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Pete Sampras #10 def. Nicolas Escude #31

7-6(5) 5-7 6-4 6-7(6) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 20, 2002*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Pete Sampras
Score	7-6(5) 5-7 6-4 6-7(6) 6-3
Loser	Nicolas Escude
Duration	3h 50m

Stat	Pete Sampras	Nicolas Escude
Aces	33	12
Double faults	11	6
First serve %	59	58
First serve points won %	78	73
Second serve points won %	51	59
Break points saved %	73	67
Break points converted %	33	27
Service points won %	67	67
Return points won %	33	33
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Nicolas Escude
Country	USA	FRA
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Apr 3, 1976
Age	30	25
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	10	31
Ranking points (entering)	1,940	1,060
Elo (entering)	1,992	1,764
Career W-L	737–208	157–124
Career earnings	$43,280,489	$3,216,150

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras 0 – 0 Nicolas Escude

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2002	R64	Juan Ignacio Chela	6-3 7-5 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2002	R128	Jarkko Nieminen	6-3 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2002	R16	Marat Safin	2-6 4-6 7-6(5) 6-7(8)	L	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Escude's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2002	R64	Alex Calatrava	2-6 2-6 6-4 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2002	R128	Todd Reid	1-6 6-1 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data