Antoine Escoffier and Blake Ellis will face off in the 1st round of the Busan Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 12:30 pm on COURT 3. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Antoine Escoffier who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Antoine Escoffier is the pick to win this match.
Antoine Escoffier -> 1.57
Blake Ellis -> 2.31
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Prediction and head to head Antoine Escoffier vs. Blake Ellis
There is no head to head record between Antoine Escoffier and Blake Ellis since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Antoine Escoffier
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 44-32 | 32-15 | 0-1 | 11-15 | 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. 224, Antoine will start his run in the Busan Challenger after he played his last match in Balma where he lost 4-6 6-3 6-4 to Chidekh in the semifinal on the 23rd of March.
The French player has a composed 7-11 win-loss record in 2024, 0-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The French player best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in Balma.
Talking about his overall career, Escoffier has an overall 471-286 record. He has a positive 266-148 record on hard.
Previously in the Busan Challenger
Antoine has never competed in this tournament before.
Blake Ellis
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 48-29 | 40-25 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-29 | 43-25 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 13-11 | 13-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-14 | 16-8 | 0-0 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2020 | 11-6 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 408, Ellis got to the 1st round after beating Mukund Sasikumar 5-7 6-3 6-3 and Yuki Mochizuki 6-1 7-5.
In the qualifications, Ellis had a good straight sets win against Mochizuki (6-1 7-5). During the match Ellis scored 62 points vs Mochizuki’s 44. The Australian was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Ellis recorded 12 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Blake Ellis lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Ellis put 61% of his first serves in, winning 80% (24/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (8/19) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Mochizuki 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ellis started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Ellis’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Mildura and M25 Swan Hill.
The Australian has a composed 12-8 win-loss record in 2024, 6-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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