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Lleyton Hewitt #25 def. Nicolas Escude #37

3-6 6-1 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 8, 2000*
Tournament	Adelaide
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Lleyton Hewitt
Score	3-6 6-1 6-4
Loser	Nicolas Escude
Duration	1h 55m

Stat	Lleyton Hewitt	Nicolas Escude
Aces	4	10
Double faults	1	4
First serve %	49	44
First serve points won %	65	75
Second serve points won %	64	42
Break points saved %	60	0
Break points converted %	100	40
Service points won %	65	57
Return points won %	43	35
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Lleyton Hewitt	Nicolas Escude
Country	AUS	FRA
Birth date	Feb 24, 1981	Apr 3, 1976
Age	18	23
Height	178	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	25	37
Ranking points (entering)	1,429	995
Elo (entering)	1,874	1,851
Career W-L	564–241	157–124
Career earnings	$20,890,470	$3,216,150

Pre-match H2H

Lleyton Hewitt 0 – 1 Nicolas Escude

Path

Lleyton Hewitt's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 8, 2000	QF	Jason Stoltenberg	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 2000	R16	Dejan Petrovic	6-0 6-2	W	—	Match data
Jan 6, 2000	R32	Mark Woodforde	6-3 2-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Lleyton Hewitt's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 2000	F	Thomas Enqvist	3-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Escude's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 8, 2000	QF	Tim Henman	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 2000	R16	Slava Dosedel	7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 2000	R32	Paul Baccanello	6-7(5) 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data