Site data updated: 2026-05-28 18:14 UTC

Tim Henman #11 def. Nicolas Escude #39

3-6 6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 19, 1998*
Tournament	Tashkent
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Tim Henman
Score	3-6 6-3 6-4
Loser	Nicolas Escude
Duration	1h 50m

Stat	Tim Henman	Nicolas Escude
Aces	11	9
Double faults	3	5
First serve %	62	46
First serve points won %	78	80
Second serve points won %	55	50
Break points saved %	67	80
Break points converted %	20	33
Service points won %	70	64
Return points won %	36	30
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Tim Henman	Nicolas Escude
Country	GBR	FRA
Birth date	Sep 6, 1974	Apr 3, 1976
Age	24	22
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	11	39
Ranking points (entering)	2,208	1,053
Elo (entering)	1,909	1,707
Career W-L	468–260	157–124
Career earnings	$11,635,542	$3,216,150

Pre-match H2H

Tim Henman 0 – 0 Nicolas Escude

Path

Tim Henman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 19, 1998	QF	Stefano Pescosolido	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 18, 1998	R16	Eyal Ran	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 17, 1998	R32	Nir Welgreen	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Tim Henman's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 20, 1998	F	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Escude's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 19, 1998	QF	Karsten Braasch	6-4 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 18, 1998	R16	Sjeng Schalken	6-4 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 17, 1998	R32	Dmitri Tomashevich	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data