Ernesto Escobedo and Matt Kuhar will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Bloomfield Hills Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:00 am 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 Ernesto Escobedo who should win in 2 sets.
Ernesto Escobedo -> 1.118
Matt Kuhar -> 5.65
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Prediction and head to head Ernesto Escobedo vs. Matt Kuhar
There is no head to head record between Ernesto Escobedo and Matt Kuhar since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Ernesto Escobedo
20 - 15win/loss
460
67
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-24 | 19-14 | 1-6 | 9-4 | 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. 454, Ernesto got to the qualifications after beating Joshua Sheehy 4-6 6-1 6-4.
In the qualifications against Sheehy, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-1 6-4). During the match, Escobedo scored 91 points vs Sheehy’s 78. Escobedo was very aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about the service games, Escobedo fired 12 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Ernesto Escobedo lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Escobedo put 63% of his first serves in, winning 74% (42/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (17/34) on the 2nd serve. Escobedo broke Sheehy 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Escobedo has good match record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (271-222). 13-9 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Escobedo has an aggregate 196-139 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
The American’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Villahermosa.
Escobedo has an overall 19-15 win-loss record in 2024, 13-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bloomfield Hills Challenger
Matt Kuhar
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-14 | 9-8 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 8-8 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 9-7 | 8-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 20-8 | 14-6 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-6 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, the American got to the qualifications after beating Ryuki Matsuda 1-6 6-4 6-1.
In the qualifications against Matsuda, Matt recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-4 6-1).During the match Kuhar scored less points (2) than Matsuda. In fact, the world no. 454 won 75 points vs Matsuda’s. That means that Kuhar was more focused during the important points. Kuhar was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Kuhar recorded 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Matt Kuhar lost the serve 5 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Kuhar put 63% of his first serves in, winning 52% (22/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (12/25) on the 2nd serve. Matt broke Matsuda 6 times after converting 43% of his break points (6/14).
Matt has an aggregate 5-6 win-loss record in 2024, 5-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bloomfield Hills Challenger
Kuhar has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Escobedo | Kuhar |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 24 |
| Pts | 91-78 | 75-77 |
| Total Points | 169 | 152 |
| Winners | 42 | 22 |
| %Winners | 46% | 29% |
Both Escobedo and Kuhar played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Ernesto Escobedo lost 1 set, while Matt Kuhar conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Escobedo and Kuhar have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Escobedo played 3 games more than Kuhar. The American scored 42 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The American scored 22 winners (29%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Escobedo | Kuhar |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 12 | 3 |
| 1st in | 57/91 | 42/67 |
| %1st in | 63% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 42/57 | 22/42 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 52% |
| 2nd pts | 17/34 | 12/25 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 48% |
Escobedo blasted 12 aces . Kuhar managed to score 3 aces . Escobedo won 74% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Kuhar won 52% 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 | Escobedo | Kuhar |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 6 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 6/14 |
| % Converted | 67% | 43% |
| Conceded | 6 | 7 |
| Saved | 4 | 2 |
| % Saved | 67% | 29% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 |
Escobedo broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The American surrendered his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Matt broke his opponent 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. Matt conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 29% of the break points that he conceded.
| Escobedo | |||
| Q1 Sheehy | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 91-78 | 91-78 | |
| Total points | 169 | 169 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 57/91 | 57/91 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 42/57 | 42/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/34 | 17/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Kuhar | |||
| Q1 Matsuda | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 75-77 | 75-77 | |
| Total points | 152 | 152 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 42/67 | 42/67 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 22/42 | 22/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 52% | 52% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/25 | 12/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/14 | 6/14 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 2/7 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 29% | 29% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
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