Antoine Escoffier and Kaito Uesugi will play each other in the 2nd round of the Seoul Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT 2. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Antoine Escoffier who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Antoine Escoffier is the pick to win this match.
Antoine Escoffier -> 1.24
Kaito Uesugi -> 3.72
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Prediction and head to head Antoine Escoffier vs. Kaito Uesugi
There is no head to head record between Antoine Escoffier and Kaito Uesugi since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Antoine Escoffier
42 - 32win/loss
223
135
WWWLLWLLWL | 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. 223, the French player got to the 2nd round after defeating Yi Zhou 6-4 3-6 6-1.
In the 1st round, Antoine defeated Zhou (6-4 3-6 6-1). During the match, Escoffier scored 96 points vs Zhou’s 87. Escoffier was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Escoffier bagged 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Antoine Escoffier lost the serve 4 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Escoffier put 61% of his first serves in, winning 64% (29/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (13/29) on the 2nd serve. Escoffier broke Zhou 6 times after converting 24% of his break points (6/25).
Escoffier has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (425-263). 30-15 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Escoffier has an aggregate 232-131 match record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Segovia Challenger where he overcame Alex Martinez in the final 6-3 2-6 6-3.
Escoffier has an overall 42-32 win-loss record in 2024, 30-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Seoul Challenger
Antoine has never competed in this tournament before.
Kaito Uesugi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10-5 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 9-8 | 9-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 11-10 | 7-7 | 4-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, Kaito got to the 2nd round after beating Mitsuki Wei Kang Leong 6-2 6-3, Seongbin Sim 6-1 2-6 7-5 and Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Ramanathan (6-4 6-4). During the match Uesugi scored 63 points vs Ramanathan’s 51. Kaito was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Uesugi scored 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Kaito Uesugi was very effective on serve to win 77% (30/39) of his 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Uesugi broke Ramanathan 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Uesugi has a composed 10-4 win-loss record in 2024, 8-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Escoffier | Uesugi |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 64 |
| Pts | 96-87 | 212-166 |
| Total Points | 183 | 378 |
| Winners | 29 | 82 |
| %Winners | 30% | 39% |
Escoffier played 1 match while Uesugi competed in 3 matches. Uesugi started his run from the qualifications while Escoffier had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Antoine Escoffier lost 1 set, while Kaito Uesugi conceded 1 set. Escoffier has played 4 set(s) less than Uesugi (3 vs 7). Therefore, Escoffier played 38 games less than Uesugi. Antoine scored 29 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, Uesugi managed to score 82 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Escoffier | Uesugi |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 1.3 |
| 1st in | 45/74 | 115/181 |
| %1st in | 61% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 29/45 | 82/115 |
| %1st pts | 64% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 13/29 | 41/66 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 62% |
Escoffier made 3 aces . Uesugi made 4 aces (1.3 per match). Escoffier won 64% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Uesugi won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Escoffier | Uesugi |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 12 |
| Converted | 6/25 | 12/22 |
| % Converted | 24% | 55% |
| Conceded | 6 | 10 |
| Saved | 2 | 5 |
| % Saved | 33% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 5 |
The French player broke his opponent 6 times with a 24% conversion rate. Escoffier conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Uesugi broke his opponents 12 times with a 55% conversion rate. Uesugi conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Escoffier | |||
| R1 Zhou |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 96-87 | 96-87 | |
| Total points | 183 | 183 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 45/74 | 45/74 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 29/45 | 29/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/29 | 13/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/25 | 6/25 | |
| Converted % | 24% | 24% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/6 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Uesugi | |||||
| Q1 Wei Kang Leong |
Q3 Sim |
R1 Ramanathan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 6-1 2-6 7-5 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 27 | 20 | 64 | |
| pts | 55-37 | 94-78 | 63-51 | 212-166 | |
| Total points | 92 | 172 | 114 | 378 | |
| Winners | 18 | 34 | 30 | 82 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 36% | 48% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 26/44 | 50/79 | 39/58 | 115/181 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 63% | 67% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 18/26 | 34/50 | 30/39 | 82/115 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 68% | 77% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/18 | 18/29 | 11/19 | 41/66 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 62% | 58% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 4/8 | 3/6 | 12/22 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 50% | 50% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 3/6 | 0/1 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 50% | 0% | 117% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
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