R32 Indian Wells Open 2000

Nicolas Escude #30 def. Marat Safin #31

6-2 6-0

Nicolas Escude defeated Marat Safin 6-2 6-0 in the 2000 Indian Wells Open round of 32 on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Mar 16, 2000*
Tournament: Indian Wells Open
Edition: 2000
Category: Masters 1000
Surface: Hard
Round: R32
Duration: 52m

Match Statistics

Stat	Nicolas Escude	Marat Safin
Aces	4	3
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	65.0%	33.0%
First serve points won %	75.0%	62.0%
Second serve points won %	47.0%	19.0%
Break points saved %	75.0%	25.0%
Break points converted %	75.0%	25.0%
Service points won %	65.0%	33.0%
Return points won %	67.0%	35.0%
Total points won %	66.0%	34.0%
Match Serve+	+2.9	-28.9
Match Return+	+28.9	-2.9

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the ATP 2000 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

Field	Nicolas Escude	Marat Safin
Country	FRA	RUS
Birth date	Apr 3, 1976	Jan 27, 1980
Age	23	20
Height	185 cm	193 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	30	31
Ranking points (entering)	1,006	947
Elo (entering)	1,851	1,704
Current career W-L	157–125	396–249
Current career earnings	$3,216,150	$14,373,291

Pre-match H2H

Nicolas Escude #30 0 – 0 Marat Safin #31

Path

Nicolas Escude's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Cedric Pioline #11	7-5 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 15, 2000	R64

Nicolas Escude's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Nicolas Lapentti #8	6-3 4-6 6-7(3)	L	H2H	Match data	Mar 18, 2000	R16

Marat Safin's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Fernando Meligeni #29	6-2 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 15, 2000	R64