Alexander Shevchenko and Antoine Escoffier will square off in the 2nd round of the Biel Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:00 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 -> 1.47
Alexander Shevchenko -> 2.68
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Shevchenko vs. Antoine Escoffier
This will be the 2nd time that Alexander Shevchenko and Antoine Escoffier square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Escoffier (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played each other, Escoffier won 6-4 6-2 in the qualifications in the Biel Challenger back in September 2021.
Alexander Shevchenko
Ranked no. 353 (career-high), Alexander reached the 2nd round after beating Marek Gengel 6-3 6-3 and Go Soeda 7-61 6-4.
In the 1st round, Alexander had a good straight sets win against Soeda (7-61 6-4). During the match, Shevchenko scored 71 points vs Soeda’s 56. The Russian was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Shevchenko managed to score 10 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Alexander Shevchenko was pretty effective on serve to win 91% (32/35) of his 1st serve and 64% (16/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Shevchenko broke Soeda once after converting 50% of his break points (1/2).
Shevchenko has a solid record in the last 4 years having won 67% of his matches (127-62). 2-1 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Shevchenko has an aggregate3-2 win-loss record in the last 4 years on indoor hard courts.
The Russian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Antalya,M15 Tbilisi,M15 Shymkent and M25 Velenje.
Alexander has a compiled 41-20 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Biel Challenger
The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.
Antoine Escoffier
Ranked no. 396, Escoffier reached the 2nd round after defeating Antoine Bellier 6-2 6-4, Alexander Shevchenko 6-4 6-2 and Jerome Kym 6-4 6-1.
In the 1st round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Kym (6-4 6-1). During the match Escoffier scored 68 points vs Kym’s 52. Escoffier was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Escoffier managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Antoine Escoffier was exceptionally effective on serve to win 73% (24/33) of his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The French player broke Kym 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Antoine’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Monastir,M25 Gandia and Bigorre.
Escoffier has an aggregate 36-20 win-loss record in 2021, 7-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shevchenko | Escoffier |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 41 | 53 |
| Pts | 140-108 | 199-143 |
| Total Points | 248 | 342 |
| Winners | 52 | 89 |
| %Winners | 37% | 45% |
Shevchenko played 2 matches while Escoffier competed in 3 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Shevchenko has played 2 set(s) less than Escoffier (4 vs 6). Therefore, Shevchenko played 12 games less than Escoffier. Alexander scored 52 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Escoffier blasted 89 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shevchenko | Escoffier |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 5 |
| 1st in | 63/118 | 107/154 |
| %1st in | 53% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 52/63 | 89/107 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 34/55 | 25/47 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 53% |
Shevchenko managed to score 14 aces (7 per match). Escoffier blasted 15 aces (5 per match). Shevchenko won 83% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Escoffier won 83% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shevchenko | Escoffier |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 10 |
| Converted | 5/10 | 10/22 |
| % Converted | 50% | 45% |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 |
| Saved | 4 | 4 |
| % Saved | 80% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Alexander broke his opponents 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Shevchenko conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponents 10 times with a 45% conversion rate. Antoine was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points.
| Shevchenko | |||||
| Q1 Gengel |
Q3 Escoffier |
R1 Soeda |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-4 6-2 | 7-61 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | 23 | 59 | |
| pts | 69-52 | – | 71-56 | 140-108 | |
| Total points | 121 | 0 | 127 | 248 | |
| Winners | 20 | 32 | 52 | ||
| %Winners | 29% | NAN% | 45% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 0 | 10 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| 1st in | 28/58 | / | 35/60 | 63/118 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | – | 58% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 20/28 | / | 32/35 | 52/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | – | 91% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/30 | / | 16/25 | 34/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | – | 64% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Converted | 4/8 | / | 1/2 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | – | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Saved | 4/5 | 0/ | 0/0 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | – | – | 27% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Escoffier | |||||
| Q1 Bellier |
Q3 Shevchenko |
R1 Kym |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 6-4 6-2 | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | 17 | 53 | |
| pts | 70-51 | 61-40 | 68-52 | 199-143 | |
| Total points | 121 | 101 | 120 | 342 | |
| Winners | 36 | 29 | 24 | 89 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 48% | 35% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 8 | 5 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 41/58 | 33/43 | 33/53 | 107/154 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 77% | 62% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 36/41 | 29/33 | 24/33 | 89/107 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | 73% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/17 | 7/10 | 12/20 | 25/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 35% | 70% | 60% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/6 | 4/8 | 10/22 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 50% | 50% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | – | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
LWWL
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