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Nicolas Escude #41 def. Tim Henman #9

6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Nov 2, 2002*
Tournament	Paris Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Nicolas Escude
Score	6-4 6-2
Loser	Tim Henman
Duration	1h 18m

Stat	Nicolas Escude	Tim Henman
Aces	2	0
Double faults	4	6
First serve %	51	67
First serve points won %	73	59
Second serve points won %	60	24
Break points saved %	50	55
Break points converted %	45	50
Service points won %	67	47
Return points won %	53	33
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nicolas Escude	Tim Henman
Country	FRA	GBR
Birth date	Apr 3, 1976	Sep 6, 1974
Age	26	28
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	41	9
Ranking points (entering)	840	2,145
Elo (entering)	1,839	1,885
Career W-L	157–124	468–260
Career earnings	$3,216,150	$11,635,542

Pre-match H2H

Nicolas Escude 4 – 4 Tim Henman

Path

Nicolas Escude's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 31, 2002	R32	Albert Costa	6-1 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 30, 2002	R64	Felix Mantilla	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Escude's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 3, 2002	QF	Marat Safin	3-6 7-5 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Tim Henman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 31, 2002	R32	Radek Stepanek	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data