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Nicolas Escude #37 def. Christophe Rochus #135

1-6 6-2 6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 17, 2003*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Nicolas Escude
Score	1-6 6-2 6-2 6-4
Loser	Christophe Rochus
Duration	1h 57m

Stat	Nicolas Escude	Christophe Rochus
Aces	13	0
Double faults	4	0
First serve %	65	81
First serve points won %	77	62
Second serve points won %	50	47
Break points saved %	50	44
Break points converted %	56	50
Service points won %	68	59
Return points won %	41	32
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nicolas Escude	Christophe Rochus
Country	FRA	BEL
Birth date	Apr 3, 1976	Dec 15, 1978
Age	26	24
Height	185	170
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	37	135
Ranking points (entering)	945	288
Elo (entering)	1,820	1,592
Career W-L	157–124	114–208
Career earnings	$3,216,150	$2,753,294

Pre-match H2H

Nicolas Escude 1 – 0 Christophe Rochus

Path

Nicolas Escude's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2003	R128	Gouichi Motomura	6-1 2-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Escude's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2003	R32	Andre Agassi	2-6 6-3 3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Christophe Rochus's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2003	R128	Irakli Labadze	6-2 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 2003	Q3	Amir Hadad	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 2003	Q2	Tuomas Ketola	5-7 7-6(3) 11-9	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 13, 2003	Q1	Vasilis Mazarakis	7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data