Antoine Escoffier and Thai Kwiatkowski will square off in the quarter of the Little Rock Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:30 pm 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 3 sets.
Antoine Escoffier -> 1.57
Thai Kwiatkowski -> 2.33
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Prediction and head to head Antoine Escoffier vs. Thai Kwiatkowski
This will be the 2nd time that Antoine Escoffier and Thai Kwiatkowski face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kwiatkowski (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Kwiatkowski won 3-6 6-1 5-2 ret. in the qualifications in Washington back in 2018.
Antoine Escoffier
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-19 | 14-8 | 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. 202, Escoffier got to the quarter after beating Aidan Mayo 6-3 6-4
and Nathan Ponwith 6-1 6-2.In the 2nd round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Ponwith (6-1 6-2). During the match, Escoffier scored 65 points vs Ponwith’s 39. Escoffier was exceptionally aggressive to blast 17 winners.
Regarding the service games, Escoffier made 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Antoine Escoffier was quite efficient on serve to win 94% (17/18) of his 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Escoffier broke Ponwith 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The French player hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to conquer 59% of the points he played.
Escoffier has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (405-229). 9-5 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Escoffier has a compiled 225-119 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
The French player best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Nonthaburi 1 Challenger,the Cherbourg Challenger and the Lugano Challenger.
Escoffier has an overall 23-14 win-loss record in 2023, 9-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Little Rock Challenger
Escoffier has never competed in this tournament before.
Thai Kwiatkowski
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-14 | 18-5 | 1-6 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-24 | 23-15 | 7-3 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 2-5 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-24 | 5-9 | 9-6 | 5-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-9 | 11-7 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 646, Thai got to the quarter after defeating Viktor Durasovic 6-4 7-5 and Daniel Masur 7-5 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Masur (7-5 6-4). During the match Kwiatkowski scored 74 points vs Masur’s 58. Thai was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Kwiatkowski made 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Thai Kwiatkowski was very effective on serve to win 85% (28/33) of his 1st serve and 58% (15/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American broke Masur 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Thai’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Sunrise.
Thai has an aggregate 11-7 win-loss record in 2023, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Escoffier | Kwiatkowski |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 34 | 44 |
| Pts | 138-94 | 156-129 |
| Total Points | 232 | 285 |
| Winners | 50 | 56 |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% |
Both Escoffier and Kwiatkowski played 2 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Escoffier and Kwiatkowski have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Escoffier played 10 games less than Kwiatkowski. Antoine scored 50 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Thai struck 56 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Escoffier | Kwiatkowski |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 8 |
| 1st in | 57/101 | 78/142 |
| %1st in | 56% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 50/57 | 56/78 |
| %1st pts | 88% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 22/44 | 35/64 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 55% |
Escoffier blasted 8 aces (4 per match). Kwiatkowski managed to score 16 aces (8 per match). Escoffier won 88% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Kwiatkowski won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Escoffier | Kwiatkowski |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 8 |
| Converted | 8/17 | 8/14 |
| % Converted | 47% | 57% |
| Conceded | 4 | 11 |
| Saved | 3 | 7 |
| % Saved | 75% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
Antoine broke his opponents 8 times with a 47% conversion rate. The French player surrendered his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Thai broke his opponents 8 times with a 57% conversion rate. Kwiatkowski conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
| Escoffier | ||||
| R1 Mayo | R2 Ponwith | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 15 | 34 | |
| pts | 73-55 | 65-39 | 138-94 | |
| Total points | 128 | 104 | 232 | |
| Winners | 33 | 17 | 50 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 26% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 39/60 | 18/41 | 57/101 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 44% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 33/39 | 17/18 | 50/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 94% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/21 | 13/23 | 22/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 57% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 5/7 | 8/17 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 71% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 0/0 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | – | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Kwiatkowski | ||||
| R1 Durasovic | R2 Masur | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | 44 | |
| pts | 82-71 | 74-58 | 156-129 | |
| Total points | 153 | 132 | 285 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | 56 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 38% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 45/83 | 33/59 | 78/142 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 56% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 28/45 | 28/33 | 56/78 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 85% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/38 | 15/26 | 35/64 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 58% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 3/6 | 8/14 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 50% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 2 | 11 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 1/2 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 50% | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
Tennis Scores in Little Rock Challenger
- Calum Puttergill/Kelsey StevensonPuttergill/Kelsey Stevenson – Aziz Dougaz/Antoine EscoffierDougaz/Antoine Escoffier (6-0 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Adam WaltonWalton (0-0) – H2H and prediction