Benjamin Bonzi and Ernesto Escobedo will face off in the 2nd round of the Nottingham 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Benjamin Bonzi who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Benjamin Bonzi is the pick to win this match.
Benjamin Bonzi -> 1.83
Ernesto Escobedo -> 1.98
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Prediction and head to head Benjamin Bonzi vs. Ernesto Escobedo
There is no head to head record between Benjamin Bonzi and Ernesto Escobedo since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Benjamin Bonzi
Ranked no. 121, the French player got to the 2nd round after defeating Marius Copil 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Benjamin had a good straight sets win against Copil (6-3 6-4). During the match, Bonzi scored 58 points vs Copil’s 45. Benjamin was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Bonzi scored 5 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults. Benjamin Bonzi was extremely efficient on serve to win 83% (30/36) of his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Bonzi broke Copil twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Bonzi has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 62% of his matches (226-137). 1-0 on grass in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Bonzi has a composed4-1 match record in the last 6 years on grass.
Benjamin’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Istanbul Challenger,the Potchefstroom 1 Challenger and the Ostrava Challenger.
The French player has a compiled 28-16 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Nottingham 2 Challenger
Benjamin has never competed in this tournament before.
Ernesto Escobedo
Ranked no. 184, the American reached the 2nd round after defeating Arthur Fery 7-65 6-2, Zhizhen Zhang 6-3 7-65 and Yasutaka Uchiyama 4-6 7-5 7-66.
In the 1st round against Uchiyama, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-5 7-66). During the match Escobedo scored 109 points vs Uchiyama’s 99. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 58 winners.
About the serving games, Escobedo blasted 9 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Ernesto Escobedo was quite efficient on serve to win 78% (58/74) of his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Ernesto broke Uchiyama twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
The American has an overall 14-13 win-loss record in 2021, 3-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Bonzi | Escobedo |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 3 |
Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
Tot Games | 19 | 78 |
Pts | 58-45 | 256-215 |
Total Points | 103 | 471 |
Winners | 30 | 120 |
%Winners | 52% | 47% |
Bonzi played 1 match while Escobedo competed in 3 matches. Escobedo started his run from the qualifications while Bonzi had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Ernesto Escobedo conceded 1 set while Benjamin Bonzi hasn’t dropped a set so far. Bonzi has played 5 set(s) less than Escobedo (2 vs 7). Therefore, Bonzi played 59 games less than Escobedo. Benjamin scored 30 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, Ernesto fired 120 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Bonzi | Escobedo |
---|---|---|
Aces | 5 | 16 |
Avg per match | 5 | 5.3 |
1st in | 36/56 | 152/226 |
%1st in | 64% | 67% |
1st pts | 30/36 | 120/152 |
%1st pts | 83% | 79% |
2nd pts | 12/20 | 49/74 |
%2nd pts | 60% | 66% |
Bonzi recorded 5 aces . Escobedo scored 16 aces (5.3 per match). Bonzi won 83% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Escobedo won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 66% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Bonzi | Escobedo |
---|---|---|
Won | 2 | 5 |
Converted | 2/4 | 5/16 |
% Converted | 50% | 31% |
Conceded | 2 | 6 |
Saved | 2 | 4 |
% Saved | 100% | 67% |
Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Benjamin broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. Benjamin pretty effective on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 2 break points. Escobedo broke his opponents 5 times with a 31% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
Bonzi | |||
R1 Copil |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
pts | 58-45 | 58-45 | |
Total points | 103 | 103 | |
Winners | 30 | 30 | |
%Winners | 52% | 52% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 5 | 5 | |
Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
1st in | 36/56 | 36/56 | |
% 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
1st pts | 30/36 | 30/36 | |
% 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
2nd pts | 12/20 | 12/20 | |
% 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 2 | 2 | |
Converted | 2/4 | 2/4 | |
Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Escobedo | |||||
Q1 Fery |
Q3 Zhang |
R1 Uchiyama |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 7-65 6-2 | 6-3 7-65 | 4-6 7-5 7-66 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
Tot Games | 21 | 22 | 35 | 78 | |
pts | 72-59 | 75-57 | 109-99 | 256-215 | |
Total points | 131 | 132 | 208 | 471 | |
Winners | 29 | 33 | 58 | 120 | |
%Winners | 40% | 44% | 53% | 47% | |
SERVE | |||||
Aces | 4 | 3 | 9 | 16 | |
Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |
1st in | 38/66 | 40/61 | 74/99 | 152/226 | |
% 1st in | 58% | 66% | 75% | 67% | |
1st pts | 29/38 | 33/40 | 58/74 | 120/152 | |
% 1st pts | 76% | 83% | 78% | 79% | |
2nd pts | 20/28 | 16/21 | 13/25 | 49/74 | |
% 2nd pts | 71% | 76% | 52% | 66% | |
Breaks | |||||
Won | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
Converted | 2/4 | 1/4 | 2/8 | 5/16 | |
Converted % | 50% | 25% | 25% | 31% | |
Conceded | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
Saved | 3/3 | 1/1 | 0/2 | 4 | |
Saved % | 100% | 100% | 0% | 200% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Head 2 Head
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