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Tim Henman #6 def. Nicolas Escude #43

1-6 6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Oct 25, 2002*
Tournament	Basel
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Tim Henman
Score	1-6 6-3 6-2
Loser	Nicolas Escude
Duration	1h 45m

Stat	Tim Henman	Nicolas Escude
Aces	6	4
Double faults	3	3
First serve %	61	49
First serve points won %	74	75
Second serve points won %	39	47
Break points saved %	57	60
Break points converted %	40	43
Service points won %	61	61
Return points won %	39	39
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Tim Henman	Nicolas Escude
Country	GBR	FRA
Birth date	Sep 6, 1974	Apr 3, 1976
Age	28	26
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	6	43
Ranking points (entering)	2,335	840
Elo (entering)	1,886	1,824
Career W-L	468–260	157–124
Career earnings	$11,635,542	$3,216,150

Pre-match H2H

Tim Henman 3 – 4 Nicolas Escude

Path

Tim Henman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 24, 2002	R32	Cedric Pioline	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Tim Henman's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 26, 2002	QF	David Nalbandian	6-3 6-7(5) 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Escude's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 24, 2002	R32	Nikolay Davydenko	7-6(5) (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data