H2H. Denis Kudla vs Ernesto Escobedo | Cleveland Challenger prediction, odds, preview, pick

Cleveland Challenger. Kudla and Escobedo will fight against each other in quarter of the Cleveland Challenger. See the H2H stats, odds, preview and predictions of their next match

Prediction and head to head Denis Kudla vs. Ernesto Escobedo

Denis Kudla and Ernesto Escobedo will play each other in the quarter of the Cleveland Challenger for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 12:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Denis Kudla who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Denis Kudla is the pick to win this match.
Denis Kudla -> 1.53
Ernesto Escobedo -> 2.37

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Prediction and head to head Denis Kudla vs. Ernesto Escobedo

This will be the 3rd time that Denis Kudla and Ernesto Escobedo square off. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they played, Kudla won 6-75 6-2 ret. in the 2nd round in the Charlottesville Challenger back in 2017.

Denis Kudla

Ranked no. 106, Kudla got to the 2nd round after defeating Roberto Quiroz 7-5 6-4 and Sebastian Korda 6-1 6-3.

In the 3rd round, Kudla had a good straight sets win against Korda (6-1 6-3). During the match Kudla scored 63 points vs Korda’s 39. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about serving, Kudla blasted 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Denis Kudla lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Kudla put 64% of his first serves in, winning 86% (24/28) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (8/16) on the 2nd serve. Kudla broke Korda 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Kudla hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to conquer 58% of the points he played.

Kudla has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 65% of his matches (416-220). 6-1 on indoor hard courts in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kudla has a 324-244 win-loss record in the last 10 years on indoor hard courts.

The American’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Dallas Challenger.

Denis has a 10-3 win-loss record in 2020, 6-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Cleveland Challenger

The American didn’t play in the Cleveland Challenger in 2019.

Ernesto Escobedo

Ranked no. 209, Escobedo reached the 2nd round after beating Guilherme Clezar 6-3 6-4 and Alejandro Tabilo 6-4 6-3.

In the 3rd round, Ernesto had a good straight sets win against Tabilo (6-4 6-3). During the match Escobedo scored 57 points vs Tabilo’s 42. Ernesto was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about serving, Escobedo blasted 11 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Ernesto Escobedo was extremely effective on serve to win 89% (24/27) of his 1st serve and 71% (12/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Tabilo 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The American hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.

Escobedo has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 59% of his matches (55-39). 3-1 on indoor hard courts in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Escobedo has a 119-97 record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.

The American has a 5-3 win-loss record in 2020, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Cleveland Challenger

Ernesto didn’t compete in the Cleveland Challenger in 2019.

Live score

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Kudla Escobedo
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 4 4
Tot Games 38 38
Pts 129-93 121-92
Total Points 222 213
Winners 55 56
%Winners 43% 46%

Both Kudla and Escobedo played 2 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kudla and Escobedo have played the same amount of sets 4. They also played the same amount of games (38). Kudla scored 55 winners (43% on total points). On the other side, The American blasted 56 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve Kudla Escobedo
Aces 12 22
Avg per match 6 11
1st in 65/105 65/100
%1st in 62% 65%
1st pts 55/65 56/65
%1st pts 85% 86%
2nd pts 22/40 22/35
%2nd pts 55% 63%

Kudla blasted 12 aces (6 per match). Escobedo blasted 22 aces (11 per match). Kudla won 85% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Escobedo won 86% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Kudla Escobedo
Won 8 5
Converted 8/16 5/14
% Converted 50% 36%
Conceded 5 0
Saved 3 0
% Saved 60% NAN%
Times Broken 2 0

The American broke his opponents 8 times with 50% conversion rate. Denis conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 5 times with 36% conversion rate. Ernesto was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.

Kudla
R2
Quiroz
R3
Korda
Total
Score 7-5 6-4 6-1 6-3
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 22 16 38
pts 66-54 63-39 129-93
Total points 120 102 222
Winners 31 24 55
%Winners 47% 38% 43%
SERVE
Aces 8 4 12
Double Faults 2 2 4
1st in 37/61 28/44 65/105
% 1st in 61% 64% 62%
1st pts 31/37 24/28 55/65
% 1st pts 84% 86% 85%
2nd pts 14/24 8/16 22/40
% 2nd pts 58% 50% 55%
Breaks
Won 3 5 8
Converted 3/8 5/8 8/16
Converted % 38% 63% 50%
Conceded 2 3 5
Saved 1/2 2/3 3
Saved % 50% 67% 59%
Times Broken 1 1 0
Escobedo
R2
Clezar
R3
Tabilo
Total
Score 6-3 6-4 6-4 6-3
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 19 19 38
pts 64-50 57-42 121-92
Total points 114 99 213
Winners 32 24 56
%Winners 50% 42% 46%
SERVE
Aces 11 11 22
Double Faults 0 1 1
1st in 38/56 27/44 65/100
% 1st in 68% 61% 65%
1st pts 32/38 24/27 56/65
% 1st pts 84% 89% 86%
2nd pts 10/18 12/17 22/35
% 2nd pts 56% 71% 63%
Breaks
Won 2 3 5
Converted 2/5 3/9 5/14
Converted % 40% 33% 36%
Conceded 0 0 0
Saved 0/0 0/0 0
Saved % 0%
Times Broken 0 0 -100

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Kudla
WWLWWLWWLW
Escobedo
LLWWWLLLLL
2024 2023 2022
12 - 6
4 - 6
5-3
Hard
3-3
5-3
I Hard
0-0
2-0
Clay
1-3

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