Nicolas Escude vs Albert Costa — Rotterdam Round of 32

Rotterdam · ATP · Round of 32
FRA
Nicolas Escude
50 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 17 February 2003
hard
ESP
Albert Costa
51 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Escude N.
6-3 6-3
Costa A.
Escude N.
662
Costa A.
33–

Nicolas Escude defeated Albert Costa 6-3 6-3 in the Rotterdam round of 32 on hard. The result followed the form book — Nicolas Escude came in leading the head-to-head 2–1, defending the title. Nicolas Escude extended the head-to-head to 3–1.

Key context

Head to head

2–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2002-10-28Paris MastersR32hardNicolas Escude6-1 3-6 6-3
2002-09-30MoscowR32hardNicolas Escude7-5 3-6 6-1
2001-05-14Hamburg MastersR16clayAlbert Costa6-3 6-0

Serve vs return

This season
Escude N.serving85% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Costa A.

Costa A.serving76% hold

wins 61% 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
58%
62%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
75%
67%
2nd serve points won·Even
51%
50%
Service points won·Even
65%
61%
Return points won·Even
39%
38%
Break points saved·Even
62%
60%
Aces / match·Clear edge
7.5
4.6
Double faults / match·Clear edge
3.2
2.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (42 vs 115). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast
Weather
-2°CClear
Wind 14 km/hHumidity 67%

Draw

Final
Mirnyi M.
Sluiter R.
7-636-4
Semi-finals
Sluiter R.
Grosjean S.
6-36-3
Mirnyi M.
Federer R.
5-76-36-4
Quarter-finals
Sluiter R.
Ferrero J.
1-2
Grosjean S.
Escude N.
5-77-634-4
Mirnyi M.
Kafelnikov Y.
7-657-64
Federer R.
Schalken S.
6-26-4
R16
Mirnyi M.
Ljubicic I.
4-2
Federer R.
Santoro F.
6-06-4
Schalken S.
Rochus O.
7-56-2
Grosjean S.
Hrbaty D.
7-56-3
Escude N.
Krajicek R.
6-36-717-64
Ferrero J.
Bjorkman J.
3-66-46-1
Kafelnikov Y.
Safin M.
4-67-656-4
Sluiter R.
Nieminen J.
7-672-66-3
R32
Ferrero J.
Arthurs W.
7-647-65
Rochus O.
Koubek S.
6-26-1
Ljubicic I.
Henman T.
6-46-2
Sluiter R.
Verkerk M.
3-66-47-63
Federer R.
Enqvist T.
3-66-36-4
Nieminen J.
Corretja A.
6-46-0
Kafelnikov Y.
Lopez F.
6-26-0
Mirnyi M.
Ancic M.
6-757-656-4
Hrbaty D.
Voinea A.
6-46-2
Safin M.
Malisse X.
7-56-3
Schalken S.
Rochus C.
6-36-3
Grosjean S.
Furlan R.
6-36-4
Bjorkman J.
Wessels P.
6-26-2
Escude N.
Costa A.
6-36-3
Santoro F.
Pavel A.
6-44-66-2
Krajicek R.
Robredo T.
7-656-756-2