H2H, PREDICTION Rio Noguchi vs Ernesto Escobedo | Australian Open odds, preview, pick

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Prediction and head to head Rio Noguchi vs. Ernesto Escobedo

Rio Noguchi and Ernesto Escobedo will play each other in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on Court 16. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ernesto Escobedo who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Ernesto Escobedo is the pick to win this match.
Ernesto Escobedo -> 1.666
Rio Noguchi -> 2.15

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Prediction and head to head Rio Noguchi vs. Ernesto Escobedo

There is no head to head record between Rio Noguchi and Ernesto Escobedo since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Rio Noguchi

Rio Noguchi
Rio Noguchi

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Rank
320
High
201
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 22-18 17-11 1-4 0-0 4-3 0-0
2023 19-31 12-18 2-7 2-2 3-4 0-0
2022 54-22 41-10 9-9 0-1 4-2 0-0
2021 25-26 18-18 7-8 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 14-12 5-6 0-3 3-2 6-1 0-0
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Ranked no. 207, Noguchi got to the qualifications after defeating Edward Winter 7-5 6-1.

In the qualifications, Rio had a good straight sets win against Winter (7-5 6-1). During the match, Noguchi scored 70 points vs Winter’s 58. Noguchi was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about the service games, Noguchi scored just 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 1 double fault. Rio Noguchi was extremely effective on serve to win 74% (32/43) of his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Rio broke Winter 3 times after converting 21% of his break points (3/14).

Noguchi has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 62% of his matches (270-166). 1-0 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Noguchi has a composed177-100 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.

Noguchi has an overall 1-0 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.

Noguchi
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Noguchi's Record

Ernesto Escobedo

Ernesto Escobedo
Ernesto Escobedo

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Rank
454
High
67
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 20-15 14-9 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
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Ranked no. 310, Ernesto got to the qualifications after beating Luca Nardi 6-3 6-1.

In the qualifications, Escobedo had a good straight sets win against Nardi (6-3 6-1). During the match Escobedo scored 61 points vs Nardi’s 42. Escobedo was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.

About the serving games, Escobedo struck 2 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Ernesto Escobedo was quite efficient on serve to win 74% (23/31) of his 1st serve and 75% (9/12) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Escobedo broke Nardi 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

The American has an aggregate 1-1 win-loss record in 2023, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2017. See his history.

Escobedo
Australian Open
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H2H Performance in the tournament

R.Noguchi
E.Escobedo
1h:30
1h:30
Time on court​
1h:06
1h:06
1h:30
1h:30
Last match​
1h:06
1h:06
1
1
Match played
1
1
19
19
Games Played​
16
16
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
70
70
Total points​
61
61
70
70
Avg point​
61
61
32
32
Winners
23
23
32
32
Avg Winners​
23
23
46%
46%
Ratio winners
38%
38%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
2
2
1
1
Avg Aces
2
2
1
1
Double Faults
0
0
1
1
Avg Double Faults
0
0
32/43
32/43
1st won total​
23/31
23/31
!
74%
74%
1st won %
!
74%
74%
13/21
13/21
2nd won total​
9/12
9/12
!
62%
62%
2nd won %
!
75%
75%
-- Break Points --
3/14
3/14
BP won
4/10
4/10
3/14
3/14
Avg BP won
4/10
4/10
!
21%
21%
Won
40%
40%
1
1
Conceded
0
0
1
1
Avg Conceded
0
0
0
0
Broken
0
0
!
0
0
Avg Broken
!
0
0
1
1
Saved
0
0
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Noguchi Escobedo
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 19 16
Pts 70-58 61-42
Total Points 128 103
Winners 32 23
%Winners 46% 38%

Both Noguchi and Escobedo played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Noguchi and Escobedo have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Noguchi played 3 games more than Escobedo. The Japanese scored 32 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Ernesto fired 23 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve Noguchi Escobedo
Aces 1 2
Avg per match 1 2
1st in 43/64 31/43
%1st in 67% 72%
1st pts 32/43 23/31
%1st pts 74% 74%
2nd pts 13/21 9/12
%2nd pts 62% 75%

Noguchi fired 1 ace . Escobedo also fired 2 aces . Noguchi won 74% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Escobedo won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 75% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Noguchi Escobedo
Won 3 4
Converted 3/14 4/10
% Converted 21% 40%
Conceded 1 0
Saved 1 0
% Saved 100% 0%
Times Broken 0 0

The Japanese broke his opponent 3 times with a 21% conversion rate. The Japanese very solid his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 1 break points. Escobedo broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. The American was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.

Noguchi
Q1
Winter		 Total
Score 7-5 6-1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 19 19
pts 70-58 70-58
Total points 128 128
Winners 32 32
%Winners 46% 46%
SERVE
Aces 1 1
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 43/64 43/64
% 1st in 67% 67%
1st pts 32/43 32/43
% 1st pts 74% 74%
2nd pts 13/21 13/21
% 2nd pts 62% 62%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/14 3/14
Converted % 21% 21%
Conceded 1 1
Saved 1/1 1
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0
Escobedo
Q1
Nardi		 Total
Score 6-3 6-1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 16 16
pts 61-42 61-42
Total points 103 103
Winners 23 23
%Winners 38% 38%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 31/43 31/43
% 1st in 72% 72%
1st pts 23/31 23/31
% 1st pts 74% 74%
2nd pts 9/12 9/12
% 2nd pts 75% 75%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/10 4/10
Converted % 40% 40%
Conceded 0 0
Saved 0/0 0
Saved % – 0%
Times Broken 0 0

Head 2 Head

Rio Noguchi
  • 0Slam
  • 0Main
  • 0Chall
  • 7Minor
Ernesto Escobedo
  • 0Slam
  • 0Main
  • 4Chall
  • 2Minor

Rio
Noguchi

0:1

Ernesto
Escobedo

Rank

320

High

201

0Hard1

Rank

454

High

67

Win Loss
Noguchi
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Escobedo
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2024 2023 2022
22 - 18
20 - 13
17-11
Hard
14-9
0-0
I Hard
5-0
1-4
Clay
1-4
4-3
Grass
0-0

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