Michel Kratochvil

Michel Frank Kratochvil

Country	Switzerland
Residence	Ostermundigen, Switzerland
Born	April 7, 1979 (1979-04-07) (age 32) Bern, Switzerland
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	1997
Retired	2008
Plays	Right-handed
Career prize money	US$1,159,379
Singles
Career record	73–98
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	35 (July 08, 2002)
Grand Slam 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	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.

Michel was rumoured to become the new coach of female tennis player Jelena Dokić, however an official agreement was never made.

Singles finals (7)

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 Tour (0)

Challengers (5)

Futures

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
1.	August 9, 1999	Vienna	Clay	Marcelo Charpentier	3–6, 7–6, 6–2
2.	August 16, 1999	Sylt	Clay	Emilio Benfele Alvarez	6–1, 6–1
3.	August 23, 1999	Geneva	Clay	Orlin Stanoytchev	6–0, 6–1
4.	November 13, 2000	Osaka	Hard	Hyung-Taik Lee	2–6, 6–2, 6–2
5.	November 20, 2000	Brest	Hard (i)	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 F3	Hard	Paradorn Srichaphan	7–6, 6–2
2.	April 25, 1999	Italy F4	Clay	Ionut Moldovan	6–2, 6–1
3.	August 22, 1998	Austria F7	Clay	Thomas Schiessling	6–3, 6–4
4.	September 18, 2000	Houston	Hard	James Blake	7–6, 6–7, 6–3
5.	September 17, 2001	Shanghai	Hard	Rainer Schüttler	6–3, 6–4
6.	October 1, 2001	Tokyo	Hard	Lleyton Hewitt	6–4, 6–2
7.	September 7, 2003	Istanbul	Hard	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 15, 1999	Vienna	Clay	Petr Kralert	Julian Knowle / Thomas Strengberger	6–3, 6–2
2.	November, 2004	Réunion	Hard	Jiří Vaněk	Sanchai Ratiwatana / Sonchat Ratiwatana	Walkover
3.	August 5, 2007	Segovia	Hard	Gilles Müller	Rohan Bopanna / Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	7–6(8), 6–3

External links

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

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Name	Kratochvil, Michel
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Date of birth	April 7, 1979
Place of birth	Bern, Switzerland
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