Michel Kratochvil

Michel Frank Kratochvil
Country   Switzerland
Residence Ostermundigen, Switzerland
Born April 7, 1979
Bern, Switzerland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro 1997
Retired 2008
Plays Right-handed (two handed-backhand)
Prize money US$1,159,379
Singles
Career record 73–98
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 35 (July 08, 2002)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 3R (2001)
French Open 3R (2000)
Wimbledon 4R (2002)
US Open 1R (2000, 2001, 2002)
Doubles
Career record 7–18
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 269 (September 16, 2002)

Michel Frank Kratochvil (born April 7, 1979 in Bern) is a former tennis player from Switzerland. He was a member of the Swiss Davis Cup Team between 2000–2004 with a singles record 3–9, winning the decider in the first round of the 2003 World Group against Martin Verkerk of Netherlands 1–6, 7–6, 7–6, 6–1. He played doubles alongside Roger Federer in the 2002 Gstaad Open who was the defending champion but lost in the first round this time. He also defeated reigning champion Andre Agassi in the first round 2002 Indian Wells Masters.

Singles finals (12)

Wins (5)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP International Series Gold /
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0)
ATP International Series /
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0)
Challengers (5)
Futures
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
1. August 9, 1999 Austria Vienna Clay Argentina Marcelo Charpentier 3–6, 7–6, 6–2
2. August 16, 1999 Germany Sylt Clay Spain Emilio Benfele Álvarez 6–1, 6–1
3. August 23, 1999 Switzerland Geneva Clay Bulgaria Orlin Stanoytchev 6–0, 6–1
4. November 13, 2000 Japan Osaka Hard South Korea Hyung-Taik Lee 2–6, 6–2, 6–2
5. November 20, 2000 France Brest Hard (i) Sweden Johan Settergen 3–6, 6–4, 7–6

Runner-ups (7)

No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
1. January 31, 1999 India India F3 Hard Thailand Paradorn Srichaphan 7–6, 6–2
2. April 25, 1999 Italy Italy F4 Clay Romania Ionut Moldovan 6–2, 6–1
3. August 22, 1998 Austria Austria F7 Clay Austria Thomas Schiessling 6–3, 6–4
4. September 18, 2000 United States Houston Hard United States James Blake 7–6, 6–7, 6–3
5. September 17, 2001 China Shanghai Hard Germany Rainer Schüttler 6–3, 6–4
6. October 1, 2001 Japan Tokyo Hard Australia Lleyton Hewitt 6–4, 6–2
7. September 7, 2003 Turkey Istanbul Hard Sweden Robin Söderling 7–6, 6–2

Doubles finals

Runner-ups (3)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (0)
Challengers (3)
No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponent in the final Score in the final
1. August 19, 1996 Switzerland Geneva Clay Switzerland George Bastl Germany Patrick Baur / Germany Jens Knippschild 6–1, 6–1
2. August 15, 1999 Austria Vienna Clay Czech Republic Petr Kralert Austria Julian Knowle / Austria Thomas Strengberger 6–3, 6–2
3. November, 2004 France Réunion Hard Czech Republic Jiří Vaněk Thailand Sanchai Ratiwatana / Thailand Sonchat Ratiwatana W/O
4. August 5, 2007 Spain Segovia Hard Luxembourg Gilles Müller India Rohan Bopanna / Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi 7–6(8), 6–3

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