Nicolas Escude #60 def. Roger Federer #23

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

Nicolas Escude defeated Roger Federer 7-5 3-6 7-6(5) in the 2001 ABN AMRO Open final on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Feb 25, 2001*
Tournament: ABN AMRO Open
Edition: 2001
Category: ATP International Series Gold → modern equivalent ATP 500
Surface: Hard
Round: F
Duration: 2h 23m

Match Statistics

Stat	Nicolas Escude	Roger Federer
Aces	8	11
Double faults	5	4
First serve %	54	50
First serve points won %	73	80
Second serve points won %	45	43
Break points saved %	78	56
Break points converted %	44	22
Service points won %	60	61
Return points won %	39	40
Total points won %	50	50

Player Comparison

Field	Nicolas Escude	Roger Federer
Country	FRA	SUI
Birth date	Apr 3, 1976	Aug 8, 1981
Age	24	19
Height	185 cm	185 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	60	23
Ranking points (entering)	725	1,150
Elo (entering)	1,770	1,931
Current career W-L	157–125	1,219–272
Current career earnings	$3,216,150	$130,594,339

Pre-match H2H

Nicolas Escude #60 0 – 2 Roger Federer #23

Path

Nicolas Escude's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Vladimir Voltchkov #34	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 24, 2001	SF
Ivan Ljubicic #92	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 24, 2001	QF
Tim Henman #10	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 23, 2001	R16
Jonas Bjorkman #47	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 22, 2001	R32

Nicolas Escude's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Roger Federer's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Andrei Pavel #24	6-7(4) 6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 24, 2001	SF
Alex Corretja #8	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 24, 2001	QF
Sebastien Grosjean #13	4-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 23, 2001	R16
Andrew Ilie #42	7-6(5) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 22, 2001	R32