Nicolas Escudé

Nicolas Jean-Christophe Escudé (born April 3, 1976 in Chartres) is a former professional tennis player from France, who turned professional in 1995. He won four singles titles, two of them in Rotterdam in (2001 and 2002), and two doubles titles during his career. He won the decisive fifth rubber for France in the 2001 Davis Cup Final against Australia in four sets.

The righthander reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on June 26, 2000, when he became the number 17 of the world. He's a natural left-hander who was trained since a child to play right-handed but does everything else lefty. His brother Julien Escudé is a professional soccer player, who plays for Sevilla FC since 2005.

On May 18, 2006, he announced his immediate retirement from the sport due to a persistent shoulder injury that had been keeping him out of the professional tennis circuit for the past 22 months.

ATP Tour titles (4)

Legend (Singles)

Grand Slam (0)

Tennis Masters Cup (0)

ATP Masters Series (0)

ATP Tour (4)

Singles (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	6 October, 1999	Toulouse, France	Hard	Daniel Vacek	7-5 6-1
2.	25 February, 2001	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard	Roger Federer	7-5 3-6 7-6
3.	24 February, 2002	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard	Tim Henman	3-6 7-6 6-4
4.	11 January, 2004	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Ivan Ljubičić	6-3 7-6

Singles finalist (2)

• 2000: 's-Hertogenbosch (lost to Pat Rafter)
• 2002: Marseille (lost to Thomas Enqvist)

Doubles (2)

• 2002: Marseille
• 2002: Paris Masters

External link

• Profile in ATP-site