Luca Nardi and Antoine Escoffier will face off in the semifinal of the Porto Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 11:00 am on CENTRAL COURT PORTO OPEN. 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 Luca Nardi who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Luca Nardi is the pick to win this match.
Luca Nardi -> 1.71
Antoine Escoffier -> 2.08
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Prediction and head to head Luca Nardi vs. Antoine Escoffier
There is no head to head record between Luca Nardi and Antoine Escoffier since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Luca Nardi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-15 | 9-7 | 8-5 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-36 | 20-10 | 8-13 | 12-12 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-20 | 5-2 | 11-10 | 17-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-24 | 3-3 | 26-13 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-9 | 7-2 | 1-2 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 153, the Italian got to the semifinal after beating Nicolas Mejia 3-6 6-2 6-3, Goncalo Oliveira 6-4 3-6 6-3 and Adrian Andreev 6-4 6-3.
In the quarter, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Andreev (6-4 6-3). During the match, Nardi scored 69 points vs Andreev’s 57. Luca was exceptionally aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Nardi struck 4 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults. Overall, Luca Nardi was quite efficient on serve to win 71% (25/35) of his 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Luca broke Andreev 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Luca has conceded 2 set in this tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Nardi has a winning record in the last 6 years having won 56% of his matches (101-80). 10-6 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Nardi has a compiled25-13 record in the last 6 years on hard.
Luca’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Pune Challenger.
Luca has a composed 21-23 win-loss record in 2023, 10-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Porto Challenger
Luca has never competed in this tournament before.
Antoine Escoffier
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-18 | 12-8 | 0-1 | 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), Escoffier reached the semifinal after beating Lorenzo Giustino 6-3 6-4, Altug Celikbilek 6-4 7-69 and Steven Diez 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Escoffier had a good straight sets win against Celikbilek (6-4 7-69). During the match Escoffier scored 93 points vs Celikbilek’s 86. Escoffier was quite aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about serving, Escoffier recorded 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. The French player broke Celikbilek 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The French player hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
The French player best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Segovia Challenger.
Antoine has a composed 33-21 win-loss record in 2023, 18-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Porto Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nardi | Escoffier |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 73 | 61 |
| Pts | 254-226 | 222-189 |
| Total Points | 480 | 411 |
| Winners | 101 | 106 |
| %Winners | 40% | 48% |
Both Nardi and Escoffier played 3 matches. At the moment, Luca Nardi lost 2 sets while Antoine Escoffier hasn’t conceded a set so far. Nardi has played 2 sets more than Escoffier (8 vs 6). Therefore, Nardi played 12 games more than Escoffier. Nardi scored 101 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Escoffier struck 106 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nardi | Escoffier |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 23 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 7.7 |
| 1st in | 147/219 | 143/216 |
| %1st in | 67% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 101/147 | 106/143 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 37/72 | 35/73 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 48% |
Nardi recorded 12 aces (4 per match). Escoffier managed to score 23 aces (7.7 per match). Nardi won 69% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Escoffier won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nardi | Escoffier |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 14 | 10 |
| Converted | 14/37 | 10/24 |
| % Converted | 38% | 42% |
| Conceded | 15 | 22 |
| Saved | 7 | 17 |
| % Saved | 47% | 77% |
| Times Broken | 8 | 5 |
The Italian broke his opponents 14 times with a 38% conversion rate. Luca lost his serve 8 times and he saved 47% of the break points that he conceded. Antoine broke his opponents 10 times with a 42% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded.
| Nardi | |||||
| R1 Mejia |
R2 Oliveira |
1/4 Andreev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-2 6-3 | 6-4 3-6 6-3 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 28 | 19 | 73 | |
| pts | 95-80 | 90-89 | 69-57 | 254-226 | |
| Total points | 175 | 179 | 126 | 480 | |
| Winners | 39 | 37 | 25 | 101 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | 36% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 58/87 | 54/79 | 35/53 | 147/219 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 68% | 66% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 39/58 | 37/54 | 25/35 | 101/147 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 69% | 71% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/29 | 13/25 | 11/18 | 37/72 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 52% | 61% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 | |
| Converted | 6/14 | 4/12 | 4/11 | 14/37 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 33% | 36% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 4 | 1 | 15 | |
| Saved | 6/10 | 1/4 | 0/1 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 25% | 0% | 28% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |
| 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% | 24% | ||
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWL Tennis Scores in Porto Challenger
- Joao SousaSousa – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (7-64 6-2) – See score progression
- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Steven DiezDiez (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Luca NardiNardi – Adrian AndreevAndreev (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Joao SousaSousa – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (7-6(4) 6-2) – See score progression
- Luca NardiNardi – Adrian AndreevAndreev (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Steven DiezDiez (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
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