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Yevgeny Kafelnikov #6 def. Nicolas Escude #123

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Nov 1, 1997*
Tournament	Paris Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	Nicolas Escude
Duration	54m

Stat	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Nicolas Escude
Aces	7	6
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	50	67
First serve points won %	92	74
Second serve points won %	62	59
Break points saved %	—	67
Break points converted %	33	—
Service points won %	77	69
Return points won %	31	23
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Nicolas Escude
Country	RUS	FRA
Birth date	Feb 18, 1974	Apr 3, 1976
Age	23	21
Height	190	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	6	123
Ranking points (entering)	2,480	360
Elo (entering)	1,869	1,627
Career W-L	568–281	157–124
Career earnings	$23,883,797	$3,216,150

Pre-match H2H

Yevgeny Kafelnikov 0 – 0 Nicolas Escude

Path

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 30, 1997	R32	Daniel Vacek	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 2, 1997	QF	Greg Rusedski	6-4 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Escude's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 30, 1997	R32	Gustavo Kuerten	7-6(8) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 29, 1997	R64	Alberto Berasategui	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data