Nicolas Escudé

Nicolas Escudé

Country	France
Residence	Geneva, Switzerland
Born	3 April 1976 (1976-04-03) (age 35) Chartres, France
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	1995
Retired	May 18, 2006
Plays	Right-handed
Career prize money	$3,216,150
Singles
Career record	172–129
Career titles	4
Highest ranking	No. 17 (26 June 2000)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	SF (1998)
French Open	4r (2004)
Wimbledon	QF (2001)
US Open	QF (1999)
Doubles
Career record	57–49
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 35 (6 January 2003)
Last updated on: 20 October 2008.

Nicolas Jean-Christophe Escudé (born 3 April 1976 in Chartres) 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 number 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 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 football player, who currently plays for Sevilla FC.

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 is the current captain of the France Fed Cup team.

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)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	27 September 1999	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Daniel Vacek	7–5, 6–1
2.	19 February 2001	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	Roger Federer	7–5, 3–6, 7–65
3.	18 February 2002	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	Tim Henman	3–6, 7–67, 6–4
4.	5 January 2004	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Ivan Ljubičić	6–3, 7–64

Runners-up (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	19 June 2000	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Patrick Rafter	6–1, 6–3
1.	11 February 2002	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Thomas Enqvist	46–7, 6–3, 6–1

Grand Slam Singles performance timeline

Tournament	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	Career SR
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	SF	A	4R	2R	3R	3R	3R	0 / 6
French Open	A	1R	A	A	A	3R	2R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	4R	0 / 9
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	2R	QF	3R	2R	A	0 / 5
U.S. Open	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	QF	A	2R	A	A	A	0 / 4
Grand Slam SR	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 2	0 / 4	0 / 2	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 24
Year End Ranking	875	670	646	189	413	93	37	40	48	27	34	114	64	N/A

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 the final	Score
1.	11 February 2002	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Arnaud Clément	Julien Boutter Max Mirnyi	6–4, 6–3
2.	28 October 2002	Paris, France	Hard (i)	Fabrice Santoro	Gustavo Kuerten Cédric Pioline	6–3, 7–66

External links

• Nicolas Escudé at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• bio - file with Nicolas Escude

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Name	Escude, Nicolas
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Date of birth	3 April 1976
Place of birth	Chartres, France
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