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Gustavo Kuerten vs Nicolas Escude H2H: 1-2

Nicolas Escude holds a 2–1 lead over Gustavo Kuerten in their ATP head-to-head. Across 3 main-draw meetings, they are tied 1–1 on hard courts, while Nicolas Escude leads 1–0 on carpet. Most recently, Gustavo Kuerten won the 2000 Stuttgart Masters round of 32 7-6(8) 7-6(1).

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Gustavo Kuerten
BRA Age 49 Right-Handed 190 cm / 6'3"
H2H
1 – 2
3 main-draw meetings
Nicolas Escude
FRA Age 50 Right-Handed 185 cm / 6'1"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Gustavo Kuerten #3 7-6(8) 7-6(1) Nicolas Escude #41 Match data Nov 2, 2000* R32 Stuttgart Masters Masters 1000 Hard
Nicolas Escude #81 5-7 6-3 6-1 7-5 Gustavo Kuerten #14 Match data Jan 23, 1998* R64 Australian Open Grand Slam Hard
Nicolas Escude #123 7-6(8) 6-3 Gustavo Kuerten #14 Match data Oct 30, 1997* R32 Paris Masters Masters 1000 Carpet

Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player Current Peak Pts Elo W L Win % GS 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories Finals 500 including documented historical predecessor categories 250 including documented historical predecessor categories Titles
Gustavo Kuerten #1,132 #1 4,750 2,137 339 184 64.8% 3 5 1 4 7 20
Nicolas Escude #1,071 #17 1,357 1,918 157 125 55.7% 0 0 0 2 2 4

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Age Gustavo Kuerten Nicolas Escude
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
17 — — — — — — — 1993 0–1 0.0% #670 1,497 0 0
19 1996 8–10 44.4% #88 1,556 0 0 1995 1–2 33.3% #189 1,504 0 0
20 1997 34–23 59.6% #14 1,780 1 1 — — — — — — —
21 1998 39–24 61.9% #23 1,781 1 3 1997 6–6 50.0% #93 1,621 0 0
22 1999 47–24 66.2% #5 1,861 1 5 1998 22–22 50.0% #37 1,708 0 0
23 2000 62–19 76.5% #1 2,002 2 10 1999 19–15 55.9% #37 1,821 0 1
24 2001 57–17 77.0% #2 1,912 3 16 2000 26–23 53.1% #48 1,703 0 1
25 2002 24–14 63.2% #37 1,872 3 17 2001 28–23 54.9% #27 1,722 0 2
26 2003 40–19 67.8% #16 1,851 3 19 2002 29–15 65.9% #34 1,846 0 3
27 2004 23–13 63.9% #40 1,812 3 20 2003 11–10 52.4% #114 1,802 0 3
28 2005 3–9 25.0% #291 1,702 3 20 2004 15–8 65.2% #64 1,834 0 4
29 2006 0–1 0.0% #1078 1,678 3 20 — — — — — — —
30 2007 2–7 22.2% #680 1,594 3 20 — — — — — — —
31 2008 0–4 0.0% #1150 1,553 3 20 — — — — — — —

Surface Results by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Age Gustavo Kuerten Nicolas Escude
Yr HardClayGrassCarpet Yr HardClayGrassCarpet
W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win %
17 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1993 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — —
19 1996 1 1 2 50.0% 5 7 12 41.7% — — — — 2 2 4 50.0% 1995 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — 0 1 1 0.0%
20 1997 17 8 25 68.0% 14 8 22 63.6% 0 2 2 0.0% 3 5 8 37.5% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
21 1998 15 11 26 57.7% 24 11 35 68.6% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — 1997 1 2 3 33.3% 2 1 3 66.7% 1 1 2 50.0% 2 2 4 50.0%
22 1999 20 15 35 57.1% 21 6 27 77.8% 4 1 5 80.0% 2 2 4 50.0% 1998 13 11 24 54.2% 5 6 11 45.5% 2 2 4 50.0% 2 3 5 40.0%
23 2000 28 12 40 70.0% 27 4 31 87.1% 2 1 3 66.7% 5 2 7 71.4% 1999 12 9 21 57.1% 1 1 2 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 6 4 10 60.0%
24 2001 23 12 35 65.7% 33 2 35 94.3% — — — — 1 3 4 25.0% 2000 16 11 27 59.3% 3 6 9 33.3% 7 3 10 70.0% 0 3 3 0.0%
25 2002 10 6 16 62.5% 10 6 16 62.5% — — — — 4 2 6 66.7% 2001 18 12 30 60.0% 3 5 8 37.5% 7 3 10 70.0% 0 3 3 0.0%
26 2003 23 10 33 69.7% 14 7 21 66.7% 1 1 2 50.0% 2 1 3 66.7% 2002 15 5 20 75.0% 0 3 3 0.0% 3 2 5 60.0% 11 5 16 68.8%
27 2004 8 8 16 50.0% 15 5 20 75.0% — — — — — — — — 2003 10 5 15 66.7% 0 2 2 0.0% 1 2 3 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0%
28 2005 1 1 2 50.0% 2 8 10 20.0% — — — — — — — — 2004 10 5 15 66.7% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — — 1 1 2 50.0%
29 2006 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
30 2007 1 4 5 20.0% 1 3 4 25.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
31 2008 0 1 1 0.0% 0 3 3 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 147 89 236 62.3% 166 71 237 70.0% 7 7 14 50.0% 19 17 36 52.8% — 96 61 157 61.1% 18 27 45 40.0% 21 14 35 60.0% 22 23 45 48.9%

Performance Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Detailed serve and return statistics available for 449/523 of Gustavo Kuerten's and 238/282 of Nicolas Escude's main draw matches. Sample is shown as matches with detailed serve and return statistics / total main draw matches. Bold green marks the stronger value when both stat samples contain at least 5 matches; lower is better for DFs/M.

Age Gustavo Kuerten Nicolas Escude
Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts% Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts%
17 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 1993 1/1 0.0 3.0 53.8% 51.4% 30.0% 41.7% 0.0% 41.5% 27.1%
19 1996 17/18 3.4 2.6 53.7% 70.2% 49.5% 47.3% 34.6% 60.9% 35.8% 1995 3/3 0.7 2.3 61.4% 64.7% 50.6% 56.7% 23.6% 59.2% 33.3%
20 1997 50/57 8.1 3.1 53.4% 74.6% 50.1% 58.7% 40.0% 63.2% 38.1% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
21 1998 53/63 7.7 2.8 54.7% 75.4% 50.3% 60.2% 47.3% 64.0% 37.5% 1997 9/12 4.7 3.1 56.8% 70.9% 53.7% 71.4% 37.5% 63.3% 36.1%
22 1999 60/71 8.5 2.2 53.6% 78.5% 51.8% 63.8% 49.4% 66.1% 39.3% 1998 32/44 6.4 3.4 57.0% 70.0% 47.6% 61.1% 39.2% 60.1% 37.9%
23 2000 59/81 9.6 2.3 54.2% 78.9% 54.4% 61.4% 40.8% 67.7% 39.7% 1999 28/34 6.3 2.6 57.0% 71.3% 54.2% 62.4% 45.9% 63.7% 39.3%
24 2001 63/74 9.2 2.1 55.5% 79.3% 56.6% 71.1% 41.5% 69.1% 39.9% 2000 43/49 6.5 3.6 51.7% 75.2% 51.3% 52.4% 36.7% 63.8% 39.1%
25 2002 31/38 8.8 1.8 55.6% 75.5% 54.0% 61.6% 45.6% 66.0% 36.7% 2001 41/51 6.0 3.8 54.4% 71.8% 50.6% 59.5% 46.5% 62.2% 37.8%
26 2003 57/59 8.4 2.0 55.6% 76.4% 52.5% 59.4% 41.1% 65.8% 38.5% 2002 38/44 7.7 4.5 58.9% 76.4% 51.3% 60.5% 43.6% 66.0% 39.5%
27 2004 35/36 8.2 2.8 55.4% 74.4% 50.9% 52.6% 50.3% 63.9% 38.4% 2003 20/21 8.2 4.0 57.7% 75.1% 49.2% 59.8% 46.6% 64.1% 38.4%
28 2005 12/12 6.1 3.3 53.0% 66.7% 42.5% 55.7% 34.5% 55.0% 34.2% 2004 23/23 7.3 2.4 59.7% 75.5% 53.2% 62.6% 42.2% 66.4% 38.8%
29 2006 1/1 8.0 3.0 53.2% 76.2% 54.1% 33.3% 16.7% 65.8% 33.0% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
30 2007 7/9 7.3 2.0 59.7% 75.7% 44.2% 46.4% 33.7% 64.1% 35.1% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
31 2008 4/4 3.5 2.8 53.8% 66.9% 38.6% 47.0% 27.8% 53.8% 21.9% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
Career — 449/523 8.3 2.4 54.7% 76.3% 52.0% 60.6% 43.2% 65.3% 38.2% — 238/282 6.6 3.5 56.2% 73.3% 51.0% 59.6% 42.0% 63.5% 38.5%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics are precomputed from eligible main-draw results; point-stat values use the available detailed sample. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Age Gustavo Kuerten Nicolas Escude
Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule
17 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1993 1498 100.2 -2.06 +3.59 0.464 34.1% — — — 0.0% -5.00 — — — -0.22
19 1996 1557 123.0 +0.44 -1.62 0.915 48.0% -4 +17 — 39.5% -0.72 5–1 (83%) 3–4 (43%) 106.9 +0.21 1995 1505 108.2 -1.55 -1.30 0.817 47.2% +30 — — 33.3% -0.83 — 1–1 — -0.09
20 1997 1780 149.1 +1.98 +0.21 1.038 50.3% -39 +59 — 56.5% +0.42 15–7 (68%) 12–17 (41%) 105.3 -0.79 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
21 1998 1781 146.0 +2.64 -0.29 1.039 51.0% -43 +127 — 57.6% +0.52 13–8 (62%) 14–12 (54%) 103.2 +1.23 1997 1621 125.8 +0.79 +0.26 0.983 49.9% -43 -32 — 48.4% -0.03 — 4–3 (57%) — -0.37
22 1999 1861 155.1 +4.10 +2.03 1.159 52.5% -64 +127 -209 65.9% +0.88 7–11 (39%) 8–12 (40%) 94.2 -0.75 1998 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
23 2000 2003 158.1 +5.05 +3.02 1.228 53.2% -43 +160 -329 69.6% +1.16 16–7 (70%) 26–21 (55%) 104.6 -0.10 1999 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
24 2001 1913 159.6 +6.12 +3.01 1.293 54.1% -75 +370 — 70.2% +1.27 17–11 (61%) 18–16 (53%) 95.3 +0.65 2000 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
25 2002 1873 141.6 +3.17 -0.14 1.081 51.3% -18 +227 — 61.0% +0.66 7–8 (47%) 12–12 (50%) 92.4 +0.15 2001 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
26 2003 1852 149.1 +3.43 +1.34 1.127 52.1% +22 +153 — 61.5% +0.83 11–7 (61%) 19–14 (58%) 99.8 +0.95 2002 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
27 2004 1813 142.0 +1.63 +1.04 1.065 51.1% -37 +187 — 58.8% +0.51 10–3 (77%) 9–7 (56%) 101.1 +0.10 2003 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
28 2005 1703 118.6 -2.63 -2.14 0.761 45.0% — +122 — 32.1% -1.36 — 1–2 (33%) — -1.09 2004 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
29 2006 1678 99.4 -0.70 -0.57 0.965 48.2% — — — 33.3% -0.67 0–1 — — +0.12 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
30 2007 1594 112.2 -0.10 -1.70 0.979 49.6% +102 +144 — 26.3% -1.16 0–1 0–3 (0%) — +0.13 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
31 2008 1553 104.1 -3.30 -4.26 0.474 39.4% — +130 — 0.0% -3.56 — — — -0.18 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 2138 154.8 +3.30 +1.14 1.102 51.6% -36 +170 -254 61.0% +0.68 101–65 (61%) 122–120 (50%) 98.7 +0.12 — 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

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.