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Nicolas Escude

FRA Age 50 185 cm / 6'1" Plays: Right-Handed, Two-Handed Backhand ATP Tour years active: 1993–2004

Nicolas Escude represented France on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 17. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 157–125 and 4 singles titles.

Peak singles rank

17 (Jun 26, 2000)

Elo peak

1918 (84th percentile)

Singles record

157–125 (55.7%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$3,216,150

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's ATP event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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ATP Matches full match log →

Nicolas Escude's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Feliciano Lopez #30	6-7(1) 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 28, 2004*	R64	Canadian Open	Masters 1000	Hard
Guillermo Coria #3	0-6 (ret.)	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 2, 2004*	R16	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Clay
Mikhail Youzhny #38	6-2 7-5 6-7(3) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	May 30, 2004*	R32	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Clay
Florian Mayer #75	6-4 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	May 28, 2004*	R64	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Clay
Wayne Arthurs #89	7-6(7) 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	May 26, 2004*	R128	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Clay

Rivals all rivalries →

Nicolas Escude's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Tim Henman	6	4	10	Mar 19, 2003	H2H
Yevgeny Kafelnikov	2	5	7	Oct 11, 2002	H2H
Cedric Pioline	4	3	7	Jun 21, 2002	H2H
Younes El Aynaoui	4	1	5	Jan 8, 2004	H2H
Dominik Hrbaty	3	2	5	Mar 18, 2003	H2H

Singles Titles (4)

Nicolas Escude singles titles by season and category
Season	Age	Singles titles	GS	Masters 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP 500 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP 250 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP Finals	Tournaments
1999	23	1	—	—	—	1	—	Toulouse
2001	25	1	—	—	1	—	—	ABN AMRO Open
2002	26	1	—	—	1	—	—	ABN AMRO Open
2004	28	1	—	—	—	1	—	Qatar Open
Total		4	—	—	2	2	—

Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Olympic Singles Results (1)

Nicolas Escude Olympic singles results
Edition	Event	Result	W	L	Last Match	H2H	Match Data
2000	Sydney Olympics	First Round	0	1	Juan Ignacio Chela #57 def. Nicolas Escude #29 6-7(5) 7-5 6-1	H2H	Match data

Career Results

Nicolas Escude career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1993	17	0	1	1	0.0%	875	670
1995	19	1	2	3	33.3%	646	189
1997	21	6	6	12	50.0%	413	93
1998	22	22	22	44	50.0%	93	37
1999	23	19	15	34	55.9%	37	37
2000	24	26	23	49	53.1%	34	48
2001	25	28	23	51	54.9%	48	27
2002	26	29	15	44	65.9%	32	34
2003	27	11	10	21	52.4%	35	114
2004	28	15	8	23	65.2%	114	64
Career		157	125	282	55.7%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Nicolas Escude career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1993	17	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1995	19	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%
1997	21	1	2	3	33.3%	2	1	3	66.7%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	6	6	12	50.0%
1998	22	13	11	24	54.2%	5	6	11	45.5%	2	2	4	50.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	22	22	44	50.0%
1999	23	12	9	21	57.1%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	6	4	10	60.0%	19	15	34	55.9%
2000	24	16	11	27	59.3%	3	6	9	33.3%	7	3	10	70.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	26	23	49	53.1%
2001	25	18	12	30	60.0%	3	5	8	37.5%	7	3	10	70.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	28	23	51	54.9%
2002	26	15	5	20	75.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	11	5	16	68.8%	29	15	44	65.9%
2003	27	10	5	15	66.7%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	11	10	21	52.4%
2004	28	10	5	15	66.7%	4	2	6	66.7%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	15	8	23	65.2%
Career	—	96	61	157	61.1%	18	27	45	40.0%	21	14	35	60.0%	22	23	45	48.9%	157	125	282	55.7%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Nicolas Escude career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1993	17	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1995	19	0	0	—	—	1	0	1	100.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
1997	21	0	1	1	0.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	2	1	3	66.7%	1	0	1	100.0%	5	6	11	45.5%
1998	22	1	4	5	20.0%	4	4	8	50.0%	13	12	25	52.0%	4	1	5	80.0%	22	21	43	51.2%
1999	23	3	4	7	42.9%	2	4	6	33.3%	9	5	14	64.3%	4	1	5	80.0%	18	14	32	56.2%
2000	24	2	6	8	25.0%	3	5	8	37.5%	10	10	20	50.0%	10	2	12	83.3%	25	23	48	52.1%
2001	25	5	4	9	55.6%	7	4	11	63.6%	12	12	24	50.0%	4	3	7	57.1%	28	23	51	54.9%
2002	26	5	5	10	50.0%	7	3	10	70.0%	13	7	20	65.0%	4	0	4	100.0%	29	15	44	65.9%
2003	27	2	3	5	40.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	4	6	10	40.0%	4	0	4	100.0%	11	10	21	52.4%
2004	28	0	2	2	0.0%	4	3	7	57.1%	9	2	11	81.8%	2	1	3	66.7%	15	8	23	65.2%
Career		18	30	48	37.5%	31	28	59	52.5%	72	57	129	55.8%	33	8	41	80.5%	154	123	277	55.6%

Opponent ranking data available for 277/282 (98.2%) of Nicolas Escude's ATP main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Nicolas Escude performance statistics by season
Season	Age	Sample	Aces/M	DFs/M	1st Sv%	1st Sv Pts%	2nd Sv Pts%	BP Saved%	BP Conv%	Svc Pts%	Ret Pts%
1993	17	1/1	0.0	3.0	53.8%	51.4%	30.0%	41.7%	0.0%	41.5%	27.1%
1995	19	3/3	0.7	2.3	61.4%	64.7%	50.6%	56.7%	23.6%	59.2%	33.3%
1997	21	9/12	4.7	3.1	56.8%	70.9%	53.7%	71.4%	37.5%	63.3%	36.1%
1998	22	32/44	6.4	3.4	57.0%	70.0%	47.6%	61.1%	39.2%	60.1%	37.9%
1999	23	28/34	6.3	2.6	57.0%	71.3%	54.2%	62.4%	45.9%	63.7%	39.3%
2000	24	43/49	6.5	3.6	51.7%	75.2%	51.3%	52.4%	36.7%	63.8%	39.1%
2001	25	41/51	6.0	3.8	54.4%	71.8%	50.6%	59.5%	46.5%	62.2%	37.8%
2002	26	38/44	7.7	4.5	58.9%	76.4%	51.3%	60.5%	43.6%	66.0%	39.5%
2003	27	20/21	8.2	4.0	57.7%	75.1%	49.2%	59.8%	46.6%	64.1%	38.4%
2004	28	23/23	7.3	2.4	59.7%	75.5%	53.2%	62.6%	42.2%	66.4%	38.8%
Career		238/282	6.6	3.5	56.2%	73.3%	51.0%	59.6%	42.0%	63.5%	38.5%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 238/282 (84.4%) of Nicolas Escude's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Nicolas Escude advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1993	17	1498	100.2	-2.06	+3.59	0.464	34.1%	—	—	—	0.0%	-5.00	—	—	—	-0.22
1995	19	1505	108.2	-1.55	-1.30	0.817	47.2%	+30	—	—	33.3%	-0.83	—	1–1	—	-0.09
1997	21	1621	125.8	+0.79	+0.26	0.983	49.9%	-43	-32	—	48.4%	-0.03	—	4–3 (57%)	—	-0.37
1998	22	1708	143.8	-0.82	+1.23	0.950	49.2%	+9	-93	-49	50.0%	-0.08	9–6 (60%)	8–4 (67%)	109.7	-1.77
1999	23	1822	146.6	+1.88	+1.67	1.082	51.3%	+16	—	—	55.3%	+0.26	7–6 (54%)	11–6 (65%)	103.6	-1.08
2000	24	1704	140.2	+1.39	+1.93	1.082	51.3%	+56	-130	-10	53.7%	+0.40	6–9 (40%)	7–14 (33%)	88.0	+1.03
2001	25	1723	146.5	+0.67	+0.71	1.001	49.9%	-9	-144	+98	55.0%	+0.43	9–8 (53%)	10–12 (45%)	98.3	-0.53
2002	26	1847	151.5	+3.07	+1.82	1.161	52.3%	+54	-306	-51	63.1%	+0.66	8–7 (53%)	14–2 (88%)	109.1	-0.81
2003	27	1803	136.0	+1.80	+1.45	1.069	51.5%	+113	—	-32	59.6%	+0.55	3–1 (75%)	6–4 (60%)	101.4	-1.00
2004	28	1835	138.5	+1.43	+2.19	1.155	52.1%	+25	-193	—	67.3%	+1.00	2–2 (50%)	7–4 (64%)	100.3	-0.24
Career		1918	150.4	+1.26	+1.47	1.054	50.8%	+30	-138	+10	55.8%	+0.35	44–39 (53%)	68–50 (58%)	104.7	-1.82

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Nicolas Escude Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1993	17	—	R128	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1997	21	—	R32	—	R64	3–2 (60%)
1998	22	SF	R64	R64	R128	7–4 (64%)
1999	23	—	R64	—	QF	5–2 (71%)
2000	24	R16	R128	R64	—	4–3 (57%)
2001	25	R64	R128	QF	R64	6–4 (60%)
2002	26	R32	R128	R32	—	4–3 (57%)
2003	27	R32	R128	R64	—	3–3 (50%)
2004	28	R32	R16	—	—	5–2 (71%)
W-L		15–6 (71%)	7–9 (44%)	9–5 (64%)	6–4 (60%)	37–24 (61%)

Masters 1000

Nicolas Escude Masters 1000 results by season
Season	Age	CAN	CIN	HAM	IW	MC	MIA	PAR	ITA	STU	W-L Win %
1997	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1998	22	R64	R64	R32	—	—	R64	R32	R32	—	4–6 (40%)
1999	23	—	—	—	R64	—	R64	R64	—	—	1–3 (25%)
2000	24	R16	—	R64	R16	R32	R32	R64	R64	R32	7–8 (47%)
2001	25	R16	R32	R16	QF	R64	R64	R64	R64	R64	8–9 (47%)
2002	26	—	—	R64	R32	R64	R32	QF	—	—	5–5 (50%)
2003	27	—	—	—	—	R64	R16	—	—	—	3–2 (60%)
2004	28	R64	—	—	R16	R32	R128	—	—	—	4–4 (50%)
W-L		4–4 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	3–4 (43%)	9–5 (64%)	2–5 (29%)	7–7 (50%)	6–6 (50%)	1–3 (25%)	1–2 (33%)	34–38 (47%)

ATP 500

Nicolas Escude ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	BAR	DUB	NAP	ROT	STU	TKY	VIE	NEW	W-L Win %
1998	22	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R64	0–2 (0%)
1999	23	—	—	R64	—	—	R64	—	—	0–2 (0%)
2000	24	R64	—	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	2–3 (40%)
2001	25	R32	R16	R32	W	—	—	—	—	8–3 (73%)
2002	26	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	5–0 (100%)
2003	27	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
W-L		1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	13–2 (87%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	17–11 (61%)

ATP 250

Nicolas Escude ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	ASB	BAS	CHN	DOH	DUB	EST	GST	HAL	LIB	MTP	MRS	MUN	QUE	ROT	SPB	LON	MIL	MOS	SCO	SYD	TAS	TOU	W-L Win %
1995	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	1–2 (33%)
1997	21	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	1–3 (25%)
1998	22	QF	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	R16	—	QF	—	R32	—	QF	—	—	—	—	SF	—	11–9 (55%)
1999	23	—	—	R16	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	QF	—	R64	—	—	—	—	SF	R32	—	—	W	13–8 (62%)
2000	24	SF	R32	R32	—	—	—	QF	—	QF	F	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	13–8 (62%)
2001	25	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	QF	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	6–7 (46%)
2002	26	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	QF	F	—	—	—	—	—	SF	QF	—	QF	—	—	15–7 (68%)
2003	27	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	3–4 (43%)
2004	28	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	6–2 (75%)
W-L		5–2 (71%)	0–1 (0%)	2–5 (29%)	0–1 (0%)	8–2 (80%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	6–5 (55%)	6–3 (67%)	5–5 (50%)	9–5 (64%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	4–4 (50%)	5–3 (62%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	3–1 (75%)	8–3 (73%)	69–50 (58%)

ATP Finals

Nicolas Escude ATP Finals results by season
Season	Age	GRA	W-L Win %
1998	22	R16	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Jun 26, 2000

First Top 100

Nov 17, 1997

First Top 50

Feb 2, 1998

First Top 20

Apr 17, 2000

First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Nicolas Escude ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1992	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	875
1993	17	879	882	895	855	579	586	593	601	597	620	626	670
1994	18	664	638	641	601	643	657	655	674	649	647	643	646
1995	19	644	665	670	701	457	458	441	404	249	200	195	189
1996	20	191	186	188	188	225	231	237	249	399	383	406	413
1997	21	412	414	404	296	233	152	154	126	115	123	93	93
1998	22	81	36	38	38	32	35	32	39	34	30	37	37
1999	23	40	103	97	99	123	144	145	136	80	47	37	37
2000	24	30	30	28	19	23	17	19	17	29	41	48	48
2001	25	56	38	32	34	32	38	28	31	27	28	27	27
2002	26	29	23	26	27	31	33	41	44	48	41	34	34
2003	27	38	58	62	61	61	61	69	60	61	75	112	114
2004	28	59	77	66	76	76	58	67	67	65	60	64	64
2005	29	151	166	211	247	240	1093	1071	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

Other ATP players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Nicolas Escude's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Titles	M1000	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Fabrice Santoro	FRA	#17	1,890	897	462	435	51.5%	$10,013,832	6	0	1989–2010	Rivalries	Match log
Andrea Gaudenzi	ITA	#18	1,867	427	206	221	48.2%	$3,063,479	3	0	1990–2003	Rivalries	Match log
Francisco Clavet	ESP	#18	1,869	728	388	340	53.3%	$4,271,881	8	0	1988–2003	Rivalries	Match log
Younes El Aynaoui	MAR	#14	1,923	465	244	221	52.5%	$4,044,667	5	0	1990–2010	Rivalries	Match log
Jason Stoltenberg	AUS	#19	1,924	555	295	260	53.2%	$3,259,607	4	0	1987–2001	Rivalries	Match log
Vincent Spadea	USA	#18	1,876	661	311	350	47.0%	$5,004,860	1	0	1993–2010	Rivalries	Match log
Jerome Golmard	FRA	#22	1,884	283	141	142	49.8%	$2,215,784	2	0	1994–2004	Rivalries	Match log
Renzo Furlan	ITA	#19	1,864	447	214	233	47.9%	$2,449,043	2	0	1989–2003	Rivalries	Match log
Jan-Michael Gambill	USA	#14	1,949	392	201	191	51.3%	$3,612,893	3	0	1995–2007	Rivalries	Match log
Max Mirnyi	BLR	#18	1,914	446	221	225	49.6%	$11,763,620	1	0	1996–2008	Rivalries	Match log
Todd Woodbridge	AUS	#19	1,870	470	239	231	50.9%	$10,078,820	2	0	1988–2001	Rivalries	Match log
Andrei Pavel	ROU	#13	1,897	501	249	252	49.7%	$5,225,028	3	1	1992–2009	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Nicolas Escude?: Nicolas Escude is 50 years old, born on April 3, 1976.
Which country does Nicolas Escude represent?: Nicolas Escude represents France in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Nicolas Escude?: Nicolas Escude is 185 cm / 6'1".
Does Nicolas Escude use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Nicolas Escude uses a two-handed backhand.
Is Nicolas Escude left-handed or right-handed?: Nicolas Escude plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Nicolas Escude won?: Nicolas Escude has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Nicolas Escude won?: TennisDB does not group any of Nicolas Escude's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
How many ATP titles has Nicolas Escude won?: Nicolas Escude has won 4 ATP singles titles across all categories. The most recent was Doha in 2004.
What is Nicolas Escude's highest ATP ranking?: Nicolas Escude's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 17, first achieved on June 26, 2000.
What is Nicolas Escude's career win-loss record?: Nicolas Escude has a career ATP singles record of 157 wins and 125 losses (55.7%).
How much career prize money has Nicolas Escude earned?: Nicolas Escude has earned at least $3,216,150 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Nicolas Escude's career appear in TennisDB?: Nicolas Escude appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1993 through 2004.
On which surface does Nicolas Escude have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Nicolas Escude's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on hard: 61.1% (96–61).
Who has Nicolas Escude faced most often?: Nicolas Escude's most frequent opponent is Tim Henman, with a head-to-head record of 6–4 across 10 meetings.