Nicolas Escude vs Albert Costa — Moscow Round of 32

Moscow · ATP · Round of 32
FRA
Nicolas Escude
50 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 30 September 2002
hard
ESP
Albert Costa
51 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Escude N.
7-5 3-6 6-1
Costa A.
Escude N.
7362
Costa A.
5611

Nicolas Escude defeated Albert Costa 7-5 3-6 6-1 in the Moscow round of 32 on hard. The result followed the form book — Nicolas Escude came in leading the head-to-head 2–1, defending last year's round of 32. Nicolas Escude extended the head-to-head to 3–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Nicolas Escude came through a tight passage before pulling clear — 7–5 3–6 6–1.

Head to head

2–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2003-02-17RotterdamR32hardNicolas Escude6-3 6-3
2002-10-28Paris MastersR32hardNicolas Escude6-1 3-6 6-3
2001-05-14Hamburg MastersR16clayAlbert Costa6-3 6-0

Serve vs return

This season
Escude N.serving83% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Costa A.

Costa A.serving78% hold

wins 62% of points on serve vs Escude N.

Serve advantage — Escude N.

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Escude N.Costa A.
1st serve in·Even
59%
63%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
75%
68%
2nd serve points won·Even
50%
51%
Service points won·Even
64%
62%
Return points won·Even
39%
38%
Break points saved·Even
61%
60%
Aces / match·Dominant
7.7
4.5
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.7
2.1

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (89 vs 174). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Mathieu P.
Schalken S.
4-66-26-0
Semi-finals
Schalken S.
Kafelnikov Y.
6-26-4
Mathieu P.
Safin M.
7-636-4
Quarter-finals
Mathieu P.
Schuettler R.
4-66-26-3
Kafelnikov Y.
Saulnier C.
6-37-5
Safin M.
Federer R.
7-56-4
Schalken S.
Escude N.
6-46-746-3
R16
Kafelnikov Y.
Kiefer N.
6-46-2
Saulnier C.
Ulihrach B.
6-36-2
Escude N.
Ljubicic I.
7-656-4
Schuettler R.
Bjorkman J.
6-16-3
Mathieu P.
Novak J.
4-66-36-4
Federer R.
Nieminen J.
6-16-4
Safin M.
Sa A.
7-634-67-5
Schalken S.
Ferreira W.
7-56-0
R32
Ulihrach B.
Johansson T.
7-657-62
Novak J.
Youzhny M.
6-43-66-3
Nieminen J.
Rios M.
7-653-67-64
Safin M.
Meligeni F.
6-47-64
Federer R.
Golovanov D.
6-06-1
Mathieu P.
Robredo T.
6-747-56-2
Bjorkman J.
Mirnyi M.
4-67-56-2
Schuettler R.
Nalbandian D.
7-666-4
Schalken S.
Rosset M.
3-66-36-4
Ferreira W.
Vicente F.
7-686-4
Ljubicic I.
El Aynaoui Y.
6-46-3
Escude N.
Costa A.
7-53-66-1
Saulnier C.
Sanguinetti D.
6-46-1
Kiefer N.
Stoliarov A.
6-16-4
Kafelnikov Y.
Voltchkov V.
4-66-37-64
Sa A.
Kratochvil M.
3-67-56-4