Antoine Escoffier and Jie Cui will play each other in the semifinal of the Segovia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 3:30 pm on PISTA PEDRO MUNOZ. 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 Antoine Escoffier who should win in 3 sets.
Antoine Escoffier -> 1.4
Jie Cui -> 2.75
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Prediction and head to head Antoine Escoffier vs. Jie Cui
There is no head to head record between Antoine Escoffier and Jie Cui since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Antoine Escoffier
31 - 22win/loss
207
135
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 44-32 | 32-15 | 0-1 | 11-15 | 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. 195, Antoine got to the semifinal after beating Iliyan Radulov 7-6(2) 6-1, Edas Butvilas w/o and Benjamin Lock 6-2 6-2.
In the quarter, The French player had a good straight sets win against Lock (6-2 6-2). During the match, Escoffier scored 60 points vs Lock’s 37. Escoffier was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Escoffier fired 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Antoine Escoffier lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Escoffier put 54% of his first serves in, winning 88% (22/25) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (10/21) on the 2nd serve. Escoffier broke Lock 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Escoffier hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to win 58% of the points he played.
Escoffier has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (413-253). 22-11 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Escoffier has a compiled 224-127 record in the last years on hard.
Escoffier’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Setubal,M25 Elvas and the Pozoblanco Challenger.
The French player has a compiled 30-22 win-loss record in 2024, 22-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Segovia Challenger
Jie Cui
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-27 | 36-26 | 5-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-23 | 36-21 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 10-10 | 10-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 358, the Chinese reached the semifinal after beating Robin Bertrand 7-5 6-2, Arthur Weber 6-4 4-6 7-6(0) and Max Wiskandt 6-4 7-5.
In the quarter, Jie had a good straight sets win against Wiskandt (6-4 7-5). During the match Cui scored 67 points vs Wiskandt’s 57. The Chinese was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Cui bagged 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Jie Cui was quite effective on serve to win 79% (27/34) of his 1st serve and 62% (16/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Cui broke Wiskandt 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Chinese has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Cui’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Nakhon Si Thammarat and M25 Anning.
Jie has an overall 28-11 win-loss record in 2024, 23-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Segovia Challenger
Cui has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Escoffier | Cui |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 75 |
| Pts | 129-92 | 243-199 |
| Total Points | 221 | 442 |
| Winners | 55 | 94 |
| %Winners | 43% | 39% |
Escoffier played 2 matches while Cui competed in 3 matches. At the moment, Jie Cui dropped 1 set while Antoine Escoffier hasn’t conceded a set so far. Escoffier has played 3 set(s) less than Cui (4 vs 7). Therefore, Escoffier played 39 games less than Cui. The French player scored 55 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Jie bagged 94 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Escoffier | Cui |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 16 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 4.7 |
| 1st in | 64/114 | 133/219 |
| %1st in | 56% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 55/64 | 94/133 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 22/50 | 54/86 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 63% |
Escoffier bagged 16 aces (8 per match). Cui recorded 14 aces (4.7 per match). Escoffier won 86% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Cui won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Escoffier | Cui |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 12 |
| Converted | 8/15 | 12/23 |
| % Converted | 53% | 52% |
| Conceded | 12 | 13 |
| Saved | 10 | 6 |
| % Saved | 83% | 46% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 7 |
The French player broke his opponents 8 times with a 53% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve twice and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. The Chinese broke his opponents 12 times with a 52% conversion rate. Jie conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 46% of the break points that he conceded.
| Escoffier | |||||
| R1 Radulov | R2 Butvilas | 1/4 Lock | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 6-1 | w/o | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | – | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | – | 16 | 36 | |
| pts | 69-55 | – | 60-37 | 129-92 | |
| Total points | 124 | – | 97 | 221 | |
| Winners | 33 | – | 22 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 48% | – | 37% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 8 | – | 8 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | – | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 39/68 | – | 25/46 | 64/114 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | – | 54% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 33/39 | – | 22/25 | 55/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | – | 88% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/29 | – | 10/21 | 22/50 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | – | 48% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | – | 5 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | – | 5/9 | 8/15 | |
| Converted % | 50% | – | 56% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 6 | – | 6 | 12 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | – | 5/6 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 83% | – | 83% | 55% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | |
| Cui | |||||
| R1 Bertrand | R2 Weber | 1/4 Wiskandt | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | 6-4 4-6 7-60 | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 33 | 22 | 75 | |
| pts | 72-46 | 104-96 | 67-57 | 243-199 | |
| Total points | 118 | 200 | 124 | 442 | |
| Winners | 29 | 38 | 27 | 94 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 37% | 40% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 7 | 3 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 36/54 | 63/105 | 34/60 | 133/219 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 60% | 57% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 29/36 | 38/63 | 27/34 | 94/133 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 60% | 79% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/18 | 24/42 | 16/26 | 54/86 | |
| % 2nd pts | 78% | 57% | 62% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 6/11 | 3/5 | 12/23 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 55% | 60% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 11 | 1 | 13 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 5/11 | 0/1 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 45% | 0% | 48% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
Tennis Scores in Segovia Challenger
- Alexander Donski/Tiago PereiraDonski/Tiago Pereira – Patricio Alvarado/Lorenzo Joaquin RodriguezAlvarado/Lorenzo Joaquin Rodriguez (w/o) – Stats, scores, rankings
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