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Kristian Pless #92 def. Nicolas Escude #41

6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	Oct 12, 2002*
Tournament	Lyon
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	QF
Winner	Kristian Pless
Score	6-3 6-1
Loser	Nicolas Escude
Duration	48m

Stat	Kristian Pless	Nicolas Escude
Aces	8	10
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	67	66
First serve points won %	73	62
Second serve points won %	75	40
Break points saved %	100	20
Break points converted %	80	0
Service points won %	73	55
Return points won %	45	27
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kristian Pless	Nicolas Escude
Country	DEN	FRA
Birth date	Feb 9, 1981	Apr 3, 1976
Age	21	26
Height	188	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	92	41
Ranking points (entering)	431	790
Elo (entering)	1,649	1,840
Career W-L	43–81	157–124
Career earnings	$1,127,884	$3,216,150

Pre-match H2H

Kristian Pless 0 – 0 Nicolas Escude

Path

Kristian Pless's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 11, 2002	R16	Ivan Ljubicic	4-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 10, 2002	R32	David Sanchez	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Kristian Pless's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 12, 2002	SF	Paul-Henri Mathieu	7-6(5) 6-7(5) 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Escude's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 11, 2002	R16	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 10, 2002	R32	Davide Sanguinetti	7-6(4) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data