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Patrick Rafter #27 def. Nicolas Escude #18

6-1 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jun 25, 2000*
Tournament	S Hertogenbosch
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	Patrick Rafter
Score	6-1 6-3
Loser	Nicolas Escude
Duration	58m

Stat	Patrick Rafter	Nicolas Escude
Aces	4	4
Double faults	1	0
First serve %	61	72
First serve points won %	86	71
Second serve points won %	56	25
Break points saved %	100	33
Break points converted %	67	0
Service points won %	74	58
Return points won %	42	26
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Patrick Rafter	Nicolas Escude
Country	AUS	FRA
Birth date	Dec 28, 1972	Apr 3, 1976
Age	27	24
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	27	18
Ranking points (entering)	990	1,208
Elo (entering)	1,860	1,785
Career W-L	332–177	157–124
Career earnings	$11,133,128	$3,216,150

Pre-match H2H

Patrick Rafter 3 – 0 Nicolas Escude

Path

Patrick Rafter's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 24, 2000	SF	Martin Damm Sr	6-2 6-1	W	—	Match data
Jun 24, 2000	QF	Karim Alami	6-3 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 23, 2000	R16	Sjeng Schalken	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 22, 2000	R32	Dennis van Scheppingen	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Patrick Rafter's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Nicolas Escude's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 24, 2000	SF	Michael Chang	7-6(4) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 24, 2000	QF	Francisco Clavet	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 23, 2000	R16	Mikhail Youzhny	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 22, 2000	R32	John Van Lottum	6-1 6-2	W	—	Match data