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Nicolas Escude #81 def. Todd Woodbridge #33

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

Match Information

Date	Jan 28, 1998*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Nicolas Escude
Score	7-6(4) 6-3 6-2
Loser	Todd Woodbridge
Duration	2h 16m

Stat	Nicolas Escude	Todd Woodbridge
Aces	2	5
Double faults	0	5
First serve %	60	55
First serve points won %	72	65
Second serve points won %	57	47
Break points saved %	89	64
Break points converted %	36	11
Service points won %	66	57
Return points won %	43	34
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nicolas Escude	Todd Woodbridge
Country	FRA	AUS
Birth date	Apr 3, 1976	Apr 2, 1971
Age	21	26
Height	185	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	81	33
Ranking points (entering)	581	1,188
Elo (entering)	1,738	1,857
Career W-L	157–124	237–229
Career earnings	$3,216,150	$10,078,820

Pre-match H2H

Nicolas Escude 0 – 0 Todd Woodbridge

Path

Nicolas Escude's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1998	R32	Richey Reneberg	1-6 6-7(0) 6-2 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 1998	R64	Gustavo Kuerten	5-7 6-3 6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 1998	R128	Magnus Larsson	5-7 4-6 7-5 6-1 10-8	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Escude's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 30, 1998	QF	Nicolas Kiefer	4-6 3-6 6-4 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Todd Woodbridge's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1998	R32	Greg Rusedski	7-6(5) 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 1998	R64	Christophe Van Garsse	6-4 4-6 6-3 6-4	W	—	Match data
Jan 21, 1998	R128	Filip Dewulf	7-5 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data