Antoine Escoffier and Steven Diez will square off in the quarter of the Porto Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 3:30 pm on BANCO CARREGOSA. 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 Antoine Escoffier who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Antoine Escoffier is the pick to win this match.
Antoine Escoffier -> 1.49
Steven Diez -> 2.53
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Prediction and head to head Antoine Escoffier vs. Steven Diez
There is no head to head record between Antoine Escoffier and Steven Diez since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Antoine Escoffier
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-16 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 7-9 | 0-0 | 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. 162 (career-high), Antoine got to the quarter after beating Lorenzo Giustino 6-3 6-4 and Altug Celikbilek 6-4 7-69.
In the 2nd round, Antoine had a good straight sets win against Celikbilek (6-4 7-69). During the match, Escoffier scored 93 points vs Celikbilek’s 86. The French player was very aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Regarding the service games, Escoffier blasted 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Antoine Escoffier lost the serve 4 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Escoffier put 68% of his first serves in, winning 62% (40/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (16/31) on the 2nd serve. Escoffier broke Celikbilek 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Escoffier hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Escoffier has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (415-236). 18-10 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Escoffier has an aggregate 234-124 match record in the last years on hard.
Escoffier’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Segovia Challenger.
Escoffier has an overall 33-21 win-loss record in 2023, 18-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Porto Challenger
Steven Diez
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4-12 | 3-5 | 0-2 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-36 | 7-13 | 16-19 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-32 | 13-12 | 22-19 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-28 | 3-6 | 12-16 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-16 | 2-5 | 8-8 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 262, Steven got to the quarter after beating Benjamin Bonzi 6-4 6-4 and Henrique Rocha 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Diez had a good straight sets win against Rocha (6-3 6-2). During the match Diez scored 69 points vs Rocha’s 55. The Canadian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Diez bagged 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Steven Diez conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 8 break points. Furthermore, Diez put 70% of his first serves in, winning 66% (35/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the 2nd serve. The Canadian broke Rocha 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Steven hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
The Canadian’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in M25 Torello and the Iasi Challenger.
Steven has an overall 19-24 win-loss record in 2023, 5-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Porto Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Escoffier | Diez |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 42 | 37 |
| Pts | 152-129 | 134-106 |
| Total Points | 281 | 240 |
| Winners | 68 | 67 |
| %Winners | 45% | 50% |
Both Escoffier and Diez played 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Escoffier and Diez have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Escoffier played 5 games more than Diez. Escoffier scored 68 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Diez scored 67 winners (50%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Escoffier | Diez |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 5 |
| 1st in | 97/147 | 93/136 |
| %1st in | 66% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 68/97 | 67/93 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 29/50 | 26/43 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 60% |
Escoffier blasted 12 aces (6 per match). Diez fired 10 aces (5 per match). Escoffier won 70% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Diez won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Escoffier | Diez |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 5 |
| Converted | 7/13 | 5/7 |
| % Converted | 54% | 71% |
| Conceded | 14 | 13 |
| Saved | 10 | 13 |
| % Saved | 71% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 |
Antoine broke his opponents 7 times with a 54% conversion rate. Escoffier dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. The Canadian broke his opponents 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Diez was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 13 break points.
| Escoffier | ||||
| R1 Giustino |
R2 Celikbilek |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-4 7-69 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 23 | 42 | |
| pts | 59-43 | 93-86 | 152-129 | |
| Total points | 102 | 179 | 281 | |
| Winners | 28 | 40 | 68 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 43% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 10 | 2 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 32/51 | 65/96 | 97/147 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 68% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 28/32 | 40/65 | 68/97 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 62% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/19 | 16/31 | 29/50 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 52% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 5/9 | 7/13 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 56% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 14 | 14 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 10/14 | 10 | |
| Saved % | – | 71% | 36% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Diez | ||||
| R1 Bonzi |
R2 Rocha |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 17 | 37 | |
| pts | 65-51 | 69-55 | 134-106 | |
| Total points | 116 | 124 | 240 | |
| Winners | 32 | 35 | 67 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 51% | 50% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 40/60 | 53/76 | 93/136 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 70% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 32/40 | 35/53 | 67/93 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 66% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/20 | 12/23 | 26/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 52% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Converted | 2/2 | 3/5 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 60% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 8 | 13 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 8/8 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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