Ernesto Escobedo and Prajnesh Gunneswaran will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Morelos Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 2:30 pm on ESTADIO MORELOS. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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
Prajnesh Gunneswaran -> 2.79

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Prediction and head to head Ernesto Escobedo vs. Prajnesh Gunneswaran

There is no head to head record between Ernesto Escobedo and Prajnesh Gunneswaran since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Ernesto Escobedo

Ranked no. 141, Ernesto reached the 2^nd round after beating Denis Istomin 6-4 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Istomin (6-4 6-4). During the match, Escobedo scored 68 points vs Istomin’s 54. Escobedo was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Talking about the service games, Escobedo recorded 5 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults. Ernesto Escobedo was very effective on serve to win 76% (25/33) of his 1st serve and 72% (21/29) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Istomin twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

Escobedo has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 57% of his matches (244-182). 9-4 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Escobedo has a composed178-116 match record in the last 9 years on hard.

The American’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Bendigo Challenger.

Ernesto has a compiled 16-10 win-loss record in 2022, 9-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Morelos Challenger

Prajnesh Gunneswaran

Ranked no. 271, Gunneswaran reached the 2^nd round after defeating Calvin Hemery 7-6¹⁰ 4-6 6-3.

In the 1^st round, The Indian defeated Hemery (7-6¹⁰ 4-6 6-3). During the match Gunneswaran scored 114 points vs Hemery’s 103. Gunneswaran was pretty aggressive to blast 63 winners.

Talking about serving, Gunneswaran struck 10 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Prajnesh Gunneswaran was very effective on serve to win 80% (63/79) of his 1st serve and 51% (20/39) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Indian broke Hemery twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

The Indian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Monterrey Challenger.

The Indian has an overall 10-10 win-loss record in 2022, 10-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Escobedo	Gunneswaran
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	20	32
Pts	68-54	114-103
Total Points	122	217
Winners	25	63
%Winners	37%	55%

Both Escobedo and Gunneswaran played 1 match. At the moment, Prajnesh Gunneswaran dropped 1 set while Ernesto Escobedo hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Escobedo has played 1 set(s) less than Gunneswaran (2 vs 3). Therefore, Escobedo played 12 games less than Gunneswaran. Escobedo scored 25 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Gunneswaran blasted 63 winners (55%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Escobedo	Gunneswaran
Aces	5	10
Avg per match	5	10
1st in	33/62	79/118
%1st in	53%	67%
1st pts	25/33	63/79
%1st pts	76%	80%
2nd pts	21/29	20/39
%2nd pts	72%	51%

Escobedo recorded 5 aces . Gunneswaran scored 10 aces . Escobedo won 76% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 72% of the points. On the other side, Gunneswaran won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Escobedo	Gunneswaran
Won	2	2
Converted	2/4	2/6
% Converted	50%	33%
Conceded	4	11
Saved	4	9
% Saved	100%	82%
Times Broken	0	2

The American broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. The American quite strong on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 4 break points. Prajnesh broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. The Indian conceded his serve twice and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded.

Escobedo
	R1 Istomin	Total
Score	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	68-54	68-54
Total points	122	122
Winners	25	25
%Winners	37%	37%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	33/62	33/62
% 1st in	53%	53%
1st pts	25/33	25/33
% 1st pts	76%	76%
2nd pts	21/29	21/29
% 2nd pts	72%	72%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/4	2/4
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	4/4	4
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Gunneswaran
	R1 Hemery	Total
Score	7-610 4-6 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	32	32
pts	114-103	114-103
Total points	217	217
Winners	63	63
%Winners	55%	55%
SERVE
Aces	10	10
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	79/118	79/118
% 1st in	67%	67%
1st pts	63/79	63/79
% 1st pts	80%	80%
2nd pts	20/39	20/39
% 2nd pts	51%	51%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/6	2/6
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	11	11
Saved	9/11	9
Saved %	82%	82%
Times Broken	2	2

Tennis Scores in Morelos Challenger

• Malek JaziriJaziri – Pedja KrstinKrstin (5-7 6-1 7-6²) – See score progression
• Elmar EjupovicEjupovic – Goncalo OliveiraOliveira (6-3 0-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Benjamin LockLock – Skander MansouriMansouri (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (3-6 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Roberto QuirozQuiroz – Rodolfo Jauregui Sainz De RozasJauregui Sainz De Rozas (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Nicolas MejiaMejia – Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Keegan SmithSmith – Fajing SunSun (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Jay ClarkeClarke – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (6-4 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPacheco Mendez (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Yunseong ChungChung – Bernard TomicTomic (6-3 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Denis IstominIstomin (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran – Calvin HemeryHemery (7-6¹⁰ 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Adrian Menendez-MaceirasMenendez-Maceiras – Brayden SchnurSchnur (5-7 7-6³ 2-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Juan Alejandro HernandezAlejandro Hernandez – Yuichi SugitaSugita (6-3 3-1 ret.) – See score progression

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• Naoki NakagawaNakagawa – Steven DiezDiez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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• Nicolas MejiaMejia – Roberto QuirozQuiroz (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Yunseong ChungChung (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Keegan SmithSmith – Juan Hernandez SerranoHernandez Serrano (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Malek JaziriJaziri (0-0) – H2H and prediction