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Yevgeny Kafelnikov #5 def. Nicolas Escude #21

7-6(9) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jun 17, 2000*
Tournament	Halle
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	QF
Winner	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Score	7-6(9) 6-3
Loser	Nicolas Escude
Duration	1h 23m

Stat	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Nicolas Escude
Aces	2	5
Double faults	2	4
First serve %	55	54
First serve points won %	67	65
Second serve points won %	66	56
Break points saved %	75	50
Break points converted %	50	25
Service points won %	66	61
Return points won %	39	34
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Nicolas Escude
Country	RUS	FRA
Birth date	Feb 18, 1974	Apr 3, 1976
Age	26	24
Height	190	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	21
Ranking points (entering)	2,965	1,165
Elo (entering)	1,883	1,744
Career W-L	568–281	157–124
Career earnings	$23,883,797	$3,216,150

Pre-match H2H

Yevgeny Kafelnikov 3 – 0 Nicolas Escude

Path

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 16, 2000	R16	Oscar Burrieza	6-7(3) 7-6(6) 6-3	W	—	Match data
Jun 15, 2000	R32	Fernando Vicente	6-7(4) 7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 17, 2000	SF	David Prinosil	4-6 6-7(4)	L	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Escude's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 16, 2000	R16	Christian Vinck	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 15, 2000	R32	Gabriel Trifu	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data