Karol Kucera vs Martin Verkerk — Canada Masters Round of 32

Canada Masters · ATP · Round of 32
SVK
Karol Kucera
52 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 4 August 2003
hard
NED
Martin Verkerk
47 yrs · 196 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLLLL
Kucera K.
7-6 7-6
Verkerk M.
Kucera K.
710772
Verkerk M.
6863–

Karol Kucera defeated Martin Verkerk 7-6 7-6 in the Canada Masters round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Martin Verkerk came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Karol Kucera claimed a first win over Martin Verkerk in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2003-05-19St. PoeltenR32clayMartin Verkerk6-2 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Kucera K.serving86% hold

wins 67% of points on serve vs Verkerk M.

Verkerk M.serving85% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Kucera K.

Serve-dominated — both hold easily, expect tiebreaks

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.Verkerk M.
1st serve in·Even
59%
60%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
71%
76%
2nd serve points won·Even
48%
50%
Service points won·Slight edge
61%
66%
Return points won·Slight edge
39%
33%
Break points saved·Slight edge
58%
63%
Aces / match·Dominant
5.8
13.1
Double faults / match·Slight edge
4.6
5.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (65 vs 97). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast
Weather
24°CDrizzle
Wind 14 km/hHumidity 70%

Draw

Final
Roddick A.
Nalbandian D.
6-16-3
Semi-finals
Nalbandian D.
Schuettler R.
3-66-26-2
Roddick A.
Federer R.
6-43-67-63
Quarter-finals
Roddick A.
Kucera K.
7-656-3
Nalbandian D.
Lopez F.
6-46-4
Federer R.
Mirnyi M.
6-27-63
Schuettler R.
Agassi A.
2-66-26-3
R16
Nalbandian D.
Spadea V.
6-46-2
Lopez F.
Beck K.
6-47-63
Mirnyi M.
Srichaphan P.
6-36-2
Federer R.
Robredo T.
6-46-3
Roddick A.
Grosjean S.
6-36-3
Kucera K.
Ferrero J.
6-37-5
Agassi A.
Larose S.
6-46-2
Schuettler R.
Novak J.
7-56-0
R32
Kucera K.
Verkerk M.
7-687-63
Mirnyi M.
Hewitt L.
7-56-747-5
Lopez F.
Mathieu P.
6-43-67-5
Beck K.
Zabaleta M.
6-16-1
Agassi A.
Davydenko N.
7-636-2
Larose S.
Acasuso J.
7-651-67-5
Novak J.
Blake J.
7-656-3
Schuettler R.
Kafelnikov Y.
6-16-4
Spadea V.
Clement A.
6-06-757-5
Nalbandian D.
Henman T.
6-46-4
Srichaphan P.
Nestor D.
7-56-4
Robredo T.
Black W.
6-06-2
Federer R.
Rusedski G.
6-46-3
Roddick A.
Chela J.
7-666-2
Grosjean S.
Delgado R.
6-36-2
Ferrero J.
El Aynaoui Y.
6-36-4
R64
Nalbandian D.
Nieminen J.
7-657-65
Henman T.
Gonzalez F.
6-2
Lopez F.
Coria G.
6-3
Black W.
Ferreira W.
6-42-1
Delgado R.
Ljubicic I.
7-607-63
Kucera K.
Gambill J.
7-637-63
Ferrero J.
Saulnier C.
6-46-4
Agassi A.
Niemeyer F.
6-46-2
Davydenko N.
Dancevic F.
7-634-66-3
Acasuso J.
Santoro F.
2-66-36-4
Larose S.
Kuerten G.
7-57-62
Novak J.
Ancic M.
7-53-66-3
Blake J.
Stepanek R.
7-636-4
Kafelnikov Y.
Carraz G.
1-66-26-4
Schuettler R.
Youzhny M.
6-26-4
Clement A.
Moya C.
7-644-66-3
Spadea V.
Sluiter R.
6-36-4
Zabaleta M.
Schalken S.
6-16-1
Beck K.
Llodra M.
6-767-636-1
Mathieu P.
Draper S.
7-656-4
Hewitt L.
Bryan B.
6-26-2
Mirnyi M.
Massu N.
6-47-64
Nestor D.
Ginepri R.
3-66-36-4
Srichaphan P.
Martin A.
6-07-65
Robredo T.
Lee H.
6-47-60
Rusedski G.
Lapentti N.
7-56-3
Federer R.
Gaudio G.
6-43-67-5
Roddick A.
Malisse X.
3-66-06-2
Chela J.
Calleri A.
5-76-46-3
Grosjean S.
Vicente F.
6-36-3
Verkerk M.
Sargsian S.
6-24-67-5
El Aynaoui Y.
Fish M.
6-36-786-3