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Nicolas Escude #81 def. Nicolas Kiefer #29

4-6 3-6 6-4 6-1 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 30, 1998*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Nicolas Escude
Score	4-6 3-6 6-4 6-1 6-2
Loser	Nicolas Kiefer
Duration	2h 23m

Stat	Nicolas Escude	Nicolas Kiefer
Aces	6	15
Double faults	1	11
First serve %	74	65
First serve points won %	68	73
Second serve points won %	51	25
Break points saved %	58	50
Break points converted %	50	42
Service points won %	63	56
Return points won %	44	37
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nicolas Escude	Nicolas Kiefer
Country	FRA	GER
Birth date	Apr 3, 1976	Jul 5, 1977
Age	21	20
Height	185	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	81	29
Ranking points (entering)	581	1,249
Elo (entering)	1,770	1,843
Career W-L	157–124	343–252
Career earnings	$3,216,150	$7,480,465

Pre-match H2H

Nicolas Escude 0 – 0 Nicolas Kiefer

Path

Nicolas Escude's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 1998	R16	Todd Woodbridge	7-6(4) 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1998	R32	Richey Reneberg	1-6 6-7(0) 6-2 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 1998	R64	Gustavo Kuerten	5-7 6-3 6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 1998	R128	Magnus Larsson	5-7 4-6 7-5 6-1 10-8	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Escude's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 1, 1998	SF	Marcelo Rios	1-6 3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Kiefer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 1998	R16	Guillaume Raoux	6-3 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1998	R32	Jerome Golmard	7-5 4-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 1998	R64	David Wheaton	2-6 1-6 6-2 7-6(3) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 1998	R128	Mark Draper	6-4 6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data