Alexandre Muller and Antoine Escoffier will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Open Sud de France for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 12:30 pm on COURT 1. 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 Alexandre Muller who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexandre Muller is the pick to win this match.
Alexandre Muller -> 1.41
Antoine Escoffier -> 2.92
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Prediction and head to head Alexandre Muller vs. Antoine Escoffier
This will be the 4th time that Alexandre Muller and Antoine Escoffier clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Muller (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Muller won 6-4 2-6 7-5 in the quarter in M25 Monastir back in 2019.
Alexandre Muller
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-19 | 7-8 | 14-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-33 | 20-13 | 18-12 | 7-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-31 | 6-6 | 27-20 | 4-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-31 | 6-7 | 16-15 | 5-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 21-13 | 3-2 | 15-9 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 71 (career-high), the French player will start his run in Montpellier after he played his last match at the Australian Open where he lost 2-6 7-6(3) 4-6 6-4 7-6(7) to Grenier in the 1st round on the 15th of January.
Muller has a composed 4-3 win-loss record in 2024, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on indoor hard courts.
Talking about his overall career, Muller has an overall 367-242 record. He has a positive 40-39 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in Montpellier
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See his history.
Antoine Escoffier
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-19 | 13-8 | 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. 172, Escoffier got to the 1st round after beating Hugo Grenier 7-5 7-5 and Daniel Rincon 6-1 6-3.
In the qualifications, Escoffier had a good straight sets win against Rincon (6-1 6-3). During the match Escoffier scored 60 points vs Rincon’s 34. Antoine was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Escoffier recorded 6 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Antoine Escoffier was extremely effective on serve to win 93% (26/28) of his 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Escoffier broke Rincon 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The French player started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to conquer 57% of the points he played.
Escoffier has a compiled 2-3 win-loss record in 2024, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Montpellier
Antoine has never competed in this tournament before.
Head 2 Head
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Upcoming matches in the draw
- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Alexandre MullerMuller (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Borna CoricCoric – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Constant LestienneLestienne (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ugo BlanchetBlanchet – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hugo GastonGaston – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Harold MayotMayot – Lucas PouillePouille (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pablo Llamas RuizLlamas Ruiz – Richard GasquetGasquet (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Gael MonfilsMonfils (0-0) – H2H and prediction
