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Nicolas Escudé

Country	France
Residence	Geneva, Switzerland
Date of birth	April 3, 1976 (1976-04-03) (age 33)
Place of birth	Chartres, France
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	70 kg (150 lb; 11 st)
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 (June 26, 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 (January 6, 2003)
Last updated on: October 20, 2008.

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 Wayne Arthurs from Australia in four sets.

The right-hander 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 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.

Singles titles

Wins (4)

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

Runners-up (2)

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

Grand Slam Singles performance timeline

A = did not participate in the tournament

Doubles titles

Wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	February 11, 2002	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Arnaud Clément	Julien Boutter Max Mirnyi	6–4, 6–3
2.	October 28, 2002	Paris, France	Hard (i)	Fabrice Santoro	Gustavo Kuerten Cedric Pioline	6–3, 7–66

External links

• Nicolas Escudé at the Association of Tennis Professionals