Richard Krajicek beat Sebastien Grosjean 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, 7-5 in the Miami final, 1999 on hard court
This was Krajicek’s second and last Masters series title and the unseeded Grosjean’s first final of any kind
Krajicek won 131 points, Grosjean 107
Krajicek serve-volleyed off all but 1 first serve and majority of seconds
Serve Stats
Krajicek...
- 1st serve percentage (60/116) 52%
- 1st serve points won (51/60) 85%
- 2nd serve points won (25/56) 45%
- Aces 24 (1 second serve, 1 possibly not clean), Service Winners 4
- Double Faults 5
- Unreturned Serve Percentage (45/116) 39%
Grosjean...
- 1st serve percentage (75/122) 61%
- 1st serve points won (45/75) 60%
- 2nd serve points won (22/47) 47%
- Aces 2
- Double Faults 3
- Unreturned Serve Percentage (20/122) 16%
Serve Patterns
Krajicek served...
- to FH 23%
- to BH 74%
- to Body 3%
Grosjean served...
- to FH 37%
- to BH 58%
- to Body 5%
Return Stats
Krajicek made...
- 99 (51 FH, 48 BH), including 12 runaround FHs & 2 return-approaches
- 3 Winners (3 FH), including 2 runaround FHs
- 18 Errors, comprising...
- 14 Unforced (9 FH, 5 BH), including 4 runaround FHs
- 4 Forced (3 FH, 1 BH)
- Return Rate (99/119) 83%
Grosjean made...
- 66 (11 FH, 55 BH), including 1 runaround FH
- 7 Winners (1 FH, 6 BH)
- 17 Errors, comprising...
- 3 Unforced (2 FH, 1 BH), including 1 runaround FH
- 14 Forced (4 FH, 10 BH)
- Return Rate (66/111) 59%
Break Points
Krajicek 7/18 (9 games)
Grosjean 3/8 (6 games)
Winners (including returns, excluding serves)
Krajicek 32 (15 FH, 1 BH, 6 FHV, 5 BHV, 5 OH)
Grosjean 24 (12 FH, 8 BH, 1 BHV, 3 OH)
Krajicek had 15 from serve-volley points -
- 10 first 'volleys' (3 FHV, 2 BHV, 3 OH, 2 FH at net)
- 5 second volleys (2 FHV, 2 BHV, 1 OH)
- FHs - 3 cc, 3 dtl (1 return, 1 pass), 2 dtl/inside-out runaround returns, 4 inside-out (1 at net), 1 running-down-drop-shot cc at net
- BH pass - 1 dtl
Grosjean had 10 passes - 6 returns (1 FH, 5 BH) & 4 regular (3 FH , 1 BH)
- FH return - 1 inside-out
- BH returns - 1 cc, 2 dtl, 1 inside-out, 1 inside-in
- regular FHs -3 cc (1 at net)
- regular BHs - 1 cc
- non-pass FHs - 1 turnaround cc, 1 dtl, 4 inside-out, 1 inside-out/dtl, 1 inside-in
- non-pass BHs - 2 dtl (1 return)
- 1 from a serve-volley point, a first volley OH
Errors (excluding serves and returns)
Krajicek 58
- 34 Unforced (15 FH, 11 BH, 5 FHV, 2 BHV, 1 BHOH)... with 2 FH at net
- 24 Forced (5 FH, 9 BH, 6 FHV, 4 BHV)
- Unforced Error Forcefulness Index 49.4
Grosjean 51
- 25 Unforced (14 FH, 10 BH, 1 OH)
- 26 Forced (13 FH, 8 BH, 2 FHV, 2 BHV, 1 BH1/2V)... with 1 BH running-down-drop-shot at net
- Unforced Error Forcefulness Index 50.4
(Note 1: All 1/2 volleys refer to such shots played at net. 1/2 volleys played from other parts of the court are included within relevant groundstroke numbers)
(Note 2: the Unforced Error Forcefulness Index is an indicator of how aggressive the average UE was. The numbers presented are keyed on 4 categories - 20 defensive, 40 neutral, 50 attacking and 60 winner attempt)
Net Points & Serve-Volley
Krajicek was...
- 50/81 (62%) at net, including...
- 35/63 (56%) serve-volleying, comprising...
- 23/32 (72%) off 1st serve and...
- 12/31 (39%) off 2nd serves
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- 1/2 return-approaching
Grosjean was...
- 16/26 (62%) at net, including...
- 2/5 (40%) serve-volleying, all 1st serves
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- 2/3 (67%) forced back
Match Report
Krajicek’s awesome serve dwarfs everything else, and there’s plenty of good things going on besides it - his volleying and Grosjean’s returning prominently among them. The most serious threat to that serve is Krajicek’s conditioning, which is tested severely by the Miami heat. Court is typical Miami slow
At 5-4, Grosjean has set/break point in the fourth set, and with Kraj growing wearier by the game, would probably start favourite in a fifth set. Kraj holds him off, Gros plays a poor game to be broken, and Kraj serves things out to spare himself the extra round. He’s not quite a hospital case by the end, but closer to one than a run-up-&-down-the-stairs for fun one
Kraj serve-volleys almost all the time. Stays back off just 1 first serve (on which he approaches off third ball) and comes in behind 62% second serves (less and less as match goes on). He looks like he’s feeling the heat right at the start and tires linearly. No big moment when his shoulders drops, it’s a smooth process. By the end, he’s distinctly weary
Gros’ serve is harmless and he plays from the baseline on them. Not badly, but then again, neither does Kraj and Gros can’t get a big advantage over him
Match is best thought of in that 2 part way - Kraj’s serve-volleying and everything else
Krajicek’s Serve & Serve-volleying
Kraj serve-volleys off all but 1st serve and 62% off second serves
Wins 72% first serve-volleying
Wins 39% second serve-volleying
(also wins 63% not second serve-volleying - which falls under everything else category, but there’s a hint there as to his superiority)
Aside from the big 72% winning rate, there’s the small matter of 23 aces and 4 service winners (+ a second serve ace) or an unretunrable 45% of the time off first serves
Starting with the obvious, that is an amazing figure. The court is slow - as Gros’ serve among other things indicate. Gros is quick in moving for returns and doesn’t stand unduly close in for them. The 4 service winners is an indicator of his being good at reaching wide serves (they’d have gone for aces too if he weren’t)
Top drawer serving from Kraj. Its not just the biggest ones that go for aces. Biggest ones don’t even make up the majority. Slice serves and what passes for ‘medium’ paced serves for him perfectly placed aplenty go through untouched
The most brutal of all his serves is full blast one that’s travelling right for Gros’ face, who has no time to do anything but defend his good looks with the racquet
45% first serves being aces/service winners is mighty external padding to the cushion to get started with. And the comes the serve-volleying
In that light, 39% unreturned rate is low and just 17 return errors from Gros (3 of them UEs) is indicator of how well he moves for returns. Nothing to do against the aces, but anything short of that, Gros is on the ball
And excellent returning from Gros too. At times, he’s regularly getting return to Kraj’s feet, particularly for first 2 sets. Some great low volleying from Kraj too to keep FEs down, but can’t help leaving passing chances against the shoe music and can’t make all of them
What doesn’t go to the feet is usually firm, around net high. Generally, good enough to draw a few indecisive volleys that leave returner with a shot on the pass (+ whatever volley UEs come up)
Not much comes out of it. Kraj misses little around net high and either drops volleys short or puts them well away from Gros
It’s a great contest between serve-volley and return-pass, or would be, if the huge load of aces didn’t so completely load things Kraj’s way - all credit to him for the top-drawer serving and great credit to both players on the remainder - Kraj’s handling of both feet volleys and net high volleys, Gros’ for reaching so many returns and putting them in play with authority
This was Krajicek’s second and last Masters series title and the unseeded Grosjean’s first final of any kind
Krajicek won 131 points, Grosjean 107
Krajicek serve-volleyed off all but 1 first serve and majority of seconds
Serve Stats
Krajicek...
- 1st serve percentage (60/116) 52%
- 1st serve points won (51/60) 85%
- 2nd serve points won (25/56) 45%
- Aces 24 (1 second serve, 1 possibly not clean), Service Winners 4
- Double Faults 5
- Unreturned Serve Percentage (45/116) 39%
Grosjean...
- 1st serve percentage (75/122) 61%
- 1st serve points won (45/75) 60%
- 2nd serve points won (22/47) 47%
- Aces 2
- Double Faults 3
- Unreturned Serve Percentage (20/122) 16%
Serve Patterns
Krajicek served...
- to FH 23%
- to BH 74%
- to Body 3%
Grosjean served...
- to FH 37%
- to BH 58%
- to Body 5%
Return Stats
Krajicek made...
- 99 (51 FH, 48 BH), including 12 runaround FHs & 2 return-approaches
- 3 Winners (3 FH), including 2 runaround FHs
- 18 Errors, comprising...
- 14 Unforced (9 FH, 5 BH), including 4 runaround FHs
- 4 Forced (3 FH, 1 BH)
- Return Rate (99/119) 83%
Grosjean made...
- 66 (11 FH, 55 BH), including 1 runaround FH
- 7 Winners (1 FH, 6 BH)
- 17 Errors, comprising...
- 3 Unforced (2 FH, 1 BH), including 1 runaround FH
- 14 Forced (4 FH, 10 BH)
- Return Rate (66/111) 59%
Break Points
Krajicek 7/18 (9 games)
Grosjean 3/8 (6 games)
Winners (including returns, excluding serves)
Krajicek 32 (15 FH, 1 BH, 6 FHV, 5 BHV, 5 OH)
Grosjean 24 (12 FH, 8 BH, 1 BHV, 3 OH)
Krajicek had 15 from serve-volley points -
- 10 first 'volleys' (3 FHV, 2 BHV, 3 OH, 2 FH at net)
- 5 second volleys (2 FHV, 2 BHV, 1 OH)
- FHs - 3 cc, 3 dtl (1 return, 1 pass), 2 dtl/inside-out runaround returns, 4 inside-out (1 at net), 1 running-down-drop-shot cc at net
- BH pass - 1 dtl
Grosjean had 10 passes - 6 returns (1 FH, 5 BH) & 4 regular (3 FH , 1 BH)
- FH return - 1 inside-out
- BH returns - 1 cc, 2 dtl, 1 inside-out, 1 inside-in
- regular FHs -3 cc (1 at net)
- regular BHs - 1 cc
- non-pass FHs - 1 turnaround cc, 1 dtl, 4 inside-out, 1 inside-out/dtl, 1 inside-in
- non-pass BHs - 2 dtl (1 return)
- 1 from a serve-volley point, a first volley OH
Errors (excluding serves and returns)
Krajicek 58
- 34 Unforced (15 FH, 11 BH, 5 FHV, 2 BHV, 1 BHOH)... with 2 FH at net
- 24 Forced (5 FH, 9 BH, 6 FHV, 4 BHV)
- Unforced Error Forcefulness Index 49.4
Grosjean 51
- 25 Unforced (14 FH, 10 BH, 1 OH)
- 26 Forced (13 FH, 8 BH, 2 FHV, 2 BHV, 1 BH1/2V)... with 1 BH running-down-drop-shot at net
- Unforced Error Forcefulness Index 50.4
(Note 1: All 1/2 volleys refer to such shots played at net. 1/2 volleys played from other parts of the court are included within relevant groundstroke numbers)
(Note 2: the Unforced Error Forcefulness Index is an indicator of how aggressive the average UE was. The numbers presented are keyed on 4 categories - 20 defensive, 40 neutral, 50 attacking and 60 winner attempt)
Net Points & Serve-Volley
Krajicek was...
- 50/81 (62%) at net, including...
- 35/63 (56%) serve-volleying, comprising...
- 23/32 (72%) off 1st serve and...
- 12/31 (39%) off 2nd serves
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- 1/2 return-approaching
Grosjean was...
- 16/26 (62%) at net, including...
- 2/5 (40%) serve-volleying, all 1st serves
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- 2/3 (67%) forced back
Match Report
Krajicek’s awesome serve dwarfs everything else, and there’s plenty of good things going on besides it - his volleying and Grosjean’s returning prominently among them. The most serious threat to that serve is Krajicek’s conditioning, which is tested severely by the Miami heat. Court is typical Miami slow
At 5-4, Grosjean has set/break point in the fourth set, and with Kraj growing wearier by the game, would probably start favourite in a fifth set. Kraj holds him off, Gros plays a poor game to be broken, and Kraj serves things out to spare himself the extra round. He’s not quite a hospital case by the end, but closer to one than a run-up-&-down-the-stairs for fun one
Kraj serve-volleys almost all the time. Stays back off just 1 first serve (on which he approaches off third ball) and comes in behind 62% second serves (less and less as match goes on). He looks like he’s feeling the heat right at the start and tires linearly. No big moment when his shoulders drops, it’s a smooth process. By the end, he’s distinctly weary
Gros’ serve is harmless and he plays from the baseline on them. Not badly, but then again, neither does Kraj and Gros can’t get a big advantage over him
Match is best thought of in that 2 part way - Kraj’s serve-volleying and everything else
Krajicek’s Serve & Serve-volleying
Kraj serve-volleys off all but 1st serve and 62% off second serves
Wins 72% first serve-volleying
Wins 39% second serve-volleying
(also wins 63% not second serve-volleying - which falls under everything else category, but there’s a hint there as to his superiority)
Aside from the big 72% winning rate, there’s the small matter of 23 aces and 4 service winners (+ a second serve ace) or an unretunrable 45% of the time off first serves
Starting with the obvious, that is an amazing figure. The court is slow - as Gros’ serve among other things indicate. Gros is quick in moving for returns and doesn’t stand unduly close in for them. The 4 service winners is an indicator of his being good at reaching wide serves (they’d have gone for aces too if he weren’t)
Top drawer serving from Kraj. Its not just the biggest ones that go for aces. Biggest ones don’t even make up the majority. Slice serves and what passes for ‘medium’ paced serves for him perfectly placed aplenty go through untouched
The most brutal of all his serves is full blast one that’s travelling right for Gros’ face, who has no time to do anything but defend his good looks with the racquet
45% first serves being aces/service winners is mighty external padding to the cushion to get started with. And the comes the serve-volleying
In that light, 39% unreturned rate is low and just 17 return errors from Gros (3 of them UEs) is indicator of how well he moves for returns. Nothing to do against the aces, but anything short of that, Gros is on the ball
And excellent returning from Gros too. At times, he’s regularly getting return to Kraj’s feet, particularly for first 2 sets. Some great low volleying from Kraj too to keep FEs down, but can’t help leaving passing chances against the shoe music and can’t make all of them
What doesn’t go to the feet is usually firm, around net high. Generally, good enough to draw a few indecisive volleys that leave returner with a shot on the pass (+ whatever volley UEs come up)
Not much comes out of it. Kraj misses little around net high and either drops volleys short or puts them well away from Gros
It’s a great contest between serve-volley and return-pass, or would be, if the huge load of aces didn’t so completely load things Kraj’s way - all credit to him for the top-drawer serving and great credit to both players on the remainder - Kraj’s handling of both feet volleys and net high volleys, Gros’ for reaching so many returns and putting them in play with authority