Nicolas Escudé
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| Country (sports) |  France |
|---|---|
| Residence | Geneva, Switzerland |
| Born | 3 April 1976 Chartres, France |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Turned pro | 1995 |
| Retired | 18 May 2006 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $3,216,150 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 172–129 |
| Career titles | 4 |
| Highest ranking | No. 17 (26 June 2000) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | SF (1998) |
| French Open | 4R (2004) |
| Wimbledon | QF (2001) |
| US Open | QF (1999) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Grand Slam Cup | 1R (1998) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 57–49 |
| Career titles | 2 |
| Highest ranking | No. 35 (6 January 2003) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2001) |
| French Open | SF (2001) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2001) |
| US Open | 2R (2001) |
Nicolas Jean-Christophe Escudé (born 3 April 1976) is a former professional tennis player from France, who turned professional in 1995. He won four singles titles and two doubles titles during his career.
Escudé is best remembered for the vital role he played in the 2001 Davis Cup final against Australia on the grass-courts of Melbourne. Escudé beat the recently crowned World No. 1, Lleyton Hewitt in the first rubber with a superb win in 5 sets, repeating what he did to Hewitt earlier that year in the fourth round of Wimbledon. Two days later, Escudé won the decisive fifth rubber for France against Wayne Arthurs in four sets.
The right-hander reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on 26 June 2000, when he became World No. 17. 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 football player.
Escudé teamed up with Roger Federer in the men's doubles at the French Open in 2000. However they were knocked out by Sébastien Lareau and Daniel Nestor.
In 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.
Escudé was the captain of the France Fed Cup team from 2009 to 2012 and is now the co-coach of Nicolas Mahut since the 2013 season with Thierry Ascione and since 2014 of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
Singles titles
Wins (4)
| Legend (Singles) |
| Grand Slam (0) |
| Tennis Masters Cup (0) |
| ATP Masters Series (0) |
| ATP International Series Gold (2) |
| ATP Tour (2) |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in final | Score in final |
| Winner | 1. | 27 September 1999 | Toulouse, France | Hard (i) |  Daniel Vacek
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7–5, 6–1 |
| Runner-up | 1. | 19 June 2000 | 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands | Grass |  Patrick Rafter
|
1–6, 3–6 |
| Winner | 2. | 19 February 2001 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | Hard (i) |  Roger Federer
|
7–5, 3–6, 7–6(7–5) |
| Runner-up | 2. | 11 February 2002 | Marseille, France | Hard (i) |  Thomas Enqvist
|
7–6(7–4), 3–6, 1–6 |
| Winner | 3. | 18 February 2002 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | Hard (i) |  Tim Henman
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3–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–4 |
| Winner | 4. | 5 January 2004 | Doha, Qatar | Hard |  Ivan Ljubičić
|
6–3, 7–6(7–4) |
Singles performance timeline
| Tournament | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | SR | W–L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam Tournaments | ||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | SF | A | 4R | 2R | 3R | 3R | 3R | 0 / 6 | 15–6 |
| French Open | 1R | A | A | A | 3R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 4R | 0 / 9 | 7–9 |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | 2R | QF | 3R | 2R | A | 0 / 5 | 9–5 |
| US Open | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | QF | A | 2R | A | A | A | 0 / 4 | 6–4 |
| Win–Loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 7–4 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 6–4 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 0 / 24 | 37–24 |
| ATP Masters Series | ||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 3R | QF | 2R | A | 4R | 0 / 5 | 9–5 |
| Miami | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | 3R | 2R | 3R | 4R | 1R | 0 / 7 | 7–7 |
| Monte Carlo | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 0 / 5 | 2–5 |
| Hamburg | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | 1R | 3R | 1R | A | A | 0 / 4 | 3–4 |
| Rome | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 1–3 |
| Canada | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | 3R | 3R | A | A | 1R | 0 / 4 | 4–4 |
| Cincinnati | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 |
| Madrid | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 |
| Paris | A | A | A | A | 3R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | QF | A | A | 0 / 6 | 6–6 |
| Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–6 | 1–3 | 7–8 | 8–9 | 5–5 | 3–2 | 4–4 | 0 / 38 | 34–38 |
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||||
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| Year End Ranking | 670 | 646 | 189 | 413 | 93 | 37 | 37 | 48 | 27 | 34 | 114 | 64 | ||
A = did not participate in the tournament
Doubles titles
Wins (2)
| Legend (Singles) |
| Grand Slam (0) |
| Tennis Masters Cup (0) |
| ATP Masters Series (1) |
| ATP Tour (1) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in final | Score in final |
| 1. | 11 February 2002 | Marseille, France | Hard (i) | Arnaud Clément
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Julien Boutter  Max Mirnyi
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6–4, 6–3 |
| 2. | 28 October 2002 | Paris, France | Hard (i) | Fabrice Santoro
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 Gustavo Kuerten Cédric Pioline
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6–3, 7–66 |
External links
- Nicolas Escudé at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Nicolas Escudé at the International Tennis Federation
- Nicolas Escudé at the Davis Cup
- Bio – file with Nicolas Escude
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