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Nicolas Escude #60 def. Roger Federer #23

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

Match Information

Date	Feb 25, 2001*
Tournament	Rotterdam
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Nicolas Escude
Score	7-5 3-6 7-6(5)
Loser	Roger Federer
Duration	2h 23m

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

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nicolas Escude	Roger Federer
Country	FRA	SUI
Birth date	Apr 3, 1976	Aug 8, 1981
Age	24	19
Height	185	185
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)	1,777	1,920
Career W-L	157–124	1,206–267
Career earnings	$3,216,150	$130,594,339

Pre-match H2H

Nicolas Escude 0 – 2 Roger Federer

Path

Nicolas Escude's path

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

Nicolas Escude's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Roger Federer's path

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