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) LegendGrand 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 surfaceHard (0–2)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (0–2)Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Shanghai, ChinaInternational SeriesHard Rainer Schüttler3–6, 4–6Loss0–2Tokyo, JapanChampionship SeriesHard Lleyton Hewitt4–6, 2–6
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 10 (5–5) LegendATP Challenger (5–2)ITF Futures (0–3)Finals by surfaceHard (2–3)Clay (3–2)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Austria F7, ViennaFuturesClay Thomas Schiessling3–6, 4–6Loss0–2India F3, BombayFuturesHard Paradorn Srichaphan6–7, 2–6Loss0–3Italy F4, FrascatiFuturesClay Ionuț Moldovan2–6, 1–6Win1–3Vienna, AustriaChallengerClay Marcelo Charpentier3–6, 7–6, 6–2Win2–3Sylt, GermanyChallengerClay Emilio Benfele Álvarez6–1, 6–1Win3–3Geneva, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Orlin Stanoytchev6–0, 6–1Loss3–4Houston, United StatesChallengerHard James Blake6–7(5–7), 7–6(14–12), 3–6Win4–4Osaka, JapanChallengerHard Lee Hyung-taik2–6, 6–2, 6–2Win5–4Brest, FranceChallengerHard Johan Settergren3–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–2)Loss5–5Istanbul, TurkeyChallengerHard Robin Söderling6–7(4–7), 2–6
Doubles: 4 (0–4) LegendATP Challenger (0–4)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–2)Clay (0–2)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Geneva, SwitzerlandChallengerClay George Bastl Patrick Baur Jens Knippschild1–6, 1–6Loss0–2Vienna, AustriaChallengerClay Petr Kralert Julian Knowle Thomas Strengberger3–6, 2–6Loss0–3Réunion Island, RéunionChallengerHard Jiří Vaněk Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat RatiwatanawalkoverLoss0–4Segovia, SpainChallengerHard Gilles Müller Rohan Bopanna Aisam Qureshi6–7(8–10), 3–6
Performance timeline
Singles Tournament19971998199920002001200220032004200520062007SRW–LWin%Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenQ2AAQ13R2R2RQ3AAA0 / 34–3French OpenAAA3R1R2R1RQ1AAQ10 / 43–4WimbledonAAAA1R4R1RQ2AAQ10 / 33–3US OpenAAA1R1R1RAQ1AAQ10 / 30–3Win–loss0–00–00–02–22–45–41–30–00–00–00–00 / 1310–13ATP Tour Masters 1000Indian WellsAAAQ1Q22R1RAAAA0 / 21–2MiamiAAA3R1R1R1RQ1AAA0 / 42–4Monte CarloAAAAQ12RAAAAA0 / 11–1RomeAAAAA2RAAAAA0 / 11–1HamburgAAAQ1Q11RAAAAA0 / 10–1CanadaAAAAA1RA1RAAA0 / 20–2CincinnatiAAAAA1RA1RAAA0 / 20–2MadridNot Masters Series1RQ1AAAA0 / 10–1ParisAAAAA1RAAAAA0 / 10–1Win–loss0–00–00–02–10–13–90–20–20–00–00–00 / 155–15
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