Head to head
3
Hard
2
1
Carpet
1
Roger Federer's wins on the left · Nicolas Escude's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (7)
| 2004 | Davis Cup WG QF: SUI vs FRA | Hard | RR | Roger Federer | 6-2 6-4 6-4 |
| 2003 | Davis Cup WG QF: FRA vs SUI | Hard | RR | Roger Federer | 6-4 7-5 6-2 |
| 2002 | Rotterdam | Hard | QF | Nicolas Escude | 3-6 7-6(8) 7-5 |
| 2001 | Davis Cup WG QF: SUI vs FRA | Carpet | RR | Nicolas Escude | 6-4 6-7(1) 6-3 6-4 |
| 2001 | Rotterdam | Hard | F | Nicolas Escude | 7-5 3-6 7-6(5) |
| 2001 | Australian Open | Hard | R64 | Roger Federer | 6-1 6-4 6-4 |
| 2000 | Lyon | Carpet | R32 | Roger Federer | 6-3 7-6(3) |
Methodology
Head-to-head totals and surface splits exclude walkovers (no match was played), which follows ATP convention — walkover meetings still appear in the match list. The momentum chart plots the running lead across all counted meetings, oldest to newest.