Karol Kucera vs Fabrice Santoro — Halle Round of 16

Halle · ATP · Round of 16
SVK
Karol Kucera
52 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLWLWLWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 9 June 2003
grass
FRA
Fabrice Santoro
53 yrs · 178 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWLWLLL
Kucera K.
6-3 6-3
Santoro F.
Kucera K.
662
Santoro F.
33–

Karol Kucera defeated Fabrice Santoro 6-3 6-3 in the Halle round of 16 on grass. 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

Head to head

6–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2002-01-07SydneyR32hardKarol Kucera6-4 1-6 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.serving84% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Santoro F.

Santoro F.serving81% hold

wins 64% 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
59%
57%
1st serve points won·Even
71%
69%
2nd serve points won·Even
48%
51%
Service points won·Even
62%
61%
Return points won·Even
39%
38%
Break points saved·Even
58%
60%
Aces / match·Clear edge
6.0
4.2
Double faults / match·Dominant
4.6
1.8

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

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Weather
17°COvercast
Wind 19 km/hHumidity 54%

Draw

Final
Federer R.
Kiefer N.
6-16-3
Semi-finals
Kiefer N.
Clement A.
4-67-646-4
Federer R.
Youzhny M.
4-67-646-2
Quarter-finals
Clement A.
Kucera K.
7-56-757-66
Federer R.
El Aynaoui Y.
7-57-63
Youzhny M.
Novak J.
6-46-4
Kiefer N.
Stepanek R.
7-56-3
R16
Novak J.
Koubek S.
6-46-3
El Aynaoui Y.
Burgsmuller L.
6-36-3
Kucera K.
Santoro F.
6-36-3
Clement A.
Ljubicic I.
6-46-2
Youzhny M.
Bjorkman J.
6-47-5
Federer R.
Vicente F.
4-66-26-1
Stepanek R.
Schuettler R.
6-46-766-3
Kiefer N.
Lopez F.
6-13-67-5
R32
El Aynaoui Y.
Koderisch C.
6-16-2
Schuettler R.
Carlsen K.
6-36-4
Kiefer N.
Rochus O.
6-36-0
Koubek S.
Allegro Y.
6-46-3
Bjorkman J.
Abel M.
6-36-4
Clement A.
Niemeyer F.
6-36-0
Ljubicic I.
Prinosil D.
7-656-2
Lopez F.
Davydenko N.
7-656-3
Kucera K.
Kafelnikov Y.
6-16-787-65
Federer R.
Sargsian S.
7-56-1
Burgsmuller L.
Scherrer J.
6-45-76-4
Vicente F.
Lee H.
6-46-0
Stepanek R.
Escude N.
3-66-33-0
Youzhny M.
Mathieu P.
1-66-15-2
Santoro F.
Vahaly B.
6-24-66-3
Novak J.
Dreekmann H.
6-26-4