Ernesto Escobedo and Govind Nanda will play each other in the 1^st round of the Charleston Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 12:30 pm on COURT 1. 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 Ernesto Escobedo who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ernesto Escobedo is the pick to win this match.
Ernesto Escobedo -> 1.56
Govind Nanda -> 2.3

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Prediction and head to head Ernesto Escobedo vs. Govind Nanda

This will be the 2^nd time that Ernesto Escobedo and Govind Nanda fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Escobedo (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Escobedo won 6-1 6-4 in the 1^st round in the Lexington Challenger back in 2021.

Ernesto Escobedo

Ranked no. 398, the American got to the 1^st round after beating Patrick Maloney 6-3 6-2 and Gabi Adrian Boitan 6-3 6-4.

In the qualifications, Ernesto had a good straight sets win against Adrian Boitan (6-3 6-4). During the match, Escobedo scored 66 points vs Adrian Boitan’s 49. The American was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about the service games, Escobedo fired 5 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults. Ernesto Escobedo was extremely efficient on serve to win 89% (31/35) of his 1st serve and 64% (9/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Ernesto broke Adrian Boitan twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Ernesto started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to win 59% of the points he played.

Escobedo has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (279-228). 18-13 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Escobedo has an aggregate 201-143 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

The American’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Villahermosa.

Ernesto has a compiled 27-21 win-loss record in 2024, 18-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Charleston Challenger

Govind Nanda

Ranked no. 797, the American reached the 1^st round after defeating Cannon Kingsley 6-3 6-3 and Ryan Peniston 6-4 6-4.

In the qualifications, Nanda had a good straight sets win against Peniston (6-4 6-4). During the match Nanda scored 63 points vs Peniston’s 54. Govind was pretty aggressive to blast 19 winners.

Talking about serving, Nanda blasted 2 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Govind Nanda lost the serve 5 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Nanda put 64% of his first serves in, winning 56% (19/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (10/19) on the 2nd serve. Govind broke Peniston 7 times after converting 54% of his break points (7/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Govind started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points he played.

Govind’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Lakewood.

The American has an aggregate 15-8 win-loss record in 2024, 15-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Charleston Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2022. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Escobedo	Nanda
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	4
Tot Games	36	38
Pts	123-87	126-103
Total Points	210	229
Winners	54	37
%Winners	44%	29%

Both Escobedo and Nanda played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Escobedo and Nanda have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Escobedo played 2 games less than Nanda. Escobedo scored 54 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Nanda blasted 37 winners (29%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Escobedo	Nanda
Aces	9	4
Avg per match	4.5	2
1st in	65/102	62/109
%1st in	64%	57%
1st pts	54/65	37/62
%1st pts	83%	60%
2nd pts	23/37	26/47
%2nd pts	62%	55%

Escobedo blasted 9 aces (4.5 per match). Nanda fired 4 aces (2 per match). Escobedo won 83% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Nanda won 60% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Escobedo	Nanda
Won	6	12
Converted	6/10	12/21
% Converted	60%	57%
Conceded	7	9
Saved	6	2
% Saved	86%	22%
Times Broken	1	7

The American broke his opponents 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Ernesto dropped his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 12 times with a 57% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 22% of the break points that he conceded.

Escobedo
	Q1 Maloney	Q3 Adrian	Total
Score	6-3 6-2	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	17	19	36
pts	57-38	66-49	123-87
Total points	95	115	210
Winners	23	31	54
%Winners	40%	47%	44%
SERVE
Aces	4	5	9
Double Faults	2	0	2
1st in	30/53	35/49	65/102
% 1st in	57%	71%	64%
1st pts	23/30	31/35	54/65
% 1st pts	77%	89%	83%
2nd pts	14/23	9/14	23/37
% 2nd pts	61%	64%	62%
Breaks
Won	4	2	6
Converted	4/5	2/5	6/10
Converted %	80%	40%	60%
Conceded	7	0	7
Saved	6/7	0/0	6
Saved %	86%	–	43%
Times Broken	1	0	1

Nanda
	Q1 Kingsley	Q3 Peniston	Total
Score	6-3 6-3	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	18	20	38
pts	63-49	63-54	126-103
Total points	112	117	229
Winners	18	19	37
%Winners	29%	30%	29%
SERVE
Aces	2	2	4
Double Faults	0	0	0
1st in	28/56	34/53	62/109
% 1st in	50%	64%	57%
1st pts	18/28	19/34	37/62
% 1st pts	64%	56%	60%
2nd pts	16/28	10/19	26/47
% 2nd pts	57%	53%	55%
Breaks
Won	5	7	12
Converted	5/8	7/13	12/21
Converted %	63%	54%	57%
Conceded	3	6	9
Saved	1/3	1/6	2
Saved %	33%	17%	25%
Times Broken	2	5	7

Tennis Scores in Charleston Challenger

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• Andres MartinMartin – Andres AndradeAndrade (6-2 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Jack Pinnington JonesPinnington Jones (7-6⁵ 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Remy BertolaBertola – Aidan MayoMayo (6-4 5-7 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh – Johannus MondayMonday (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tristan BoyerBoyer – Micah BraswellBraswell (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings

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