Antoine Escoffier and Kaito Uesugi will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Seoul Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and 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 face off in the main tour.

Antoine Escoffier

Ranked no. 223, the French player got to the 2^nd round after defeating Yi Zhou 6-4 3-6 6-1

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In the 1^st round, Antoine defeated Zhou (6-4 3-6 6-1). During the match, Escoffier scored 96 points vs Zhou’s 87. Escoffier was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Regarding the service games, Escoffier scored 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. Antoine 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. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Escoffier has a composed 232-131 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Segovia Challenger where he overcame Alex Martinez in the final 6-3 2-6 6-3.

Escoffier has an aggregate 42-32 win-loss record in 2024, 30-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Seoul Challenger

Escoffier has never competed in this tournament before.

Kaito Uesugi

Currently unranked, the Japanese got to the 2^nd 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 1^st round, Kaito had a good straight sets win against Ramanathan (6-4 6-4). During the match Uesugi scored 63 points vs Ramanathan’s 51. The Japanese was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about serving, Uesugi bagged 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Kaito Uesugi was pretty efficient 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. Kaito 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 dropped 1 set. Escoffier has played 4 set(s) less than Uesugi (3 vs 7). Therefore, Escoffier played 38 games less than Uesugi. Escoffier scored 29 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, Kaito struck 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 blasted 4 aces (1.3 per match). Escoffier won 64% points on 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 behind 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 dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Kaito broke his opponents 12 times with a 55% conversion rate. Kaito 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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