I was serving good but was returning especially well, which was a weakness in my game. So not only was I serving well, but I was also breaking these other guys, and they felt the pressure.

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.