Site data updated: 2026-05-28 18:14 UTC

Andrei Medvedev #20 def. Nicolas Escude #233

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

Match Information

Date	Jun 1, 1997*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Andrei Medvedev
Score	7-6(2) 6-4 6-3
Loser	Nicolas Escude
Duration	2h 10m

Stat	Andrei Medvedev	Nicolas Escude
Aces	10	4
Double faults	6	4
First serve %	57	54
First serve points won %	80	62
Second serve points won %	52	53
Break points saved %	90	71
Break points converted %	29	10
Service points won %	68	58
Return points won %	42	32
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Andrei Medvedev	Nicolas Escude
Country	UKR	FRA
Birth date	Aug 31, 1974	Apr 3, 1976
Age	22	21
Height	193	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	20	233
Ranking points (entering)	1,503	169
Elo (entering)	1,889	1,577
Career W-L	303–211	157–124
Career earnings	$6,721,598	$3,216,150

Pre-match H2H

Andrei Medvedev 0 – 0 Nicolas Escude

Path

Andrei Medvedev's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 30, 1997	R64	Juan Albert Viloca Puig	6-4 6-3 6-4	W	—	Match data
May 28, 1997	R128	Alberto Berasategui	6-4 4-6 2-6 6-2 2-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

Andrei Medvedev's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 1997	R16	Gustavo Kuerten	7-5 1-6 2-6 6-1 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Escude's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 30, 1997	R64	Jonathan Stark	6-4 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 1997	R128	Thomas Johansson	6-3 2-6 7-5 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data