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Marat Safin #5 def. Nicolas Escude #41

6-3 5-7 6-3

Match Information

Date	Nov 3, 2002*
Tournament	Paris Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Carpet
Round	QF
Winner	Marat Safin
Score	6-3 5-7 6-3
Loser	Nicolas Escude
Duration	2h 7m

Stat	Marat Safin	Nicolas Escude
Aces	9	10
Double faults	3	6
First serve %	62	59
First serve points won %	70	65
Second serve points won %	53	50
Break points saved %	67	50
Break points converted %	50	33
Service points won %	64	59
Return points won %	41	36
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marat Safin	Nicolas Escude
Country	RUS	FRA
Birth date	Jan 27, 1980	Apr 3, 1976
Age	22	26
Height	193	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	41
Ranking points (entering)	2,420	840
Elo (entering)	1,872	1,857
Career W-L	395–247	157–124
Career earnings	$14,373,291	$3,216,150

Pre-match H2H

Marat Safin 1 – 3 Nicolas Escude

Path

Marat Safin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 2, 2002	R16	Sjeng Schalken	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 31, 2002	R32	David Nalbandian	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Marat Safin's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 3, 2002	SF	Carlos Moya	7-5 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Escude's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 2, 2002	R16	Tim Henman	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 31, 2002	R32	Albert Costa	6-1 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 30, 2002	R64	Felix Mantilla	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data