Ernesto Escobedo and Antoine Ghibaudo will fight against each other in the 1^st round of the Columbus Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 5:00 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ernesto Escobedo who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ernesto Escobedo is the pick to win this match.
Ernesto Escobedo -> 1.73
Antoine Ghibaudo -> 2.03

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Prediction and head to head Ernesto Escobedo vs. Antoine Ghibaudo

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

Ernesto Escobedo

Ranked no. 424, the American will start his run in the Columbus Challenger after he played his last match in the Las Vegas Challenger where he lost 6-4 4-6 6-4 to Kent in the 1^st round on the 9^th of September.

Ernesto has an aggregate 23-20 win-loss record in 2024, 6-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Ernesto’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Villahermosa.

Talking about his overall career, Ernesto has an overall 301-240 record. He has a positive 30-27 record on indoor hard courts.

Previously in the Columbus Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2016 and 2021. See his history.

Antoine Ghibaudo

Ranked no. 674, Antoine reached the 1^st round after defeating Patrick Maloney 6-1 6-4 and Andres Martin 6-1 6-2.

In the qualifications, Antoine had a good straight sets win against Martin (6-1 6-2). During the match Ghibaudo scored 63 points vs Martin’s 35. Antoine was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.

About the serving games, Ghibaudo made 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Antoine Ghibaudo was extremely effective on serve to win 93% (27/29) of his 1st serve and 54% (7/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Antoine broke Martin 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The French player started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to conquer 62% of the points he played.

The French player best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in M15 Sharm ElSheikh and M15 Kursumlijska Banja.

Antoine has an overall 29-21 win-loss record in 2024, 7-7 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Tennis Scores in Columbus Challenger

• Nishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy – Jules MarieMarie (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Ethan QuinnQuinn – Patrick KypsonKypson (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alexander BernardBernard – Brandon HoltHolt (6-3 7-6⁴) – Stats, scores, rankings
• James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Aidan MayoMayo (4-6 6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Denis KudlaKudla – Micah BraswellBraswell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Christopher EubanksEubanks – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Dane SweenySweeny (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jeff WolfWolf – Kyle EdmundEdmund (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Patrick ZahrajZahraj – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (0-0) – H2H and prediction