Ernesto Escobedo and Adrian Menendez-Maceiras will fight against each other in the quarter of the Morelos Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 4:30 pm on ESTADIO MORELOS. 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 -> 1.3
Adrian Menendez-Maceiras -> 3.52
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Prediction and head to head Ernesto Escobedo vs. Adrian Menendez-Maceiras
This will be the 2nd time that Ernesto Escobedo and Adrian Menendez-Maceiras play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Menendez-Maceiras (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Menendez-Maceiras won 1-6 6-3 6-3 in the 2nd round in the Leon Challenger back in 2017.
Ernesto Escobedo
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-21 | 19-13 | 1-6 | 8-2 | 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. 141, the American reached the quarter after defeating Denis Istomin 6-4 6-4 and Prajnesh Gunneswaran 7-62 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Gunneswaran (7-62 6-4). During the match, Escobedo scored 77 points vs Gunneswaran’s 67. Escobedo was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Escobedo blasted 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Ernesto Escobedo lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Escobedo put 61% of his first serves in, winning 68% (28/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the 2nd serve. Ernesto broke Gunneswaran 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to win 55% of the points he played.
Escobedo has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 57% of his matches (245-182). 10-4 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Escobedo has a compiled179-116 record in the last 9 years on hard.
Ernesto’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Bendigo Challenger.
Ernesto has a composed 17-10 win-loss record in 2022, 10-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Morelos Challenger
Adrian Menendez-Maceiras
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 20-19 | 13-8 | 6-7 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-24 | 12-10 | 2-11 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-9 | 3-4 | 5-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 25-32 | 8-13 | 9-6 | 5-9 | 1-3 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 448, the Spaniard reached the quarter after beating Brayden Schnur 5-7 7-63 2-1 ret. and Benjamin Lock 6-2 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Adrian had a good straight sets win against Lock (6-2 6-3). During the match Menendez-Maceiras scored 54 points vs Lock’s 35. Adrian was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
About the serving games, Menendez-Maceiras made 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Adrian Menendez-Maceiras was extremely effective on serve to win 89% (25/28) of his 1st serve and 65% (11/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Spaniard broke Lock 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Menendez-Maceiras has an aggregate 7-8 win-loss record in 2022, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Escobedo | Menendez-Maceiras |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 43 | 45 |
| Pts | 145-121 | 132-115 |
| Total Points | 266 | 247 |
| Winners | 53 | 60 |
| %Winners | 37% | 45% |
Both Escobedo and Menendez-Maceiras played 2 matches. At the moment, Adrian Menendez-Maceiras lost 1 set while Ernesto Escobedo hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Escobedo has played 2 set(s) less than Menendez-Maceiras (4 vs 6). Therefore, Escobedo played 2 games less than Menendez-Maceiras. The American scored 53 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Menendez-Maceiras bagged 60 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Escobedo | Menendez-Maceiras |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 4 |
| 1st in | 74/129 | 79/121 |
| %1st in | 57% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 53/74 | 60/79 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 35/55 | 25/42 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 60% |
Escobedo scored 8 aces (4 per match). Menendez-Maceiras blasted 8 aces (4 per match). Escobedo won 72% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Menendez-Maceiras won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Escobedo | Menendez-Maceiras |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 6 |
| Converted | 6/16 | 6/12 |
| % Converted | 38% | 50% |
| Conceded | 10 | 6 |
| Saved | 7 | 3 |
| % Saved | 70% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
Escobedo broke his opponents 6 times with a 38% conversion rate. Ernesto conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. Adrian broke his opponents 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Escobedo | ||||
| R1 Istomin |
R2 Gunneswaran |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 7-62 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 23 | 43 | |
| pts | 68-54 | 77-67 | 145-121 | |
| Total points | 122 | 144 | 266 | |
| Winners | 25 | 28 | 53 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 36% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 33/62 | 41/67 | 74/129 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 61% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 25/33 | 28/41 | 53/74 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 68% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/29 | 14/26 | 35/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 72% | 54% | 64% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 4/12 | 6/16 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 33% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 3/6 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Menendez-Maceiras | ||||
| R1 Schnur |
R2 Lock |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 7-63 2-1 ret. | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 17 | 45 | |
| pts | 78-80 | 54-35 | 132-115 | |
| Total points | 158 | 89 | 247 | |
| Winners | 35 | 25 | 60 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 46% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 51/76 | 28/45 | 79/121 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 62% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 35/51 | 25/28 | 60/79 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 89% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/25 | 11/17 | 25/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 65% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 0/0 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | – | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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