Ernesto Escobedo and Moerani Bouzige

will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Little Rock Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ernesto Escobedo who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ernesto Escobedo is the pick to win this match.
Ernesto Escobedo -> 1.197
Moerani Bouzige -> 4.25

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Prediction and head to head Ernesto Escobedo vs. Moerani Bouzige

There is no head to head record between Ernesto Escobedo and Moerani Bouzige since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Ernesto Escobedo

Ranked no. 418, Ernesto got to the qualifications after beating Noah Becker 6-3 6-1.

In the qualifications, Ernesto had a good straight sets win against Becker (6-3 6-1). During the match, Escobedo scored 63 points vs Becker’s 30. Ernesto was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Regarding the service games, Escobedo made 4 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults. Ernesto Escobedo was extremely effective on serve to win 100% (24/24) of his 1st serve and 73% (8/11) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Becker 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

Escobedo has positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (265-219). 7-6 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Escobedo has a compiled 190-136 record in the last years on hard.

Escobedo’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Villahermosa.

The American has a composed 13-12 win-loss record in 2024, 7-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Little Rock Challenger

Moerani Bouzige

Ranked no. 596, Moerani got to the qualifications after beating Keenan Mayo 6-3 6-4.

In the qualifications, Moerani had a good straight sets win against Mayo (6-3 6-4). During the match Bouzige scored 69 points vs Mayo’s 62. Bouzige was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.

About the serving games, Bouzige made 4 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Moerani Bouzige conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Bouzige put 60% of his first serves in, winning 84% (32/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (11/25) on the 2nd serve. Moerani broke Mayo twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).

Bouzige’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in M15 Monastir.

Bouzige has a compiled 18-14 win-loss record in 2024, 18-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Escobedo	Bouzige
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	19
Pts	63-30	69-62
Total Points	93	131
Winners	24	32
%Winners	38%	46%

Both Escobedo and Bouzige played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Escobedo and Bouzige have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Escobedo played 3 games less than Bouzige. Escobedo scored 24 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian bagged 32 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Escobedo	Bouzige
Aces	4	4
Avg per match	4	4
1st in	24/35	38/63
%1st in	69%	60%
1st pts	24/24	32/38
%1st pts	100%	84%
2nd pts	8/11	11/25
%2nd pts	73%	44%

Escobedo fired 4 aces . Bouzige scored 4 aces . Escobedo won 100% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 73% of the points. On the other side, Bouzige won 84% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Escobedo	Bouzige
Won	4	2
Converted	4/10	2/8
% Converted	40%	25%
Conceded	0	1
Saved	0	1
% Saved	0%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

The American broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. The American pretty effective on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. Moerani broke his opponent twice with a 25% conversion rate. The Australian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.

Escobedo
	Q1 Becker	Total
Score	6-3 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	63-30	63-30
Total points	93	93
Winners	24	24
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	24/35	24/35
% 1st in	69%	69%
1st pts	24/24	24/24
% 1st pts	100%	100%
2nd pts	8/11	8/11
% 2nd pts	73%	73%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/10	4/10
Converted %	40%	40%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0

Bouzige
	Q1 Mayo	Total
Score	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	69-62	69-62
Total points	131	131
Winners	32	32
%Winners	46%	46%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	8	8
1st in	38/63	38/63
% 1st in	60%	60%
1st pts	32/38	32/38
% 1st pts	84%	84%
2nd pts	11/25	11/25
% 2nd pts	44%	44%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/8	2/8
Converted %	25%	25%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	1/1	1
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

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