Hugo Grenier and Antoine Escoffier will clash against each other in the quarter of the Pozoblanco Challenger for the 9th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 7:30 pm on PISTA 2. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Hugo Grenier who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Hugo Grenier is the pick to win this match.
Hugo Grenier -> 1.6
Antoine Escoffier -> 2.27
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Prediction and head to head Hugo Grenier vs. Antoine Escoffier
This will be the 9th time that Hugo Grenier and Antoine Escoffier fight against each other. The head to head is 5-3 for Grenier (see full H2H stats), 3-2 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Grenier won 6-2 7-6(5) in the 1st round in the Aix En Provence Challenger back in 2022.
Hugo Grenier
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-19 | 10-7 | 2-8 | 2-2 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-33 | 15-8 | 7-10 | 4-11 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-35 | 21-14 | 9-10 | 1-8 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-28 | 22-9 | 9-8 | 12-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-16 | 7-2 | 5-9 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 135, Hugo got to the quarter after beating Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6-3 3-6 6-4 and Alibek Kachmazov 7-62 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Grenier had a good straight sets win against Kachmazov (7-62 6-3). During the match, Grenier scored 80 points vs Kachmazov’s 67. Hugo was very aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Regarding the service games, Grenier fired 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Hugo Grenier lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Grenier put 61% of his first serves in, winning 75% (38/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (16/33) on the 2nd serve. Grenier was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Kachmazov twice.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Hugo has dropped 1 set in this tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Grenier has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 58% of his matches (328-237). 8-2 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Grenier has an overall175-86 record in the last 9 years on hard.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Las Franquesas del Valles Challenger where he defeated Billy Harris in the final 3-6 6-1 7-6(3).
The French player has a composed 19-23 win-loss record in 2023, 8-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Pozoblanco Challenger
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. 188, Escoffier got to the quarter after beating Dominik Palan 6-4 6-4 and Daniel Masur 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Antoine had a good straight sets win against Masur (6-4 6-4). During the match Escoffier scored 60 points vs Masur’s 49. Antoine was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Escoffier managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Antoine Escoffier was exceptionally effective on serve to win 85% (22/26) of his 1st serve and 72% (18/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Antoine broke Masur twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Escoffier hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Escoffier’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Nonthaburi 1 Challenger,the Cherbourg Challenger,the Lugano Challenger and the Little Rock Challenger.
Antoine has an aggregate 27-19 win-loss record in 2023, 12-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Pozoblanco Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Grenier | Escoffier |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 50 | 40 |
| Pts | 165-138 | 126-109 |
| Total Points | 303 | 235 |
| Winners | 75 | 52 |
| %Winners | 45% | 41% |
Both Grenier and Escoffier played 2 matches. At the moment, Hugo Grenier lost 1 set while Antoine Escoffier hasn’t dropped a set so far. Grenier has played 1 set more than Escoffier (5 vs 4). Therefore, Grenier played 10 games more than Escoffier. Hugo scored 75 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Escoffier fired 52 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Grenier | Escoffier |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 21 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 10.5 | 4 |
| 1st in | 95/150 | 68/121 |
| %1st in | 63% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 75/95 | 52/68 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 31/55 | 35/53 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 66% |
Grenier bagged 21 aces (10.5 per match). Escoffier struck 8 aces (4 per match). Grenier won 79% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Escoffier won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 66% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Grenier | Escoffier |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 4/9 |
| % Converted | 45% | 44% |
| Conceded | 8 | 7 |
| Saved | 5 | 7 |
| % Saved | 63% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
Grenier broke his opponents 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. The French player dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Escoffier broke his opponents 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Antoine was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 7 break points.
| Grenier | ||||
| R1 Herbert |
R2 Kachmazov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-6 6-4 | 7-62 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 22 | 50 | |
| pts | 85-71 | 80-67 | 165-138 | |
| Total points | 156 | 147 | 303 | |
| Winners | 37 | 38 | 75 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 48% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 14 | 7 | 21 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 44/66 | 51/84 | 95/150 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 61% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 37/44 | 38/51 | 75/95 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 75% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/22 | 16/33 | 31/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 48% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 2/2 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 100% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 3/4 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 75% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Escoffier | ||||
| R1 Palan |
R2 Masur |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | 40 | |
| pts | 66-60 | 60-49 | 126-109 | |
| Total points | 126 | 109 | 235 | |
| Winners | 30 | 22 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 37% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 42/70 | 26/51 | 68/121 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 51% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 30/42 | 22/26 | 52/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 85% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/28 | 18/25 | 35/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 72% | 66% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 2/6 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 33% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 0 | 7 | |
| Saved | 7/7 | 0/0 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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