Vasek Pospisil and Antoine Escoffier will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Drummondville Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:30 pm on COURT CENTRAL. 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 Vasek Pospisil who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Vasek Pospisil is the pick to win this match.
Vasek Pospisil -> 1.39
Antoine Escoffier -> 2.9
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Prediction and head to head Vasek Pospisil vs. Antoine Escoffier
This will be the 3rd time that Vasek Pospisil and Antoine Escoffier square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Pospisil (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Pospisil won 7-6(4) 6-4 in the quarter in the Turin Challenger back in March 2022.
Vasek Pospisil
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7-8 | 5-6 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 9-14 | 2-9 | 0-0 | 7-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 45-22 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 35-10 | 1-2 | 3-1 |
| 2021 | 8-19 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 1-6 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 21-12 | 6-3 | 0-1 | 15-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 115, Pospisil got to the semifinal after beating Liam Draxl 6-1 6-2, Ulises Blanch 6-4 6-3 and Harold Mayot 6-3 7-63.
In the quarter, Pospisil had a good straight sets win against Mayot (6-3 7-63). During the match, Pospisil scored 76 points vs Mayot’s 62. Vasek was exceptionally aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Regarding the service games, Pospisil scored 10 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults. Overall, Vasek Pospisil was pretty efficient on serve to win 79% (31/39) of his 1st serve and 68% (17/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Pospisil broke Mayot twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Canadian hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to conquer 58% of the points he played.
Pospisil has good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (292-222). 33-10 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Pospisil has a compiled 109-59 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Vasek’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Quimper Challenger,the Pau Challenger and the Captif Challenger.
Vasek has a compiled 43-22 win-loss record in 2022, 33-10 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Drummondville Challenger
Antoine Escoffier
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-20 | 14-9 | 0-1 | 7-9 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-30 | 21-14 | 1-2 | 17-12 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-33 | 12-12 | 0-2 | 31-16 | 1-2 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 56-26 | 19-8 | 11-8 | 26-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-6 | 8-1 | 0-0 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 2-0 |
Ranked no. 209, the French player got to the semifinal after defeating Julian Ocleppo 7-63 7-5, Giovanni Oradini 6-4 6-4 and Aziz Dougaz 6-713 7-65 7-62.
In the quarter against Dougaz, Antoine recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-713 7-65 7-62). During the match Escoffier scored 144 points vs Dougaz’s 132. Escoffier was very aggressive to blast 60 winners.
About the serving games, Escoffier fired 9 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Antoine Escoffier was quite efficient on serve to win 77% (60/78) of his 1st serve and 51% (27/53) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 4 times. Escoffier broke Dougaz 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The French player has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Escoffier’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Loughborough and M25 Nottingham.
Antoine has an overall 44-32 win-loss record in 2022, 31-15 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pospisil | Escoffier |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 56 | 84 |
| Pts | 198-146 | 306-272 |
| Total Points | 344 | 578 |
| Winners | 83 | 124 |
| %Winners | 42% | 41% |
Both Pospisil and Escoffier played 3 matches. At the moment, Antoine Escoffier lost 1 set while Vasek Pospisil hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Pospisil has played 1 set(s) less than Escoffier (6 vs 7). Therefore, Pospisil played 28 games less than Escoffier. The Canadian scored 83 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Antoine made 124 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pospisil | Escoffier |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 27 | 23 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 7.7 |
| 1st in | 95/162 | 157/270 |
| %1st in | 59% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 83/95 | 124/157 |
| %1st pts | 87% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 40/67 | 55/113 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 49% |
Pospisil scored 27 aces (9 per match). Escoffier fired 23 aces (7.7 per match). Pospisil won 87% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Escoffier won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Pospisil | Escoffier |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 10 |
| Converted | 8/21 | 10/34 |
| % Converted | 38% | 29% |
| Conceded | 2 | 19 |
| Saved | 1 | 12 |
| % Saved | 50% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 7 |
Vasek broke his opponents 8 times with a 38% conversion rate. Vasek lost his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Antoine broke his opponents 10 times with a 29% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Pospisil | |||||
| R1 Draxl |
R2 Blanch |
1/4 Mayot |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | 6-4 6-3 | 6-3 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 19 | 22 | 56 | |
| pts | 64-37 | 58-47 | 76-62 | 198-146 | |
| Total points | 101 | 105 | 138 | 344 | |
| Winners | 22 | 30 | 31 | 83 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 52% | 41% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 11 | 6 | 10 | 27 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 24/41 | 32/57 | 39/64 | 95/162 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 56% | 61% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 22/24 | 30/32 | 31/39 | 83/95 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 94% | 79% | 87% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 12/25 | 17/25 | 40/67 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 48% | 68% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 2/3 | 2/7 | 8/21 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 67% | 29% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 0% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Escoffier | |||||
| R1 Ocleppo |
R2 Oradini |
1/4 Dougaz |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 7-5 | 6-4 6-4 | 6-713 7-65 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 20 | 39 | 84 | |
| pts | 85-73 | 77-67 | 144-132 | 306-272 | |
| Total points | 158 | 144 | 276 | 578 | |
| Winners | 34 | 30 | 60 | 124 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 39% | 42% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 9 | 9 | 23 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 43/71 | 36/68 | 78/131 | 157/270 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 53% | 60% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 34/43 | 30/36 | 60/78 | 124/157 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 83% | 77% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/28 | 15/32 | 27/53 | 55/113 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 47% | 51% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 3/12 | 3/12 | 4/10 | 10/34 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | 40% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 5 | 11 | 19 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 4/5 | 7/11 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 80% | 64% | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Drummondville Challenger
- Vasek PospisilPospisil – Harold MayotMayot (6-3 7-63) – See score progression
- Michael MmohMmoh – Charles BroomBroom (6-0 7-5) – See score progression
- Michael GeertsGeerts – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (6-3 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Aziz DougazDougaz (6-713 7-65 7-62) – See score progression
- Charles Broom/Constantin FrantzenBroom/Constantin Frantzen – Zvonimir Babic/Kelsey StevensonBabic/Kelsey Stevenson (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Vasek PospisilPospisil – Harold MayotMayot (6-3 7-6(3)) – See score progression
- Michael GeertsGeerts – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (6-3 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Vasek PospisilPospisil (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Michael GeertsGeerts – Michael MmohMmoh (0-0) – H2H and prediction
