Alexander Shevchenko and Antoine Escoffier will play each other in the qualifications of the Biel Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.76
Alexander Shevchenko -> 2.02
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Shevchenko vs. Antoine Escoffier
There is no head to head record between Alexander Shevchenko and Antoine Escoffier since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Alexander Shevchenko
Ranked no. 353 (career-high), Shevchenko got to the qualifications after defeating Marek Gengel 6-3 6-3.
In the qualifications, Shevchenko had a good straight sets win against Gengel (6-3 6-3). During the match, Shevchenko scored 69 points vs Gengel’s 52. Shevchenko was quite aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Regarding the service games, Shevchenko managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Alexander Shevchenko was extremely efficient on serve to win 71% (20/28) of his 1st serve and 60% (18/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Shevchenko broke Gengel 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Shevchenko has a solid record in the last 4 years having won 67% of his matches (126-61). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Shevchenko has a composed2-1 record in the last 4 years on indoor hard courts.
Shevchenko’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Antalya,M15 Tbilisi,M15 Shymkent and M25 Velenje.
Shevchenko has an overall 40-19 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Biel Challenger
Alexander has never competed in this tournament before.
Antoine Escoffier
Ranked no. 378, Escoffier got to the qualifications after beating Antoine Bellier 6-2 6-4.
In the qualifications, Antoine had a good straight sets win against Bellier (6-2 6-4). During the match Escoffier scored 70 points vs Bellier’s 51. Escoffier was quite aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, Escoffier scored 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Antoine Escoffier conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 4 break points. Furthermore, Escoffier put 71% of his first serves in, winning 88% (36/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 35% (6/17) on the 2nd serve. Antoine broke Bellier 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Antoine’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Monastir,M25 Gandia and Bigorre.
Escoffier has an aggregate 34-20 win-loss record in 2021, 5-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shevchenko | Escoffier |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 |
| Pts | 69-52 | 70-51 |
| Total Points | 121 | 121 |
| Winners | 20 | 36 |
| %Winners | 29% | 51% |
Both Shevchenko and Escoffier played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Shevchenko and Escoffier have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (18). Shevchenko scored 20 winners (29% of the total points). On the other side, Escoffier struck 36 winners (51%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shevchenko | Escoffier |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 2 |
| 1st in | 28/58 | 41/58 |
| %1st in | 48% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 20/28 | 36/41 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 88% |
| 2nd pts | 18/30 | 6/17 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 35% |
Shevchenko blasted 4 aces . Escoffier managed to score 2 aces . Shevchenko won 71% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Escoffier won 88% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 35% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shevchenko | Escoffier |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 3/8 |
| % Converted | 50% | 38% |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 |
| Saved | 4 | 4 |
| % Saved | 80% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Shevchenko broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Alexander surrendered his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Escoffier broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Escoffier was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points.
| Shevchenko | |||
| Q1 Gengel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 69-52 | 69-52 | |
| Total points | 121 | 121 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 28/58 | 28/58 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 20/28 | 20/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/30 | 18/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Escoffier | |||
| Q1 Bellier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 70-51 | 70-51 | |
| Total points | 121 | 121 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 41/58 | 41/58 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 36/41 | 36/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/17 | 6/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 35% | 35% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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