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Nicolas Escude #22 def. Sebastien Grosjean #10

4-6 7-6(1) 7-5

Match Information

Date	Feb 23, 2002*
Tournament	Rotterdam
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Nicolas Escude
Score	4-6 7-6(1) 7-5
Loser	Sebastien Grosjean
Duration	2h 28m

Stat	Nicolas Escude	Sebastien Grosjean
Aces	11	8
Double faults	9	2
First serve %	61	56
First serve points won %	78	72
Second serve points won %	34	42
Break points saved %	69	60
Break points converted %	40	31
Service points won %	61	58
Return points won %	42	39
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nicolas Escude	Sebastien Grosjean
Country	FRA	FRA
Birth date	Apr 3, 1976	May 29, 1978
Age	25	23
Height	185	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	22	10
Ranking points (entering)	1,255	2,245
Elo (entering)	1,861	1,899
Career W-L	157–124	320–236
Career earnings	$3,216,150	$8,131,803

Pre-match H2H

Nicolas Escude 1 – 0 Sebastien Grosjean

Path

Nicolas Escude's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 23, 2002	QF	Roger Federer	3-6 7-6(8) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 22, 2002	R16	Tommy Robredo	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 21, 2002	R32	Juan Carlos Ferrero	5-7 6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Escude's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 24, 2002	F	Tim Henman	3-6 7-6(7) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Sebastien Grosjean's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 23, 2002	QF	Arnaud Clement	7-6(8) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 22, 2002	R16	Martin Lee	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 21, 2002	R32	Raemon Sluiter	7-6(10) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data