Nicolas Jean-Christophe Escudé (born 3 April 1976) is a former professional

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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,

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in the first rubber with a win in five 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

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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

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is a professional football player. Escudé teamed up with

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in the men's doubles at the French Open in

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. However they were knocked out by

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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

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from 2009 to 2012 and is now the co-coach of

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since the 2013 season with Thierry Ascione and since 2014 of

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Career finals

Singles (4 wins, 2 losses)

Doubles (2 wins)

Singles performance timeline

Top 10 wins

External links

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Bio – file with Nicolas Escude
1976 births Living people French expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland French male tennis players French tennis coaches Olympic tennis players of France Sportspeople from Chartres Tennis players from Geneva Tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics {{France-tennis-bio-stub