Alexis Galarneau and Ernesto Escobedo will square off in the 2nd round of the Columbus Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:00 pm on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexis Galarneau who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexis Galarneau is the pick to win this match.
Alexis Galarneau -> 1.52
Ernesto Escobedo -> 2.42
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Prediction and head to head Alexis Galarneau vs. Ernesto Escobedo
This will be the 2nd time that Alexis Galarneau and Ernesto Escobedo clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Galarneau (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Galarneau won 7-5 6-7(4) 7-5 in the 1st round in the Puerto Vallarta Challenger back in 2021.
Alexis Galarneau
20 - 18win/loss
216
153
LWWWLWLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-24 | 15-12 | 8-6 | 7-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-26 | 20-18 | 3-5 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-28 | 12-7 | 9-9 | 18-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-20 | 13-9 | 5-6 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-3 | 6-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 218, the Canadian got to the 2nd round after defeating Dane Sweeny 6-4 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Canadian had a good straight sets win against Sweeny (6-4 6-1). During the match, Galarneau scored 59 points vs Sweeny’s 43. Galarneau was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Galarneau made 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Alexis Galarneau was extremely efficient on serve to win 74% (23/31) of his 1st serve and 56% (14/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Alexis broke Sweeny 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Galarneau has good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (161-133). 1-1 on indoor hard courts in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Galarneau has a compiled 42-31 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Galarneau’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Mexico City Challenger.
Galarneau has a composed 20-17 win-loss record in 2024, 1-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Columbus Challenger
Ernesto Escobedo
25 - 20win/loss
458
67
LLWWWWLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-23 | 19-13 | 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. 424, the American got to the 2nd round after beating Antoine Ghibaudo 6-7(4) 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round against Ghibaudo, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-74 6-2 6-4). During the match Escobedo scored 93 points vs Ghibaudo’s 80. Ernesto was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Escobedo managed to score 10 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Ernesto Escobedo was quite efficient on serve to win 80% (33/41) of his 1st serve and 68% (28/41) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American broke Ghibaudo 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
The American’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Villahermosa.
Ernesto has a compiled 24-20 win-loss record in 2024, 7-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Columbus Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2016 and 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Galarneau | Escobedo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 31 |
| Pts | 59-43 | 93-80 |
| Total Points | 102 | 173 |
| Winners | 23 | 33 |
| %Winners | 39% | 35% |
Both Galarneau and Escobedo played 1 match. At the moment, Ernesto Escobedo lost 1 set while Alexis Galarneau hasn’t conceded a set so far. Galarneau has played 1 set(s) less than Escobedo (2 vs 3). Therefore, Galarneau played 14 games less than Escobedo. Galarneau scored 23 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Escobedo fired 33 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Galarneau | Escobedo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 10 |
| 1st in | 31/56 | 41/82 |
| %1st in | 55% | 50% |
| 1st pts | 23/31 | 33/41 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 14/25 | 28/41 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 68% |
Galarneau blasted 3 aces . Escobedo scored 10 aces . Galarneau won 74% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Escobedo won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Galarneau | Escobedo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/5 |
| % Converted | 44% | 80% |
| Conceded | 3 | 1 |
| Saved | 2 | 0 |
| % Saved | 67% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Galarneau broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Canadian surrendered his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Ernesto broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Ernesto conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Galarneau | |||
| R1 Sweeny |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 59-43 | 59-43 | |
| Total points | 102 | 102 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 31/56 | 31/56 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 23/31 | 23/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/25 | 14/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Escobedo | |||
| R1 Ghibaudo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-74 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 93-80 | 93-80 | |
| Total points | 173 | 173 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 41/82 | 41/82 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 33/41 | 33/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 28/41 | 28/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 68% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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