Ernesto Escobedo and Martin Damm will face off in the qualifications of the Chicago Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:00 am on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ernesto Escobedo who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ernesto Escobedo is the pick to win this match.
Ernesto Escobedo -> 1.41
Martin Damm -> 2.75
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Prediction and head to head Ernesto Escobedo vs. Martin Damm
There is no head to head record between Ernesto Escobedo and Martin Damm since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Ernesto Escobedo
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7-12 | 6-6 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 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 |
Ranked no. 399, the American reached the qualifications after defeating Nam Hoang Ly 6-1 6-0.
In the qualifications, Escobedo had a good straight sets win against Hoang Ly (6-1 6-0). During the match, Escobedo scored 55 points vs Hoang Ly’s 26. The American was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Escobedo recorded 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Ernesto Escobedo conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Escobedo put 73% of his first serves in, winning 78% (25/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (6/12) on the 2nd serve. Escobedo broke Hoang Ly 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Escobedo has positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (267-211). 12-6 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Escobedo has an overall 197-134 record in the last years on hard.
Ernesto’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Xalapa.
Ernesto has an overall 14-8 win-loss record in 2023, 12-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Chicago Challenger
Martin Damm
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-11 | 6-4 | 1-3 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-29 | 30-14 | 9-8 | 13-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-23 | 17-12 | 10-6 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-22 | 7-4 | 16-12 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-11 | 3-6 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 511, Damm reached the qualifications after beating Alex Bolt 7-61 6-4.
In the qualifications, Martin had a good straight sets win against Bolt (7-61 6-4). During the match Damm scored 74 points vs Bolt’s 63. The American was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Damm made 13 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Martin Damm was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 81% (30/37) of his 1st serve and 61% (20/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Damm broke Bolt twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Damm’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Santo Domingo.
Damm has an aggregate 23-16 win-loss record in 2023, 10-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Chicago Challenger
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Escobedo | Damm |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 13 | 23 |
| Pts | 55-26 | 74-63 |
| Total Points | 81 | 137 |
| Winners | 25 | 30 |
| %Winners | 45% | 41% |
Both Escobedo and Damm played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Escobedo and Damm have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Escobedo played 10 games less than Damm. Ernesto scored 25 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The American fired 30 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Escobedo | Damm |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 13 |
| 1st in | 32/44 | 37/70 |
| %1st in | 73% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 25/32 | 30/37 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 6/12 | 20/33 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 61% |
Escobedo bagged 4 aces . Damm recorded 13 aces . Escobedo won 78% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Damm won 81% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Escobedo | Damm |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 2 |
| Converted | 5/6 | 2/6 |
| % Converted | 83% | 33% |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 |
| Saved | 2 | 1 |
| % Saved | 100% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
The American broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. The American quite strong on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points. Damm broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Escobedo | |||
| Q1 Hoang Ly |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 13 | |
| pts | 55-26 | 55-26 | |
| Total points | 81 | 81 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 32/44 | 32/44 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 25/32 | 25/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Damm | |||
| Q1 Bolt |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-61 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 74-63 | 74-63 | |
| Total points | 137 | 137 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 37/70 | 37/70 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 30/37 | 30/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/33 | 20/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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