Thomas Johansson vs Karol Kucera — Milan Quarter-final

Milan · ATP · Quarter-final
SWE
Thomas Johansson
51 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLWLLWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 9 February 2004
carpet
SVK
Karol Kucera
52 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLWLWLWL
Johansson T.
7-6 7-6
Kucera K.
Johansson T.
77772
Kucera K.
6262–

Thomas Johansson defeated Karol Kucera 7-6 7-6 in the Milan quarter-final on carpet. The upset overturned the form book — Karol Kucera came in leading the head-to-head 2–0. Thomas Johansson claimed a first win over Karol Kucera in three meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
1999-10-04BaselR32hardKarol Kucera7-5 6-3
1999-04-02Davis Cup WG R1: SWE vs SVKRRcarpetKarol Kucera6-1 7-6(7) 2-6 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Johansson T.serving85% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Kucera K.

Kucera K.serving84% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Johansson T.

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
Johansson T.Kucera K.
1st serve in·Even
57%
60%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
76%
70%
2nd serve points won·Even
52%
49%
Service points won·Even
65%
61%
Return points won·Even
35%
38%
Break points saved·Slight edge
63%
57%
Aces / match·Dominant
8.8
5.7
Double faults / match·Dominant
2.3
4.6

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 30). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Draw

Final
Dupuis A.
Ancic M.
6-46-7127-65
Semi-finals
Ancic M.
Johansson T.
6-36-4
Dupuis A.
Carraz G.
6-46-4
Quarter-finals
Ancic M.
Robredo T.
6-36-4
Dupuis A.
Youzhny M.
5-77-657-65
Carraz G.
Verkerk M.
6-37-63
Johansson T.
Kucera K.
7-627-62
R16
Verkerk M.
Escude N.
6-36-4
Youzhny M.
Hrbaty D.
6-46-3
Ancic M.
Nadal R.
7-56-2
Dupuis A.
Heuberger I.
7-646-3
Robredo T.
Ivanisevic G.
6-45-77-64
Kucera K.
Sargsian S.
6-26-1
Johansson T.
Sluiter R.
6-36-3
Carraz G.
Beck K.
6-46-7147-65
R32
Sargsian S.
Seppi A.
6-16-4
Hrbaty D.
Andreev I.
4-66-36-2
Nadal R.
Karlovic I.
7-56-756-1
Ancic M.
Santoro F.
6-26-3
Ivanisevic G.
Ulihrach B.
7-623-67-63
Sluiter R.
Bracciali D.
7-56-4
Johansson T.
Davydenko N.
6-36-4
Kucera K.
Stepanek R.
7-656-2
Robredo T.
Corretja A.
6-47-5
Verkerk M.
Sanguinetti D.
6-47-60
Escude N.
Bohli S.
6-36-4
Carraz G.
Santopadre V.
6-786-36-3
Beck K.
Ljubicic I.
6-46-4
Dupuis A.
Lopez F.
6-37-66
Heuberger I.
Martin A.
6-16-4
Youzhny M.
Galimberti G.
7-656-3