Ernesto Escobedo and Zachary Svajda will face off in the 2nd round of the Chicago Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 2:00 pm on COURT 21. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Zachary Svajda who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Zachary Svajda is the pick to win this match.
Zachary Svajda -> 1.83
Ernesto Escobedo -> 1.83
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Prediction and head to head Ernesto Escobedo vs. Zachary Svajda
There is no head to head record between Ernesto Escobedo and Zachary Svajda since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
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 got to the 2nd round after defeating Stefan Kozlov 6-4 7-62.
In the 1st round, Escobedo had a good straight sets win against Kozlov (6-4 7-62). During the match, Escobedo scored 86 points vs Kozlov’s 72. Ernesto was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Escobedo fired 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Ernesto Escobedo was pretty effective on serve to win 74% (28/38) of his 1st serve and 59% (17/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Escobedo broke Kozlov 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
Escobedo has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 56% of his matches (247-192). 11-8 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Escobedo has an aggregate180-120 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
The American’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Bendigo Challenger.
Ernesto has a compiled 19-20 win-loss record in 2022, 11-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Chicago Challenger
Zachary Svajda
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-21 | 16-11 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-24 | 28-8 | 2-6 | 10-6 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-23 | 25-14 | 0-3 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-13 | 24-12 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-6 | 5-3 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 333, Svajda reached the 2nd round after beating Strong Kirchheimer 4-6 6-2 6-4 and Aidan Mchugh 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Mchugh (6-4 6-2). During the match Svajda scored 69 points vs Mchugh’s 51. Zachary was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Svajda bagged 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Zachary Svajda lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Svajda put 60% of his first serves in, winning 70% (26/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the 2nd serve. Zachary broke Mchugh 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
The American’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Los Angeles and M15 Fountain Valley.
The American has a compiled 15-14 win-loss record in 2022, 15-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Escobedo | Svajda |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 46 |
| Pts | 86-72 | 161-129 |
| Total Points | 158 | 290 |
| Winners | 28 | 62 |
| %Winners | 33% | 39% |
Escobedo played 1 match while Svajda competed in 2 matches. Svajda started his run from the qualifications while Escobedo had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Zachary Svajda lost 1 set while Ernesto Escobedo hasn’t dropped a set so far. Escobedo has played 3 set(s) less than Svajda (2 vs 5). Therefore, Escobedo played 23 games less than Svajda. Escobedo scored 28 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Zachary recorded 62 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Escobedo | Svajda |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 5.5 |
| 1st in | 38/67 | 87/149 |
| %1st in | 57% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 28/38 | 62/87 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 17/29 | 38/62 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 61% |
Escobedo made 2 aces . Svajda made 11 aces (5.5 per match). Escobedo won 74% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Svajda won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Escobedo | Svajda |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 8 |
| Converted | 3/11 | 8/12 |
| % Converted | 27% | 67% |
| Conceded | 3 | 16 |
| Saved | 1 | 13 |
| % Saved | 33% | 81% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
Ernesto broke his opponent 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. The American lost his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Zachary broke his opponents 8 times with a 67% conversion rate. Svajda conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 81% of the break points that he conceded.
| Escobedo | |||
| R1 Kozlov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 86-72 | 86-72 | |
| Total points | 158 | 158 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 38/67 | 38/67 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 28/38 | 28/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/29 | 17/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 3/11 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 27% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Svajda | |||||
| Q1 Kirchheimer |
Q3 Couacaud |
R1 Mchugh |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-2 6-4 | 6-3 6-2 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 17 | 18 | 63 | |
| pts | 92-78 | – | 69-51 | 161-129 | |
| Total points | 170 | 0 | 120 | 290 | |
| Winners | 36 | 26 | 62 | ||
| %Winners | 39% | 0% | 38% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 0 | 6 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 1st in | 50/87 | / | 37/62 | 87/149 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 0% | 60% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 36/50 | / | 26/37 | 62/87 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 0% | 70% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/37 | / | 15/25 | 38/62 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 0% | 60% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||
| Converted | 4/6 | / | 4/6 | 8/12 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 0% | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 6 | 16 | ||
| Saved | 8/10 | 0/ | 5/6 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 80% | – | 83% | 163% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
Head 2 Head
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LWLWWWLLWW Tennis Scores in Chicago Challenger
- Liam BroadyBroady – Li TuTu (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Paul JubbJubb (7-68 6-75 6-3) – See score progression
- Ryan HarrisonHarrison – Christopher EubanksEubanks (7-65 7-69) – See score progression
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Evan ZhuZhu (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Stefan KozlovKozlov (6-4 7-62) – See score progression
- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Kaichi UchidaUchida (7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Brandon HoltHolt – Alexander RitschardRitschard (4-6 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Billy HarrisHarris – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (6-3 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Zachary SvajdaSvajda – Aidan MchughMchugh (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Keegan SmithSmith (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Govind NandaNanda (3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Borna GojoGojo – Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen (3-6 7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Gijs Brouwer/Reese StalderBrouwer/Reese Stalder – Robert Galloway/Alex LawsonGalloway/Alex Lawson (7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Ben SheltonShelton – Dmitry PopkoPopko (6-0 7-65) – See score progression
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (4-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Nathaniel Lammons/Jack WithrowLammons/Jack Withrow – Dalibor Svrcina/Petros TsitsipasSvrcina/Petros Tsitsipas (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Zachary SvajdaSvajda – Aidan MchughMchugh (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Liam BroadyBroady – Li TuTu (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Ryan HarrisonHarrison – Jordan ThompsonThompson (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Radu AlbotAlbot (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Liam BroadyBroady – Brandon HoltHolt (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Billy HarrisHarris – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Borna GojoGojo – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
