.
6-26-1
Saulnier C.
Santoro F.
2-66-46-1
Nieminen J.
Stepanek R.
6-24-67-61