Michel Kratochvil
# Michel Kratochvil

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 and 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.

## ATP career finals

### Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

* Legend
* Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
* ATP Masters Series (0–0)
* ATP Championship Series (0–1)
* ATP World Series (0–1)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–2)
* Clay (0–0)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoors (0–2)
* Indoors (0–0)

| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2001 | Shanghai, China | International Series | Hard | Rainer Schüttler | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Oct 2001 | Tokyo, Japan | Championship Series | Hard | Lleyton Hewitt | 4–6, 2–6 |

## ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

### Singles: 10 (5–5)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (5–2)
* ITF Futures (0–3)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (2–3)
* Clay (3–2)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)

| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Loss | 0–1 | Aug 1998 | Austria F7, Vienna | Futures | Clay | Thomas Schiessling | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Jan 1999 | India F3, Bombay | Futures | Hard | Paradorn Srichaphan | 6–7, 2–6 |
| Loss | 0–3 | Apr 1999 | Italy F4, Frascati | Futures | Clay | Ionuț Moldovan | 2–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 1–3 | Aug 1999 | Vienna, Austria | Challenger | Clay | Marcelo Charpentier | 3–6, 7–6, 6–2 |
| Win | 2–3 | Aug 1999 | Sylt, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Emilio Benfele Álvarez | 6–1, 6–1 |
| Win | 3–3 | Aug 1999 | Geneva, Switzerland | Challenger | Clay | Orlin Stanoytchev | 6–0, 6–1 |
| Loss | 3–4 | Sep 2000 | Houston, United States | Challenger | Hard | James Blake | $6–7^{(5–7)},$ $7–6^{(14–12)},$ 3–6 |
| Win | 4–4 | Nov 2000 | Osaka, Japan | Challenger | Hard | Lee Hyung-taik | 2–6, 6–2, 6–2 |
| Win | 5–4 | Nov 2000 | Brest, France | Challenger | Hard | Johan Settergren | 3–6, 6–4, $7–6^{(7–2)}$ |
| Loss | 5–5 | Sep 2003 | Istanbul, Turkey | Challenger | Hard | Robin Söderling | $6–7^{(4–7)},$ 2–6 |

### Doubles: 4 (0–4)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (0–4)
* ITF Futures (0–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–2)
* Clay (0–2)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)

| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Loss | 0–1 | Aug 1996 | Geneva, Switzerland | Challenger | Clay | George Bastl | Patrick Baur Jens Knippschild | 1–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Aug 1999 | Vienna, Austria | Challenger | Clay | Petr Kralert | Julian Knowle Thomas Strengberger | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 0–3 | Nov 2004 | Réunion Island, Réunion | Challenger | Hard | Jiří Vaněk | Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana | walkover |
| Loss | 0–4 | Aug 2007 | Segovia, Spain | Challenger | Hard | Gilles Müller | Rohan Bopanna Aisam Qureshi | $6–7^{(8–10)},$ 3–6 |

## Performance timeline

Key :

| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

### Singles

| Tournament | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | SR | W–L | Win% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Grand Slam tournaments |||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | Q2 | A | A | Q1 | 3R | 2R | 2R | Q3 | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 4–3 | 57% |
| French Open | A | A | A | 3R | 1R | 2R | 1R | Q1 | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 4 | 3–4 | 43% |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | 1R | 4R | 1R | Q2 | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 3 | 3–3 | 50% |
| US Open | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | Q1 | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 5–4 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 13 | 10–13 | 43% |
| ATP Tour Masters 1000 |||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | A | A | A | Q1 | Q2 | 2R | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Miami | A | A | A | 3R | 1R | 1R | 1R | Q1 | A | A | A | 0 / 4 | 2–4 | 33% |
| Monte Carlo | A | A | A | A | Q1 | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Rome | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Hamburg | A | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Canada | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Cincinnati | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Madrid | Not Masters Series | Not Masters Series | Not Masters Series | Not Masters Series | Not Masters Series | 1R | Q1 | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Paris | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–9 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 15 | 5–15 | 25% |
