But, then again, I had to stop because there was too much pain or too much trouble. After I retired I still had one more elbow surgery just to be able to do normal things.

Open Krajicek lost a quarterfinal matchup to Yevgeny Kafelnikov. His career-high singles ranking was world no. The following year he reached the semifinals at the French Open where he lost in four sets to the defending champion Jim Courier.

Since 2004 Krajicek has been the tournament director of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam. Richard Peter Stanislav Krajicek (born 6 December 1971) is a Dutch former professional tennis player.