Karol Kucera vs Radek Stepanek — Milan Round of 32

Milan · ATP · Round of 32
SVK
Karol Kucera
52 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLWLWLWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 9 February 2004
carpet
CZE
Radek Stepanek
47 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WWWWWWLWWW
Kucera K.
7-6 6-2
Stepanek R.
Kucera K.
7762
Stepanek R.
652–

Karol Kucera defeated Radek Stepanek 7-6 6-2 in the Milan round of 32 on carpet. The upset overturned the form book — Radek Stepanek came in defending last year's round of 16. Karol Kucera extended the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Karol Kucera closed it out in two sets, 7–6 6–2.

Head to head

1–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2004-04-26MunichR32clayRadek Stepanek6-4 7-5
2002-08-26US OpenR128hardKarol Kucera6-7(0) 6-4 2-6 6-2 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Kucera K.serving76% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Stepanek R.

Stepanek R.serving83% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Kucera K.

Serve advantage — Stepanek 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
Kucera K.Stepanek R.
1st serve in·Even
60%
61%
1st serve points won·Even
69%
71%
2nd serve points won·Even
49%
50%
Service points won·Even
61%
63%
Return points won·Even
37%
39%
Break points saved·Even
57%
61%
Aces / match·Slight edge
5.6
4.9
Double faults / match·Dominant
4.7
3.2

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (30 vs 200). 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