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Nicolas Escude #27 def. Cedric Pioline #99

6-3 7-5

Match Information

Date	Feb 16, 2002*
Tournament	Marseille
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Nicolas Escude
Score	6-3 7-5
Loser	Cedric Pioline
Duration	1h 17m

Stat	Nicolas Escude	Cedric Pioline
Aces	15	9
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	59	45
First serve points won %	89	72
Second serve points won %	60	63
Break points saved %	100	0
Break points converted %	100	0
Service points won %	77	67
Return points won %	33	23
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nicolas Escude	Cedric Pioline
Country	FRA	FRA
Birth date	Apr 3, 1976	Jun 15, 1969
Age	25	32
Height	185	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	27	99
Ranking points (entering)	1,160	418
Elo (entering)	1,811	1,717
Career W-L	157–124	370–301
Career earnings	$3,216,150	$6,921,029

Pre-match H2H

Nicolas Escude 3 – 2 Cedric Pioline

Path

Nicolas Escude's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 16, 2002	QF	Greg Rusedski	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 15, 2002	R16	Marc Gicquel	6-1 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 14, 2002	R32	Nikolay Davydenko	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Escude's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 17, 2002	F	Thomas Enqvist	7-6(4) 3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Cedric Pioline's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 16, 2002	QF	Juan Carlos Ferrero	6-7(3) 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 15, 2002	R16	Julien Boutter	7-6(6) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 14, 2002	R32	Younes El Aynaoui	6-4 2-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data