Stefan Kozlov and Ernesto Escobedo will square off in the 1st round of the Chicago Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ernesto Escobedo who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ernesto Escobedo is the pick to win this match.
Ernesto Escobedo -> 1.86
Stefan Kozlov -> 1.86
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Prediction and head to head Stefan Kozlov vs. Ernesto Escobedo
This will be the 4th time that Stefan Kozlov and Ernesto Escobedo fight against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Escobedo (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Escobedo won 6-1 2-6 6-0 in the 1st round in Acapulco back in 2017.
Stefan Kozlov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-15 | 10-6 | 17-8 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 6-12 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-34 | 14-18 | 0-5 | 4-5 | 3-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-15 | 20-12 | 5-2 | 16-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 13-13 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 113, Kozlov will start his run in the Chicago Challenger after he played his last match in Washington where he lost 7-5 6-2 to Draper in the 1st round on the 1st of August.
Stefan has an aggregate 12-23 win-loss record in 2022, 8-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, The American has an overall 266-206 record. He has a positive 131-105 record on hard.
Previously in the Chicago Challenger
Kozlov has never competed in this tournament before.
Ernesto Escobedo
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-16 | 15-10 | 1-6 | 5-0 | 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. 174, Ernesto will start his run in the Chicago Challenger after he played his last match in Los Cabos where he lost 6-3 6-1 to Bagnis in the 1st round on the 2nd of August.
The American has a compiled 18-20 win-loss record in 2022, 10-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Ernesto’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Bendigo Challenger.
In terms of his career, The American has an overall 246-192 record. He has a positive 179-120 record on hard.
Head 2 Head
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- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Ryan HarrisonHarrison (0-2) – H2H and prediction
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- Evan ZhuZhu – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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- Brandon HoltHolt – Alexander RitschardRitschard (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Paul JubbJubb – Jordan ThompsonThompson (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aidan MchughMchugh – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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