Learner Tien and Ernesto Escobedo will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Charleston Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 3:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Learner Tien who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Learner Tien is the pick to win this match.
Learner Tien -> 1.26
Ernesto Escobedo -> 3.55

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Prediction and head to head Learner Tien vs. Ernesto Escobedo

There is no head to head record between Learner Tien and Ernesto Escobedo since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Learner Tien

Ranked no. 151 (career-high), Learner got to the 2^nd round after defeating Jules Marie 6-1 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Learner had a good straight sets win against Marie (6-1 6-2). During the match, Tien scored 60 points vs Marie’s 37. Tien was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about the service games, Tien made 4 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Learner Tien was quite efficient on serve to win 80% (24/30) of his 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Learner broke Marie 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Tien has a fantastic record in the last 3 years having won 76% of his matches (87-28). 45-6 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Tien has an aggregate73-21 win-loss record in the last 3 years on hard.

His best result of the year was conquering the title the Bloomfield Hills Challenger where he overcame Nishesh Basavareddy in the final 4-6 6-3 6-4 and the Las Vegas Challenger where he overcame Tristan Boyer in the final 7-5 1-6 6-3.

The American has a composed 45-7 win-loss record in 2024, 45-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Charleston Challenger

The American has never competed in this tournament before.

Ernesto Escobedo

Ranked no. 398, the American reached the 2^nd round after beating Patrick Maloney 6-3 6-2, Gabi Adrian Boitan 6-3 6-4 and Govind Nanda 6-2 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Escobedo had a good straight sets win against Nanda (6-2 6-4). During the match Escobedo scored 82 points vs Nanda’s 65. Ernesto was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Talking about serving, Escobedo scored 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Ernesto Escobedo conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Escobedo put 60% of his first serves in, winning 70% (28/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (17/27) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Nanda 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

Ernesto’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Villahermosa.

Escobedo has a composed 28-21 win-loss record in 2024, 19-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Charleston Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Tien	Escobedo
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	2	6
Tot Games	15	54
Pts	60-37	205-152
Total Points	97	357
Winners	24	82
%Winners	40%	40%

Tien played 1 match while Escobedo competed in 3 matches. Escobedo started his run from the qualifications while Tien had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Tien has played 4 set(s) less than Escobedo (2 vs 6). Therefore, Tien played 39 games less than Escobedo. The American scored 24 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Ernesto made 82 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Tien	Escobedo
Aces	4	18
Avg per match	4	6
1st in	30/51	105/169
%1st in	59%	62%
1st pts	24/30	82/105
%1st pts	80%	78%
2nd pts	12/21	40/64
%2nd pts	57%	63%

Tien scored 4 aces . Escobedo managed to score 18 aces (6 per match). Tien won 80% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Escobedo won 78% of the points on 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	Tien	Escobedo
Won	4	9
Converted	4/6	9/18
% Converted	67%	50%
Conceded	5	9
Saved	5	8
% Saved	100%	89%
Times Broken	0	1

The American broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Tien quite strong on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 5 break points. Escobedo broke his opponents 9 times with a 50% conversion rate. Escobedo conceded his serve once and he saved 89% of the break points that he conceded.

Tien
	R1 Marie	Total
Score	6-1 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	15	15
pts	60-37	60-37
Total points	97	97
Winners	24	24
%Winners	40%	40%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	30/51	30/51
% 1st in	59%	59%
1st pts	24/30	24/30
% 1st pts	80%	80%
2nd pts	12/21	12/21
% 2nd pts	57%	57%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/6	4/6
Converted %	67%	67%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	5/5	5
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Escobedo
	Q1 Maloney	Q3 Adrian	R1 Nanda	Total
Score	6-3 6-2	6-3 6-4	6-2 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	17	19	18	54
pts	57-38	66-49	82-65	205-152
Total points	95	115	147	357
Winners	23	31	28	82
%Winners	40%	47%	34%	40%
SERVE
Aces	4	5	9	18
Double Faults	2	0	2	4
1st in	30/53	35/49	40/67	105/169
% 1st in	57%	71%	60%	62%
1st pts	23/30	31/35	28/40	82/105
% 1st pts	77%	89%	70%	78%
2nd pts	14/23	9/14	17/27	40/64
% 2nd pts	61%	64%	63%	63%
Breaks
Won	4	2	3	9
Converted	4/5	2/5	3/8	9/18
Converted %	80%	40%	38%	50%
Conceded	7	0	2	9
Saved	6/7	0/0	2/2	8
Saved %	86%	–	100%	186%
Times Broken	1	0	0	1

Tennis Scores in Charleston Challenger

• Naoki NakagawaNakagawa – Henry LiebermanLieberman (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Govind NandaNanda (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Christopher EubanksEubanks – Bor ArtnakArtnak (6-4 6-7⁴ 6-3) – See score progression
• Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Stefan DostanicDostanic (6-0 4-6 2-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Dominic StrickerStricker – Felix CorwinCorwin (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Ethan QuinnQuinn – Brandon HoltHolt (7-6⁴ 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Bernard TomicTomic – Denis KudlaKudla (6-4 2-6 7-6³) – See score progression
• Jeff WolfWolf – Dane SweenySweeny (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
• Nishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy – Alex RybakovRybakov (4-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Edas ButvilasButvilas – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (6-2 2-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Remy BertolaBertola – Aidan MayoMayo (6-4 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
• Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Jack Pinnington JonesPinnington Jones (7-6⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Andres MartinMartin – Andres AndradeAndrade (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh – Johannus MondayMonday (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Learner TienTien – Jules MarieMarie (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Tristan BoyerBoyer – Micah BraswellBraswell (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Bernard TomicTomic – Denis KudlaKudla (6-4 2-6 7-6(3)) – See score progression
• Naoki NakagawaNakagawa – Henry LiebermanLieberman (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Edas ButvilasButvilas – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (6-2 2-6 7-5) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Bernard TomicTomic – Naoki NakagawaNakagawa (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Christopher EubanksEubanks – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jeff WolfWolf – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tristan BoyerBoyer – Remy BertolaBertola (0-0) – H2H and prediction