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Yevgeny Kafelnikov #2 def. Nicolas Escude #53

6-7(4) 7-6(2) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Nov 13, 1999*
Tournament	Moscow
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Score	6-7(4) 7-6(2) 6-3
Loser	Nicolas Escude
Duration	2h 18m

Stat	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Nicolas Escude
Aces	13	19
Double faults	5	2
First serve %	51	61
First serve points won %	80	78
Second serve points won %	59	38
Break points saved %	80	78
Break points converted %	22	20
Service points won %	69	62
Return points won %	38	31
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Nicolas Escude
Country	RUS	FRA
Birth date	Feb 18, 1974	Apr 3, 1976
Age	25	23
Height	190	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	53
Ranking points (entering)	3,392	863
Elo (entering)	1,890	1,833
Career W-L	568–281	157–124
Career earnings	$23,883,797	$3,216,150

Pre-match H2H

Yevgeny Kafelnikov 1 – 0 Nicolas Escude

Path

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 13, 1999	QF	Daniel Vacek	7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 12, 1999	R16	David Prinosil	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 11, 1999	R32	Arnaud Clement	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 14, 1999	F	Byron Black	7-6(2) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Escude's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 13, 1999	QF	Andrei Medvedev	2-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 12, 1999	R16	Jan Kroslak	6-1 3-6 6-3	W	—	Match data
Nov 11, 1999	R32	Younes El Aynaoui	7-6(3) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data