Kacper Zuk and Antoine Escoffier will face off in the quarter of the Biel Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Kacper Zuk who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Kacper Zuk is the pick to win this match.
Kacper Zuk -> 1.77
Antoine Escoffier -> 2.05
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Prediction and head to head Kacper Zuk vs. Antoine Escoffier
This will be the 2nd time that Kacper Zuk and Antoine Escoffier play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Escoffier (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they squared off, Escoffier won 3-6 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in the Pau Challenger back in February 2022.
Kacper Zuk
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-10 | 0-1 | 5-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2023 | 26-29 | 7-9 | 5-8 | 6-11 | 0-0 | 8-1 |
| 2022 | 35-27 | 12-7 | 6-9 | 12-9 | 0-1 | 5-1 |
| 2021 | 41-25 | 5-5 | 17-8 | 15-8 | 2-2 | 2-2 |
| 2020 | 31-9 | 6-2 | 10-4 | 15-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 212, Kacper got to the quarter after beating Go Soeda 6-3 6-2 and Pavel Kotov 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Zuk had a good straight sets win against Kotov (6-4 6-4). During the match, Zuk scored 78 points vs Kotov’s 67. The Pole was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Zuk managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Kacper Zuk lost the serve twice and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Zuk put 55% of his first serves in, winning 74% (29/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (15/32) on the 2nd serve. Kacper broke Kotov 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kacper hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Zuk has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 62% of his matches (168-102). 5-5 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Zuk has a composed40-18 win-loss record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
Kacper has a compiled 5-7 win-loss record in 2022, 5-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Biel Challenger
The Pole has never competed in this tournament before.
Antoine Escoffier
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 40-29 | 29-15 | 0-1 | 10-12 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-30 | 21-14 | 1-2 | 17-12 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-33 | 12-12 | 0-2 | 31-16 | 1-2 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 56-26 | 19-8 | 11-8 | 26-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-6 | 8-1 | 0-0 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 2-0 |
Ranked no. 248 (career-high), the French player reached the quarter after beating Dennis Novak 6-4 6-2 and Marius Copil 6-4 3-6 7-63.
In the 2nd round, Antoine defeated Copil (6-4 3-6 7-63).During the match Escoffier scored less points (6) than Copil. In fact, the world no. 212 won 95 points vs Copil’s. That means that Escoffier was more focused during the important points. Antoine was exceptionally aggressive to blast 44 winners.
About the serving games, Escoffier scored 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Antoine Escoffier lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Escoffier put 64% of his first serves in, winning 77% (44/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (16/32) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Copil twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The French player has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
Escoffier’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Loughborough.
The French player has a composed 20-7 win-loss record in 2022, 20-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Biel Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zuk | Escoffier |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 37 | 50 |
| Pts | 142-113 | 157-146 |
| Total Points | 255 | 303 |
| Winners | 58 | 69 |
| %Winners | 41% | 44% |
Both Zuk and Escoffier played 2 matches. At the moment, Antoine Escoffier surrendered 1 set while Kacper Zuk hasn’t lost a set so far. Zuk has played 1 set(s) less than Escoffier (4 vs 5). Therefore, Zuk played 13 games less than Escoffier. The Pole scored 58 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Antoine fired 69 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zuk | Escoffier |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 5.5 | 5 |
| 1st in | 73/122 | 85/139 |
| %1st in | 60% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 58/73 | 69/85 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 23/49 | 28/54 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 52% |
Zuk recorded 11 aces (5.5 per match). Escoffier recorded 10 aces (5 per match). Zuk won 79% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Escoffier won 81% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zuk | Escoffier |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 5 |
| Converted | 7/20 | 5/17 |
| % Converted | 35% | 29% |
| Conceded | 10 | 3 |
| Saved | 8 | 1 |
| % Saved | 80% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Zuk broke his opponents 7 times with a 35% conversion rate. Kacper dropped his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponents 5 times with a 29% conversion rate. Escoffier conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zuk | ||||
| R1 Soeda |
R2 Kotov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 20 | 37 | |
| pts | 64-46 | 78-67 | 142-113 | |
| Total points | 110 | 145 | 255 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | 58 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 37% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 2 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 34/51 | 39/71 | 73/122 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 55% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 29/34 | 29/39 | 58/73 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 74% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/17 | 15/32 | 23/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 4/11 | 7/20 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 36% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 8/10 | 8 | |
| Saved % | – | 80% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Escoffier | ||||
| R1 Novak |
R2 Copil |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 6-4 3-6 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 32 | 50 | |
| pts | 62-45 | 95-101 | 157-146 | |
| Total points | 107 | 196 | 303 | |
| Winners | 25 | 44 | 69 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 46% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 28/50 | 57/89 | 85/139 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 64% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 25/28 | 44/57 | 69/85 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 77% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/22 | 16/32 | 28/54 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 50% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 2/9 | 5/17 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 22% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 0/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 0% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
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