Nicolas Escude vs Marat Safin, Paris Masters 2002, Quarterfinal

Masters 1000 · Quarterfinal · Carpet

Final

Nicolas Escude

LostRank #10712.3839%

Safin won in 3 sets · 2h 7m

1–2

Set 13–6

Set 27–5

Set 33–6

Marat Safin

WinnerRank #611.5361%

Venue

Accor Arena

Paris, FRA· Carpet

Court speed

What is court speed?

How much the court helps the server, judged from aces and serve points won and adjusted for who played. 100 is the average ATP tournament court that season.

Very slow< 92Monte Carlo, Rome
Slow92–97Roland Garros, Indian Wells
Average97–103US Open, Dubai
Fast103–108Wimbledon, Shanghai
Very fast108+Basel

Challenger and ITF courts usually read lower: partly the venues, partly the balls and conditions at those levels.

How court speed works

Very fast

0.4vs last year

Altitude

48 m

Above sea level

Indoor venue, weather not factored

Sea level

Match stats

2h 7m

10Aces9

6Double faults3

54Service points won63

15Service games played15

11Service games won13

15Return games played15

4/850%Break points saved67%4/6

2/633%Break points converted50%4/8

Head to head

3Escude

2Safin

5 meetings

Carpet 0–1Hard 3–1

Paris MastersQuarterfinal · 2002CarpetThis match
Marat Safin
Sets won: 2Set 1: 6Set 2: 5Set 3: 6
Nicolas Escude
Sets won: 1Set 1: 3Set 2: 7Set 3: 3
Canada MastersRound of 64 · 2001Hard
Nicolas Escude
Sets won: 1Set 1: 6Set 2: 5
Marat Safin
Sets won: 0Set 1: 4Set 2: 2
Marat Safin · Retired
ViennaRound of 32 · 2000Hard
Nicolas Escude
Sets won: 2Set 1: 5Set 2: 6Set 3: 7⁷
Marat Safin
Sets won: 1Set 1: 7Set 2: 3Set 3: 6⁵
Canada MastersRound of 16 · 2000Hard
Marat Safin
Sets won: 0Set 1: 3
Nicolas Escude
Sets won: 0Set 1: 2
Nicolas Escude · Retired
Indian Wells MastersRound of 32 · 2000Hard
Nicolas Escude
Sets won: 2Set 1: 6Set 2: 6
Marat Safin
Sets won: 0Set 1: 2Set 2: 0

Form and path

Nicolas Escude3–3

Canada MastersHard

LRound of 64
Feliciano Lopez
Sets won: 2Set 1: 7⁷Set 2: 6
Nicolas Escude
Sets won: 0Set 1: 6¹Set 2: 2

Roland GarrosClay

Aix En Provence CHClay

LRound of 32
Michael Llodra
Sets won: 2Set 1: 6Set 2: 5Set 3: 6
Nicolas Escude
Sets won: 1Set 1: 3Set 2: 7Set 3: 4

Marat Safin4–2

Paris MastersHard

St. PetersburgHard

Match research

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Run-inEvery match in the last 28 days, rest days and travel between venues.
Tale of the tapeRecords and serve numbers side by side, filtered by period and surface.
Record by opponent rankingHow each player does against the top 10, top 50 or any ranking range.
Similar conditionsResults in comparable heat, humidity, wind and altitude before scheduled matches.

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Nicolas Escude vs Marat Safin, Paris Masters 2002, Quarterfinal

Final score

Venue and conditions

Match stats

Head to head

Form and path

Match research