Michel Kratochvil

Michel Frank Kratochvil

Country (sports)	Switzerland
Residence	Ostermundigen, Switzerland
Born	(1979-04-07) 7 April 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 (8 July 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 (16 September 2002)

Michel Frank Kratochvil (born 7 April 1979) 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.	9 August 1999	Vienna	Clay	Marcelo Charpentier	3–6, 7–6, 6–2
2.	16 August 1999	Sylt	Clay	Emilio Benfele Álvarez	6–1, 6–1
3.	23 August 1999	Geneva	Clay	Orlin Stanoytchev	6–0, 6–1
4.	13 November 2000	Osaka	Hard	Hyung-Taik Lee	2–6, 6–2, 6–2
5.	20 November 2000	Brest	Hard (i)	Johan Settergen	3–6, 6–4, 7–6

Runners-up (7)

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

Doubles finals

Runners-up (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.	19 August 1996	Geneva	Clay	George Bastl	Patrick Baur / Jens Knippschild	6–1, 6–1
2.	15 August 1999	Vienna	Clay	Petr Kralert	Julian Knowle / Thomas Strengberger	6–3, 6–2
3.	November, 2004	Réunion	Hard	Jiří Vaněk	Sanchai Ratiwatana / Sonchat Ratiwatana	W/O
4.	5 August 2007	Segovia	Hard	Gilles Müller	Rohan Bopanna / Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	7–6(10–8), 6–3

Performance timeline

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	SR	W–L
Australian Open	A	3R	A	2R	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	3–2
French Open	3R	1R	2R	1R	A	A	A	Q1	0 / 4	3–4
Wimbledon	A	1R	4R	1R	A	A	A	Q1	0 / 3	3–3
US Open	1R	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	Q1	0 / 3	0–3

External links

• Michel Kratochvil at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Michel Kratochvil at the International Tennis Federation
• Michel Kratochvil at the Davis Cup