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Yevgeny Kafelnikov #7 def. Nicolas Escude #32

6-7(2) 7-6(3) 7-6(4)

Match Information

Date	Jun 16, 2001*
Tournament	Halle
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	QF
Winner	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Score	6-7(2) 7-6(3) 7-6(4)
Loser	Nicolas Escude
Duration	2h 22m

Stat	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Nicolas Escude
Aces	14	14
Double faults	8	8
First serve %	53	66
First serve points won %	80	86
Second serve points won %	62	46
Break points saved %	80	83
Break points converted %	17	20
Service points won %	72	72
Return points won %	28	28
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Nicolas Escude
Country	RUS	FRA
Birth date	Feb 18, 1974	Apr 3, 1976
Age	27	25
Height	190	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	7	32
Ranking points (entering)	2,605	995
Elo (entering)	1,869	1,775
Career W-L	568–281	157–124
Career earnings	$23,883,797	$3,216,150

Pre-match H2H

Yevgeny Kafelnikov 4 – 1 Nicolas Escude

Path

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 15, 2001	R16	Rainer Schuettler	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 14, 2001	R32	Tuomas Ketola	6-3 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 16, 2001	SF	Thomas Johansson	3-6 7-5 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Escude's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 15, 2001	R16	Tommy Haas	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 14, 2001	R32	Daniel Nestor	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data