Ernesto Escobedo and Steven Diez will play each other in the 2nd round of the Aguascalientes Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 2:30 pm on ESTADIO CAMPESTRE. 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 Ernesto Escobedo who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ernesto Escobedo is the pick to win this match.
Ernesto Escobedo -> 1.44
Steven Diez -> 2.79
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Prediction and head to head Ernesto Escobedo vs. Steven Diez
There is no head to head record between Ernesto Escobedo and Steven Diez since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Ernesto Escobedo
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-25 | 21-15 | 1-6 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-17 | 19-12 | 4-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-31 | 16-16 | 4-5 | 5-6 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-25 | 17-12 | 6-8 | 2-3 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-8 | 6-4 | 0-2 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 140, Escobedo got to the 2nd round after beating Gerald Melzer 6-3 3-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, Escobedo defeated Melzer (6-3 3-6 6-3). During the match, Escobedo scored 94 points vs Melzer’s 82. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about the service games, Escobedo blasted 7 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Ernesto Escobedo was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 77% (36/47) of his 1st serve and 60% (24/40) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American broke Melzer twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
Escobedo has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 57% of his matches (243-181). 3-2 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Escobedo has a composed32-35 record in the last 9 years on clay.
Escobedo’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Bendigo Challenger.
Escobedo has an aggregate 15-9 win-loss record in 2022, 3-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Aguascalientes Challenger
Ernesto has never competed in this tournament before.
Steven Diez
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-22 | 14-11 | 0-3 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-36 | 7-13 | 16-19 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-32 | 13-12 | 22-19 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-28 | 3-6 | 12-16 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-16 | 2-5 | 8-8 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 297, Steven reached the 2nd round after defeating Rinky Hijikata 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Canadian had a good straight sets win against Hijikata (6-2 6-4). During the match Diez scored 61 points vs Hijikata’s 49. Steven was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.
About the serving games, Diez recorded 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Steven Diez was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 77% (23/30) of his 1st serve and 56% (15/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Diez broke Hijikata 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Diez has an aggregate 8-11 win-loss record in 2022, 6-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Escobedo | Diez |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 18 |
| Pts | 94-82 | 61-49 |
| Total Points | 176 | 110 |
| Winners | 36 | 23 |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% |
Both Escobedo and Diez played 1 match. At the moment, Ernesto Escobedo surrendered 1 set while Steven Diez hasn’t conceded a set so far. Escobedo has played 1 set more than Diez (3 vs 2). Therefore, Escobedo played 9 games more than Diez. Escobedo scored 36 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Diez scored 23 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Escobedo | Diez |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 5 |
| 1st in | 47/87 | 30/57 |
| %1st in | 54% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 36/47 | 23/30 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 24/40 | 15/27 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 56% |
Escobedo blasted 7 aces . Diez recorded 5 aces . Escobedo won 77% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Diez won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Escobedo | Diez |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 4 |
| Converted | 2/8 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 25% | 50% |
| Conceded | 6 | 4 |
| Saved | 5 | 3 |
| % Saved | 83% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Ernesto broke his opponent twice with a 25% conversion rate. Ernesto conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. The Canadian broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Canadian conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Escobedo | |||
| R1 Melzer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 94-82 | 94-82 | |
| Total points | 176 | 176 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 47/87 | 47/87 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 36/47 | 36/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/40 | 24/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 2/8 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Diez | |||
| R1 Hijikata |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 61-49 | 61-49 | |
| Total points | 110 | 110 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 30/57 | 30/57 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 23/30 | 23/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/27 | 15/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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