Antoine Escoffier and Nathan Ponwith will square off in the 2nd round of the Little Rock Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:00 am on STADIUM COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Antoine Escoffier who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Antoine Escoffier is the pick to win this match.
Antoine Escoffier -> 1.32
Nathan Ponwith -> 3.16
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Prediction and head to head Antoine Escoffier vs. Nathan Ponwith
There is no head to head record between Antoine Escoffier and Nathan Ponwith since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Antoine Escoffier
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-28 | 29-15 | 0-1 | 9-11 | 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. 202, the French player reached the 2nd round after defeating Aidan Mayo 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Mayo (6-3 6-4). During the match, Escoffier scored 73 points vs Mayo’s 55. Escoffier was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Regarding the service games, Escoffier bagged 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Antoine Escoffier lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Escoffier put 65% of his first serves in, winning 85% (33/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (9/21) on the 2nd serve. Escoffier broke Mayo 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Escoffier has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (404-229). 8-5 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Escoffier has a composed 224-119 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Antoine’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Nonthaburi 1 Challenger,the Cherbourg Challenger and the Lugano Challenger.
The French player has an aggregate 22-14 win-loss record in 2023, 8-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Little Rock Challenger
Antoine has never competed in this tournament before.
Nathan Ponwith
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-23 | 15-18 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-32 | 18-25 | 2-2 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-27 | 19-15 | 6-7 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-14 | 16-13 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 387 (career-high), Ponwith got to the 2nd round after defeating Christian Langmo 2-6 7-5 7-5.
In the 1st round against Langmo, Ponwith recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-5 7-5).During the match Ponwith scored less points (5) than Langmo. In fact, the world no. 202 won 99 points vs Langmo’s. That means that Ponwith was more focused during the important points. Nathan was very aggressive to blast 46 winners.
About the serving games, Ponwith bagged 6 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Nathan Ponwith lost the serve 3 times and he saved 13 break points. Furthermore, Ponwith put 63% of his first serves in, winning 69% (46/67) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (19/40) on the 2nd serve. Nathan broke Langmo 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
The American’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Wesley Chapel and M25 Calabasas.
Nathan has a compiled 17-9 win-loss record in 2023, 13-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Escoffier | Ponwith |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 32 |
| Pts | 73-55 | 99-104 |
| Total Points | 128 | 203 |
| Winners | 33 | 46 |
| %Winners | 45% | 46% |
Both Escoffier and Ponwith played 1 match. At the moment, Nathan Ponwith surrendered 1 set while Antoine Escoffier hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Escoffier has played 1 set(s) less than Ponwith (2 vs 3). Therefore, Escoffier played 13 games less than Ponwith. Escoffier scored 33 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The American scored 46 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Escoffier | Ponwith |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 6 |
| 1st in | 39/60 | 67/107 |
| %1st in | 65% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 33/39 | 46/67 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 9/21 | 19/40 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 48% |
Escoffier managed to score 4 aces . Ponwith blasted 6 aces . Escoffier won 85% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Ponwith won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Escoffier | Ponwith |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/10 | 3/7 |
| % Converted | 30% | 43% |
| Conceded | 4 | 16 |
| Saved | 3 | 13 |
| % Saved | 75% | 81% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Escoffier broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. The French player lost his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Ponwith broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 81% of the break points that he conceded.
| Escoffier | |||
| R1 Mayo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 73-55 | 73-55 | |
| Total points | 128 | 128 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 39/60 | 39/60 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 33/39 | 33/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/21 | 9/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 3/10 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Ponwith | |||
| R1 Langmo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 7-5 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 99-104 | 99-104 | |
| Total points | 203 | 203 | |
| Winners | 46 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 67/107 | 67/107 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 46/67 | 46/67 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/40 | 19/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 16 | 16 | |
| Saved | 13/16 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 81% | 81% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLLLLWLWL Tennis Scores in Little Rock Challenger
- Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (7-62 6-2) – See score progression
- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (4-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Peter GojowczykGojowczyk (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Nathan PonwithPonwith – Christian LangmoLangmo (2-6 7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Adam WaltonWalton – Marc PolmansPolmans (6-4 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Michael ZhengZheng (7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Marek GengelGengel (2-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Aidan MayoMayo (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva – Maks KasnikowskiKasnikowski (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Aziz DougazDougaz – Skander MansouriMansouri (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Evan ZhuZhu – Tristan BoyerBoyer (6-4 6-77 7-62) – See score progression
- Daniel MasurMasur – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Tung-Lin WuWu – Bruno KuzuharaKuzuhara (6-3 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Mark LajalLajal – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (6-2 7-63) – See score progression
- Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (4-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Peter GojowczykGojowczyk (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Nathan PonwithPonwith (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski – Daniel MasurMasur (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tung-Lin WuWu – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Evan ZhuZhu – Aziz DougazDougaz (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva – Adam WaltonWalton (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran (0-0) – H2H and prediction
