Antoine Escoffier and James McCabe will clash against each other in the 1^st round of the Malaga Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 10:30 am on COURT 1. 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 Antoine Escoffier who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Antoine Escoffier is the pick to win this match.
Antoine Escoffier -> 1.53
James McCabe -> 2.44

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Prediction and head to head Antoine Escoffier vs. James McCabe

There is no head to head record between Antoine Escoffier and James McCabe since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Antoine Escoffier

Ranked no. 208 (career-high), Antoine will start his run in the Malaga Challenger after he played his last match at Wimbledon where he lost 7-6(5) 6-4 to Cachin in the qualifications on the 20^th of June.

Escoffier has a compiled 29-15 win-loss record in 2022, 5-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Escoffier’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Loughborough and M25 Nottingham.

Talking about his overall career, The French player has an overall 409-227 record. He has a positive 238-123 record on hard.

Previously in the Malaga Challenger

Antoine has never competed in this tournament before.

James McCabe

Ranked no. 520 (career-high), the Australian got to the 1^st

round after beating Thai Kwiatkowski 6-1 0-0 ret. and Alejandro Turriziani Alvarez 6-1 6-0.

In the qualifications, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Turriziani Alvarez (6-1 6-0). During the match McCabe scored 55 points vs Turriziani Alvarez’s 25. The Australian was extremely aggressive to blast 16 winners.

About the serving games, McCabe bagged 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. James McCabe was very effective on serve to win 94% (16/17) of his 1st serve and 71% (12/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Australian broke Turriziani Alvarez 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

McCabe’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Canberra and M25 Bendigo.

James has an overall 25-14 win-loss record in 2022, 17-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

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