H2H data updated: 2026-09-01 00:00 UTC

Patrick Rafter vs Nicolas Escude H2H: 4-0

Patrick Rafter holds a 4–0 lead over Nicolas Escude in their ATP head-to-head. Across 4 main-draw meetings, Patrick Rafter leads 1–0 on carpet and 1–0 on clay. Most recently, Patrick Rafter won the 2000 Libéma Open final 6-1 6-3.

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Patrick Rafter
AUS Age 53 Right-Handed 185 cm / 6'1"
H2H
4 – 0
4 main draw meetings
Nicolas Escude
FRA Age 50 Right-Handed 185 cm / 6'1"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Patrick Rafter #27 6-1 6-3 Nicolas Escude #18 Match data Jun 25, 2000* F Libéma Open ATP International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250 Grass
Patrick Rafter #3 7-5 6-0 2-6 6-4 Nicolas Escude #123 Match data May 28, 1999* R64 Roland Garros Grand Slam Clay
Patrick Rafter #3 6-3 6-1 Nicolas Escude #32 Match data Nov 5, 1998* R32 Paris Masters Masters 1000 Carpet
Patrick Rafter #3 6-3 6-2 Nicolas Escude #40 Match data Aug 29, 1998* QF Long Island ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250 Hard

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
Patrick Rafter #224 #1 3,673 2,105 333 178 65.2% 2 2 0 1 6 11
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 Patrick Rafter Nicolas Escude
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
17 — — — — — — — 1993 0–1 0.0% #670 1,497 0 0
18 1991 0–1 0.0% #293 1,495 0 0 — — — — — — —
19 1992 0–3 0.0% #243 1,456 0 0 1995 1–2 33.3% #189 1,504 0 0
20 1993 11–11 50.0% #66 1,621 0 0 — — — — — — —
21 1994 43–26 62.3% #20 1,804 0 1 1997 6–6 50.0% #93 1,621 0 0
22 1995 29–23 55.8% #66 1,778 0 1 1998 22–22 50.0% #37 1,708 0 0
23 1996 25–20 55.6% #62 1,764 0 1 1999 19–15 55.9% #37 1,821 0 1
24 1997 63–26 70.8% #2 2,030 1 2 2000 26–23 53.1% #48 1,703 0 1
25 1998 58–20 74.4% #4 2,011 2 8 2001 28–23 54.9% #27 1,722 0 2
26 1999 31–16 66.0% #16 1,961 2 9 2002 29–15 65.9% #34 1,846 0 3
27 2000 31–17 64.6% #15 1,880 2 10 2003 11–10 52.4% #114 1,802 0 3
28 2001 42–15 73.7% #7 1,988 2 11 2004 15–8 65.2% #64 1,834 0 4

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 Patrick Rafter 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% — — — — — — — —
18 1991 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
19 1992 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 1995 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — 0 1 1 0.0%
20 1993 5 7 12 41.7% — — — — 3 2 5 60.0% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
21 1994 27 14 41 65.9% 4 4 8 50.0% 7 2 9 77.8% 5 6 11 45.5% 1997 1 2 3 33.3% 2 1 3 66.7% 1 1 2 50.0% 2 2 4 50.0%
22 1995 21 11 32 65.6% 1 6 7 14.3% 2 3 5 40.0% 5 3 8 62.5% 1998 13 11 24 54.2% 5 6 11 45.5% 2 2 4 50.0% 2 3 5 40.0%
23 1996 12 9 21 57.1% 4 5 9 44.4% 8 4 12 66.7% 1 2 3 33.3% 1999 12 9 21 57.1% 1 1 2 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 6 4 10 60.0%
24 1997 40 17 57 70.2% 10 3 13 76.9% 6 2 8 75.0% 7 4 11 63.6% 2000 16 11 27 59.3% 3 6 9 33.3% 7 3 10 70.0% 0 3 3 0.0%
25 1998 40 10 50 80.0% 1 3 4 25.0% 8 2 10 80.0% 9 5 14 64.3% 2001 18 12 30 60.0% 3 5 8 37.5% 7 3 10 70.0% 0 3 3 0.0%
26 1999 13 11 24 54.2% 7 3 10 70.0% 11 2 13 84.6% — — — — 2002 15 5 20 75.0% 0 3 3 0.0% 3 2 5 60.0% 11 5 16 68.8%
27 2000 13 10 23 56.5% 1 3 4 25.0% 12 2 14 85.7% 5 2 7 71.4% 2003 10 5 15 66.7% 0 2 2 0.0% 1 2 3 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0%
28 2001 33 11 44 75.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 9 3 12 75.0% — — — — 2004 10 5 15 66.7% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — — 1 1 2 50.0%
Career — 204 103 307 66.4% 28 28 56 50.0% 66 23 89 74.2% 35 24 59 59.3% — 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 436/511 of Patrick Rafter'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 Patrick Rafter 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%
18 1991 1/1 2.0 0.0 53.4% 51.6% 44.4% 44.4% 100.0% 48.3% 26.2% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
19 1992 2/3 3.5 6.0 53.5% 65.1% 45.6% 60.3% 54.2% 56.1% 36.1% 1995 3/3 0.7 2.3 61.4% 64.7% 50.6% 56.7% 23.6% 59.2% 33.3%
20 1993 21/22 6.0 4.7 59.8% 73.3% 46.8% 64.6% 48.0% 62.6% 36.2% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
21 1994 61/69 8.1 4.0 59.7% 75.1% 50.4% 64.3% 40.3% 65.1% 34.8% 1997 9/12 4.7 3.1 56.8% 70.9% 53.7% 71.4% 37.5% 63.3% 36.1%
22 1995 47/52 6.7 4.1 58.5% 73.5% 49.2% 60.2% 37.0% 63.4% 35.5% 1998 32/44 6.4 3.4 57.0% 70.0% 47.6% 61.1% 39.2% 60.1% 37.9%
23 1996 39/45 6.2 3.5 57.5% 77.3% 54.7% 62.2% 40.1% 67.4% 38.4% 1999 28/34 6.3 2.6 57.0% 71.3% 54.2% 62.4% 45.9% 63.7% 39.3%
24 1997 74/89 6.8 4.1 60.3% 76.0% 53.6% 59.2% 41.4% 67.1% 38.9% 2000 43/49 6.5 3.6 51.7% 75.2% 51.3% 52.4% 36.7% 63.8% 39.1%
25 1998 65/78 6.7 3.0 65.0% 77.4% 55.2% 64.0% 40.8% 69.5% 40.1% 2001 41/51 6.0 3.8 54.4% 71.8% 50.6% 59.5% 46.5% 62.2% 37.8%
26 1999 41/47 6.9 3.0 65.2% 77.1% 52.1% 52.9% 43.7% 68.6% 39.4% 2002 38/44 7.7 4.5 58.9% 76.4% 51.3% 60.5% 43.6% 66.0% 39.5%
27 2000 37/48 6.7 2.9 64.2% 77.7% 56.2% 63.9% 35.3% 69.9% 35.8% 2003 20/21 8.2 4.0 57.7% 75.1% 49.2% 59.8% 46.6% 64.1% 38.4%
28 2001 48/57 8.5 3.7 65.0% 77.5% 54.5% 61.8% 46.3% 69.3% 38.0% 2004 23/23 7.3 2.4 59.7% 75.5% 53.2% 62.6% 42.2% 66.4% 38.8%
Career — 436/511 7.0 3.7 61.7% 76.1% 52.8% 61.3% 41.3% 67.1% 37.6% — 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 Patrick Rafter 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
18 1991 1496 102.9 +2.28 -2.79 0.506 39.0% — — — 0.0% -3.50 — — — -0.17 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
19 1992 1457 100.0 -2.19 +1.72 0.823 46.7% — — — 22.2% -2.00 0–1 0–1 — +0.25 1995 1505 108.2 -1.55 -1.30 0.817 47.2% +30 — — 33.3% -0.83 — 1–1 — -0.09
20 1993 1622 136.3 +1.15 -0.18 0.967 49.7% -9 — -4 50.0% -0.20 5–3 (63%) 6–2 (75%) — +0.35 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
21 1994 1804 145.1 +3.43 -2.20 0.997 50.2% -27 -159 -76 58.6% +0.21 16–12 (57%) 23–10 (70%) — -0.58 1997 1621 125.8 +0.79 +0.26 0.983 49.9% -43 -32 — 48.4% -0.03 — 4–3 (57%) — -0.37
22 1995 1779 148.5 +2.26 -1.35 0.971 49.8% +63 -150 -102 52.2% +0.07 12–6 (67%) 14–11 (56%) — -0.96 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%) — -1.77
23 1996 1764 147.3 +4.50 +1.21 1.177 52.7% +12 -147 +37 57.0% +0.89 4–6 (40%) 5–13 (28%) — -0.78 1999 1822 146.6 +1.88 +1.67 1.082 51.3% +16 — — 55.3% +0.26 7–6 (54%) 11–6 (65%) — -1.08
24 1997 2031 163.0 +5.33 +2.03 1.183 52.9% +9 -197 -179 62.0% +0.89 24–5 (83%) 20–22 (48%) — -3.40 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%) — +1.03
25 1998 2011 157.8 +6.57 +2.62 1.316 54.2% +18 -246 -117 66.8% +1.21 16–5 (76%) 23–19 (55%) — +0.93 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%) — -0.53
26 1999 1961 149.8 +5.69 +2.07 1.255 53.4% -61 -140 +14 65.8% +1.21 4–4 (50%) 12–14 (46%) — -0.61 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%) — -0.81
27 2000 1880 143.7 +6.33 -0.70 1.186 52.5% -46 -112 +237 62.6% +0.90 7–6 (54%) 12–15 (44%) — -0.12 2003 1803 136.0 +1.80 +1.45 1.069 51.5% +113 — -32 59.6% +0.55 3–1 (75%) 6–4 (60%) — -1.00
28 2001 1989 159.0 +6.46 +1.48 1.241 53.4% -2 — +117 69.0% +1.14 9–7 (56%) 17–8 (68%) — -0.75 2004 1835 138.5 +1.43 +2.19 1.155 52.1% +25 -193 — 67.3% +1.00 2–2 (50%) 7–4 (64%) — -0.24
Career — 2105 157.4 +4.84 +0.68 1.144 52.2% 0 -164 +17 61.2% +0.74 97–55 (64%) 132–115 (53%) 108.1 -1.15 — 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.