Rio Noguchi and Ernesto Escobedo will play each other in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on Court 16. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ernesto Escobedo who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ernesto Escobedo is the pick to win this match.
Ernesto Escobedo -> 1.666
Rio Noguchi -> 2.15
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Prediction and head to head Rio Noguchi vs. Ernesto Escobedo
There is no head to head record between Rio Noguchi and Ernesto Escobedo since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Rio Noguchi
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 22-18 | 17-11 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
2023 | 19-31 | 12-18 | 2-7 | 2-2 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
2022 | 54-22 | 41-10 | 9-9 | 0-1 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
2021 | 25-26 | 18-18 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2020 | 14-12 | 5-6 | 0-3 | 3-2 | 6-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 207, Noguchi got to the qualifications after defeating Edward Winter 7-5 6-1.
In the qualifications, Rio had a good straight sets win against Winter (7-5 6-1). During the match, Noguchi scored 70 points vs Winter’s 58. Noguchi was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Noguchi scored just 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 1 double fault. Rio Noguchi was extremely effective on serve to win 74% (32/43) of his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Rio broke Winter 3 times after converting 21% of his break points (3/14).
Noguchi has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 62% of his matches (270-166). 1-0 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Noguchi has a composed177-100 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.
Noguchi has an overall 1-0 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.
Ernesto Escobedo
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 21-16 | 15-10 | 1-6 | 5-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2023 | 25-17 | 19-12 | 4-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2022 | 25-31 | 16-16 | 4-5 | 5-6 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
2021 | 28-25 | 17-12 | 6-8 | 2-3 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
2020 | 10-8 | 6-4 | 0-2 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 310, Ernesto got to the qualifications after beating Luca Nardi 6-3 6-1.
In the qualifications, Escobedo had a good straight sets win against Nardi (6-3 6-1). During the match Escobedo scored 61 points vs Nardi’s 42. Escobedo was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
About the serving games, Escobedo struck 2 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Ernesto Escobedo was quite efficient on serve to win 74% (23/31) of his 1st serve and 75% (9/12) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Escobedo broke Nardi 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
The American has an aggregate 1-1 win-loss record in 2023, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2017. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Noguchi | Escobedo |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 1 |
Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
Tot Games | 19 | 16 |
Pts | 70-58 | 61-42 |
Total Points | 128 | 103 |
Winners | 32 | 23 |
%Winners | 46% | 38% |
Both Noguchi and Escobedo played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Noguchi and Escobedo have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Noguchi played 3 games more than Escobedo. The Japanese scored 32 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Ernesto fired 23 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Noguchi | Escobedo |
---|---|---|
Aces | 1 | 2 |
Avg per match | 1 | 2 |
1st in | 43/64 | 31/43 |
%1st in | 67% | 72% |
1st pts | 32/43 | 23/31 |
%1st pts | 74% | 74% |
2nd pts | 13/21 | 9/12 |
%2nd pts | 62% | 75% |
Noguchi fired 1 ace . Escobedo also fired 2 aces . Noguchi won 74% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Escobedo won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 75% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Noguchi | Escobedo |
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Won | 3 | 4 |
Converted | 3/14 | 4/10 |
% Converted | 21% | 40% |
Conceded | 1 | 0 |
Saved | 1 | 0 |
% Saved | 100% | 0% |
Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
The Japanese broke his opponent 3 times with a 21% conversion rate. The Japanese very solid his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 1 break points. Escobedo broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. The American was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
Noguchi | |||
Q1 Winter |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 7-5 6-1 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
pts | 70-58 | 70-58 | |
Total points | 128 | 128 | |
Winners | 32 | 32 | |
%Winners | 46% | 46% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 1 | 1 | |
Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
1st in | 43/64 | 43/64 | |
% 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
1st pts | 32/43 | 32/43 | |
% 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
2nd pts | 13/21 | 13/21 | |
% 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 3 | 3 | |
Converted | 3/14 | 3/14 | |
Converted % | 21% | 21% | |
Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Escobedo | |||
Q1 Nardi |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
pts | 61-42 | 61-42 | |
Total points | 103 | 103 | |
Winners | 23 | 23 | |
%Winners | 38% | 38% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 2 | 2 | |
Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
1st in | 31/43 | 31/43 | |
% 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
1st pts | 23/31 | 23/31 | |
% 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
2nd pts | 9/12 | 9/12 | |
% 2nd pts | 75% | 75% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 4 | 4 | |
Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
Saved % | – | 0% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
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