Richard Krajicek, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Richard Krajicek

Dutch tennis player

Date of Birth: 06-Dec-1971

Place of Birth: Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands

Profession: Tournament director, tennis player

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Richard Peter Stanislav Krajicek (Czech: Krajícek, born 6 December 1971) is a Dutch former professional tennis player.
In 1996 he won the men's singles title at Wimbledon, the only Dutch player to have done so.
In the quarterfinals of that tournament, he defeated Pete Sampras in straight sets.
This was Sampras' only singles defeat at Wimbledon between 1993 and 2000.
Since 2004, Krajicek has been the tournament director of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam.
He is also the author of various sports books.
Krajicek reached a career-high singles ranking of world No.
4 in March 1999.