Lucas Pouille and Antoine Escoffier will face off in the 2nd round of the Rennes Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 6:30 pm on COURT LE LIBERTE. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Lucas Pouille who should win in 3 sets.
Lucas Pouille -> 1.43
Antoine Escoffier -> 2.69
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Prediction and head to head Lucas Pouille vs. Antoine Escoffier
This will be the 2nd time that Lucas Pouille and Antoine Escoffier fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Escoffier (see full H2H stats
), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.The last time that they locked horns, Escoffier won 5-7 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in the Nottingham Challenger back in 2022.
Lucas Pouille
29 - 14win/loss
98
10
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 43-17 | 15-5 | 8-5 | 15-7 | 5-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 16-10 | 3-2 | 7-5 | 4-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 7-15 | 0-3 | 3-6 | 4-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-24 | 7-3 | 2-7 | 7-10 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 140, Lucas reached the 2nd round after beating Calvin Hemery 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Lucas had a good straight sets win against Hemery (6-3 6-4). During the match, Pouille scored 70 points vs Hemery’s 55. Pouille was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Pouille recorded 9 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Lucas Pouille was quite effective on serve to win 87% (27/31) of his 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Lucas broke Hemery 3 times after converting 21% of his break points (3/14).
Pouille has good record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (235-183). 5-5 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Pouille has a compiled 63-45 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Mauthausen Challenger where he defeated Jozef Kovalik in the final 6-3 6-3.
The French player has a compiled 29-14 win-loss record in 2024, 5-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Rennes Challenger
Antoine Escoffier
38 - 26win/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. 215, Escoffier got to the 2nd round after defeating Liam Broady 7-6(4) 4-6 7-6(5).
In the 1st round, The French player defeated Broady (7-64 4-6 7-65).During the match Escoffier scored less points (2) than Broady. In fact, the world no. 140 won 119 points vs Broady’s. That means that Escoffier was more focused during the important points. The French player was extremely aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Talking about serving, Escoffier made 10 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Antoine Escoffier lost the serve 5 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Escoffier put 56% of his first serves in, winning 68% (48/71) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (27/55) on the 2nd serve. Escoffier broke Broady 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
His best result of the year was winning the title the Segovia Challenger where he beat Alex Martinez in the final 6-3 2-6 6-3.
Escoffier has an aggregate 38-26 win-loss record in 2024, 8-9 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Rennes Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2020. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pouille | Escoffier |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 36 |
| Pts | 70-55 | 119-121 |
| Total Points | 125 | 240 |
| Winners | 27 | 48 |
| %Winners | 39% | 40% |
Both Pouille and Escoffier played 1 match. At the moment, Antoine Escoffier dropped 1 set while Lucas Pouille hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Pouille has played 1 set(s) less than Escoffier (2 vs 3). Therefore, Pouille played 17 games less than Escoffier. The French player scored 27 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Antoine blasted 48 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pouille | Escoffier |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 10 |
| 1st in | 31/59 | 71/126 |
| %1st in | 53% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 27/31 | 48/71 |
| %1st pts | 87% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 15/28 | 27/55 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 49% |
Pouille managed to score 9 aces . Escoffier bagged 10 aces . Pouille won 87% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Escoffier won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Pouille | Escoffier |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/14 | 4/9 |
| % Converted | 21% | 44% |
| Conceded | 4 | 13 |
| Saved | 3 | 8 |
| % Saved | 75% | 62% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 |
Pouille broke his opponent 3 times with a 21% conversion rate. The French player lost his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Escoffier conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded.
| Pouille | |||
| R1 Hemery | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 70-55 | 70-55 | |
| Total points | 125 | 125 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 31/59 | 31/59 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 27/31 | 27/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 87% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/28 | 15/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/14 | 3/14 | |
| Converted % | 21% | 21% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Escoffier | |||
| R1 Broady | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 4-6 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 36 | 36 | |
| pts | 119-121 | 119-121 | |
| Total points | 240 | 240 | |
| Winners | 48 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 71/126 | 71/126 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 48/71 | 48/71 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 27/55 | 27/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 13 | |
| Saved | 8/13 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 62% | 62% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
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