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.
As 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
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LLLWWWWLWW Tennis Scores in Cleveland Challenger
- Thomaz BellucciBellucci – Jeff WolfWolf (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Ulises BlanchBlanch – Maxime CressyCressy (7-66 5-7 7-64) – See score progression
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Skander MansouriMansouri (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Mikael TorpegaardTorpegaard – Michael MmohMmoh (7-63 4-6 7-60) – See score progression
- Raymond SarmientoSarmiento – Jc AragoneAragone (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Denis KudlaKudla – Sebastian KordaKorda (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Ryan HarrisonHarrison (6-3 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Thomaz BellucciBellucci – Jeff WolfWolf (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Mikael TorpegaardTorpegaard – Michael MmohMmoh (7-6(3) 4-6 7-6(0)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Thomaz BellucciBellucci – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (0-0) – See H2H details
- Denis KudlaKudla – Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo (1-2) – See H2H details
- Mikael TorpegaardTorpegaard – Raymond SarmientoSarmiento (1-0) – See H2H details
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Ulises BlanchBlanch (0-0) – See H2H details
