Antoine Escoffier and Laurent Lokoli will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Ilkley Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 12:00 pm on COURT 4. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Antoine Escoffier who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Antoine Escoffier is the pick to win this match.
Antoine Escoffier -> 1.81
Laurent Lokoli -> 1.92
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Prediction and head to head Antoine Escoffier vs. Laurent Lokoli
This will be the 2nd time that Antoine Escoffier and Laurent Lokoli clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Escoffier (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.
The last time that they squared off, Escoffier won 6-2 6-3 in the 1st round in the Cherbourg Challenger back in February 2023.
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. 183, Escoffier reached the qualifications after beating Luca Pow 6-4 7-5.
In the qualifications, The French player had a good straight sets win against Pow (6-4 7-5). During the match, Escoffier scored 82 points vs Pow’s 71. The French player was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Regarding the service games, Escoffier scored 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Antoine Escoffier was pretty efficient on serve to win 82% (31/38) of his 1st serve and 62% (18/29) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Antoine broke Pow twice after converting 17% of his break points (2/12).
Escoffier has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (407-232). 1-0 on grass in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Escoffier has a composed 2-2 record in the last years on grass.
Escoffier’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Nonthaburi 1 Challenger,the Cherbourg Challenger,the Lugano Challenger and the Little Rock Challenger.
Antoine has an aggregate 25-17 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Ilkley Challenger
Escoffier has never competed in this tournament before.
Laurent Lokoli
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-12 | 8-6 | 8-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-26 | 12-10 | 5-6 | 6-6 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 59-22 | 26-10 | 27-7 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-18 | 14-12 | 4-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-3 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 186, the French player reached the qualifications after beating Leandro Riedi 2-6 6-4 6-3.
In the qualifications against Riedi, The French player recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-4 6-3). During the match Lokoli scored 114 points vs Riedi’s 113. Laurent was extremely aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Talking about serving, Lokoli blasted 8 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Laurent Lokoli lost the serve twice and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Lokoli put 67% of his first serves in, winning 66% (46/70) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (17/35) on the 2nd serve. Lokoli broke Riedi 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
The French player best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Noumea Challenger.
Laurent has a compiled 18-15 win-loss record in 2023, 2-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Escoffier | Lokoli |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 27 |
| Pts | 82-71 | 114-113 |
| Total Points | 153 | 227 |
| Winners | 31 | 46 |
| %Winners | 38% | 40% |
Both Escoffier and Lokoli played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Laurent Lokoli surrendered 1 set while Antoine Escoffier hasn’t lost a set so far. Escoffier has played 1 set(s) less than Lokoli (2 vs 3). Therefore, Escoffier played 5 games less than Lokoli. Antoine scored 31 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Lokoli blasted 46 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Escoffier | Lokoli |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 8 |
| 1st in | 38/67 | 70/105 |
| %1st in | 57% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 31/38 | 46/70 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 18/29 | 17/35 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 49% |
Escoffier recorded 5 aces . Lokoli bagged 8 aces . Escoffier won 82% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Lokoli won 66% 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 | Escoffier | Lokoli |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 3 |
| Converted | 2/12 | 3/11 |
| % Converted | 17% | 27% |
| Conceded | 3 | 13 |
| Saved | 3 | 11 |
| % Saved | 100% | 85% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Antoine broke his opponent twice with a 17% conversion rate. Antoine very solid his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 3 break points. Laurent broke his opponent 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve twice and he saved 85% of the break points that he conceded.
| Escoffier | |||
| Q1 Pow |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 82-71 | 82-71 | |
| Total points | 153 | 153 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 38/67 | 38/67 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 31/38 | 31/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/29 | 18/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/12 | 2/12 | |
| Converted % | 17% | 17% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Lokoli | |||
| Q1 Riedi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 114-113 | 114-113 | |
| Total points | 227 | 227 | |
| Winners | 46 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 70/105 | 70/105 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 46/70 | 46/70 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/35 | 17/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 3/11 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 27% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 13 | |
| Saved | 11/13 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 85% | 85% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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