Enzo Couacaud and Ernesto Escobedo will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Charleston Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Enzo Couacaud who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Enzo Couacaud is the pick to win this match.
Enzo Couacaud -> 1.63
Ernesto Escobedo -> 2.18
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Prediction and head to head Enzo Couacaud vs. Ernesto Escobedo
This will be the 4th time that Enzo Couacaud and Ernesto Escobedo play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Escobedo (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Escobedo won 5-7 6-3 7-5 in the final in the Bendigo Challenger back in 2022.
Enzo Couacaud
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-7 | 6-4 | 10-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-22 | 12-9 | 9-9 | 2-2 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-28 | 27-13 | 4-7 | 4-6 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-24 | 5-4 | 16-17 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-12 | 1-2 | 5-7 | 8-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 178, the French player reached the 2nd round after defeating Mili Poljicak 6-3 4-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, Couacaud defeated Poljicak (6-3 4-6 6-3). During the match, Couacaud scored 78 points vs Poljicak’s 67. Enzo was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Regarding the service games, Couacaud recorded 11 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Enzo Couacaud was pretty efficient on serve to win 88% (36/41) of his 1st serve and 53% (17/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Couacaud broke Poljicak 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Couacaud has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (293-196). 12-8 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Couacaud has an aggregate 152-66 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
The French player best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Sarasota Challenger and the Tallahassee Challenger.
The French player has a compiled 26-21 win-loss record in 2023, 12-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Charleston Challenger
Ernesto Escobedo
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-11 | 5-5 | 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. 414, Escobedo reached the 2nd round after beating Justin Boulais 7-66 6-3, Pedro Rodenas 4-6 6-1 6-3 and Bernard Tomic 6-3 5-7 7-63.
In the 1st round, Ernesto defeated Tomic (6-3 5-7 7-63). During the match Escobedo scored 115 points vs Tomic’s 97. The American was very aggressive to blast 47 winners.
About the serving games, Escobedo scored 5 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Ernesto Escobedo lost the serve 3 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Escobedo put 67% of his first serves in, winning 62% (47/76) of the points behind his 1st serve and 81% (30/37) on the 2nd serve. Escobedo broke Tomic 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Escobedo’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Xalapa.
Ernesto has an aggregate 19-12 win-loss record in 2023, 16-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Charleston Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Couacaud | Escobedo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 28 | 82 |
| Pts | 78-67 | 283-237 |
| Total Points | 145 | 520 |
| Winners | 36 | 129 |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% |
Couacaud played 1 match while Escobedo competed in 3 matches. Escobedo started his run from the qualifications while Couacaud had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Enzo Couacaud surrendered 1 set, while Ernesto Escobedo conceded 2 sets. Couacaud has played 5 set(s) less than Escobedo (3 vs 8). Therefore, Couacaud played 54 games less than Escobedo. Enzo scored 36 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The American struck 129 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Couacaud | Escobedo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 11 | 3 |
| 1st in | 41/73 | 190/269 |
| %1st in | 56% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 36/41 | 129/190 |
| %1st pts | 88% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 17/32 | 49/79 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 62% |
Couacaud recorded 11 aces . Escobedo bagged 9 aces (3 per match). Couacaud won 88% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Escobedo won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Couacaud | Escobedo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 11 |
| Converted | 4/5 | 11/20 |
| % Converted | 80% | 55% |
| Conceded | 2 | 20 |
| Saved | 0 | 13 |
| % Saved | 0% | 65% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 7 |
The French player broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Couacaud dropped his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Escobedo broke his opponents 11 times with a 55% conversion rate. Ernesto conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 65% of the break points that he conceded.
| Couacaud | |||
| R1 Poljicak |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 78-67 | 78-67 | |
| Total points | 145 | 145 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 41/73 | 41/73 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 36/41 | 36/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/32 | 17/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Escobedo | |||||
| Q1 Boulais |
Q3 Rodenas |
R1 Tomic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 6-3 | 4-6 6-1 6-3 | 6-3 5-7 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 26 | 34 | 82 | |
| pts | 79-68 | 89-72 | 115-97 | 283-237 | |
| Total points | 147 | 161 | 212 | 520 | |
| Winners | 42 | 40 | 47 | 129 | |
| %Winners | 53% | 45% | 41% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 61/80 | 53/76 | 76/113 | 190/269 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 70% | 67% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 42/61 | 40/53 | 47/76 | 129/190 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 75% | 62% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/19 | 11/23 | 30/37 | 49/79 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 48% | 81% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 5/10 | 3/4 | 11/20 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | 75% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 | 13 | 20 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 1/3 | 10/13 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 33% | 77% | 160% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWLLLLLWWW Tennis Scores in Charleston Challenger
- Denis KudlaKudla – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Christian Harrison/Mikelis LibietisHarrison/Mikelis Libietis – Mitchell Krueger/Luis David MartinezKrueger/Luis David Martinez (6-4 3-6 11-9) – See score progression
- Brandon HoltHolt – Vasek PospisilPospisil (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Christian HarrisonHarrison – Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski (6-76 7-61 6-2) – See score progression
- Aziz DougazDougaz – August HolmgrenHolmgren (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Bernard TomicTomic (6-3 5-7 7-63) – See score progression
- Ryan PenistonPeniston – Patrick KypsonKypson (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh – Mark LajalLajal (1-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Oliver CrawfordCrawford – Tennys SandgrenSandgren (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Adam WaltonWalton – Skander MansouriMansouri (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Ethan QuinnQuinn – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (6-2 7-65) – See score progression
- Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer – Toby Alex KodatAlex Kodat (6-74 6-3 4-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Stefan DostanicDostanic – Alexander RitschardRitschard (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Aidan MayoMayo – Michael GeertsGeerts (6-4 7-66) – See score progression
- Enzo CouacaudCouacaud – Mili PoljicakPoljicak (6-3 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Garrett JohnsJohns – Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Laurent LokoliLokoli – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Enzo CouacaudCouacaud – Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Ryan PenistonPeniston – Christian HarrisonHarrison (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer – Stefan DostanicDostanic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Adam WaltonWalton – Aziz DougazDougaz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Oliver CrawfordCrawford – Laurent LokoliLokoli (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Garrett JohnsJohns – Denis KudlaKudla (0-1) – H2H and prediction
