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Cedric Pioline #98 def. Nicolas Escude #33

4-6 3-1 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	Jun 21, 2002*
Tournament	S Hertogenbosch
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	R16
Winner	Cedric Pioline
Score	4-6 3-1 (ret.)
Loser	Nicolas Escude
Duration	57m

Stat	Cedric Pioline	Nicolas Escude
Aces	2	1
Double faults	2	8
First serve %	51	56
First serve points won %	58	82
Second serve points won %	61	27
Break points saved %	0	60
Break points converted %	40	100
Service points won %	59	58
Return points won %	42	41
Total points won %	49	51

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Cedric Pioline	Nicolas Escude
Country	FRA	FRA
Birth date	Jun 15, 1969	Apr 3, 1976
Age	33	26
Height	188	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	98	33
Ranking points (entering)	379	1,065
Elo (entering)	1,663	1,828
Career W-L	370–301	157–124
Career earnings	$6,921,029	$3,216,150

Pre-match H2H

Cedric Pioline 2 – 4 Nicolas Escude

Path

Cedric Pioline's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 20, 2002	R32	Neville Godwin	4-5 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

Cedric Pioline's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 22, 2002	QF	Guillermo Canas	6-7(6) 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Escude's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 20, 2002	R32	Flavio Saretta	7-6(5) 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data