Li Tu and Antoine Escoffier will clash against each other in the quarter of the Seoul Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 4:00 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Li Tu who should win in 3 sets.
Li Tu -> 1.46
Antoine Escoffier -> 2.56
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Prediction and head to head Li Tu vs. Antoine Escoffier
There is no head to head record between Li Tu and Antoine Escoffier since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Li Tu
35 - 23win/loss
184
181
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 35-23 | 30-17 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 4-5 | 0-0 |
2023 | 38-32 | 29-19 | 0-3 | 3-6 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
2022 | 50-25 | 34-16 | 15-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2021 | 41-7 | 28-4 | 0-0 | 13-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2020 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 184, the Australian got to the quarter after defeating Chun Hsin Tseng 6-2 6-1 and Hyeon Chung 4-6 6-3 6-1.
In the 2nd round against Chung, Tu recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-1). During the match, Tu scored 92 points vs Chung’s 80. Li was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about the service games, Tu scored 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Li Tu was very effective on serve to win 74% (39/53) of his 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Australian broke Chung 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Li has surrendered 1 set in this event to win 57% of the points he played.
Tu has a solid match record in the last 5 years having won 65% of his matches (164-88). 30-17 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Tu has a compiled121-56 win-loss record in the last 5 years on hard.
Li’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Traralgon and the Lexington Challenger.
The Australian has an overall 35-23 win-loss record in 2024, 30-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Seoul Challenger
Antoine Escoffier
43 - 32win/loss
223
135
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 43-32 | 31-15 | 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, Escoffier got to the quarter after defeating Yi Zhou 6-4 3-6 6-1 and Kaito Uesugi 6-4 7-6(1).
In the 2nd round, Antoine had a good straight sets win against Uesugi (6-4 7-61). During the match Escoffier scored 84 points vs Uesugi’s 73. The French player was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.
About the serving games, Escoffier scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 5 double faults. Antoine Escoffier lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Escoffier put 58% of his first serves in, winning 86% (37/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (14/31) on the 2nd serve. Antoine broke Uesugi twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Escoffier has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
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.
The French player has an aggregate 43-32 win-loss record in 2024, 31-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Seoul Challenger
Antoine has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Tu | Escoffier |
---|---|---|
Match played | 2 | 2 |
Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
Tot Games | 41 | 49 |
Pts | 155-117 | 180-160 |
Total Points | 272 | 340 |
Winners | 64 | 66 |
%Winners | 41% | 37% |
Both Tu and Escoffier played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Li Tu dropped 1 set, while Antoine Escoffier conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Tu and Escoffier have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Tu played 8 games less than Escoffier. The Australian scored 64 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Antoine managed to score 66 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Tu | Escoffier |
---|---|---|
Aces | 14 | 4 |
Avg per match | 7 | 2 |
1st in | 81/122 | 88/148 |
%1st in | 66% | 59% |
1st pts | 64/81 | 66/88 |
%1st pts | 79% | 75% |
2nd pts | 23/41 | 27/60 |
%2nd pts | 56% | 45% |
Tu bagged 14 aces (7 per match). Escoffier bagged 4 aces (2 per match). Tu won 79% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Escoffier won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Tu | Escoffier |
---|---|---|
Won | 8 | 8 |
Converted | 8/22 | 8/28 |
% Converted | 36% | 29% |
Conceded | 6 | 9 |
Saved | 5 | 4 |
% Saved | 83% | 44% |
Times Broken | 1 | 5 |
Li broke his opponents 8 times with a 36% conversion rate. Tu lost his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Antoine broke his opponents 8 times with a 29% conversion rate. Antoine conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 44% of the break points that he conceded.
Tu | ||||
R1 Hsin | R2 Chung | Total | ||
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Score | 6-2 6-1 | 4-6 6-3 6-1 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
Tot Games | 15 | 26 | 41 | |
pts | 63-37 | 92-80 | 155-117 | |
Total points | 100 | 172 | 272 | |
Winners | 25 | 39 | 64 | |
%Winners | 40% | 42% | 41% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 7 | 7 | 14 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
1st in | 28/46 | 53/76 | 81/122 | |
% 1st in | 61% | 70% | 66% | |
1st pts | 25/28 | 39/53 | 64/81 | |
% 1st pts | 89% | 74% | 79% | |
2nd pts | 10/18 | 13/23 | 23/41 | |
% 2nd pts | 56% | 57% | 56% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
Converted | 4/12 | 4/10 | 8/22 | |
Converted % | 33% | 40% | 36% | |
Conceded | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
Saved | 4/4 | 1/2 | 5 | |
Saved % | 100% | 50% | 75% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Escoffier | ||||
R1 Zhou | R2 Uesugi | Total | ||
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Score | 6-4 3-6 6-1 | 6-4 7-61 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
Tot Games | 26 | 23 | 49 | |
pts | 96-87 | 84-73 | 180-160 | |
Total points | 183 | 157 | 340 | |
Winners | 29 | 37 | 66 | |
%Winners | 30% | 44% | 37% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
1st in | 45/74 | 43/74 | 88/148 | |
% 1st in | 61% | 58% | 59% | |
1st pts | 29/45 | 37/43 | 66/88 | |
% 1st pts | 64% | 86% | 75% | |
2nd pts | 13/29 | 14/31 | 27/60 | |
% 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | 45% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
Converted | 6/25 | 2/3 | 8/28 | |
Converted % | 24% | 67% | 29% | |
Conceded | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
Saved | 2/6 | 2/3 | 4 | |
Saved % | 33% | 67% | 50% | |
Times Broken | 4 | 1 | 5 |
Tennis Scores in Seoul Challenger
- Ji Sung Nam/Joshua ParisSung Nam/Joshua Paris – Anirudh Chandrasekar/Niki Kaliyanda PoonachaChandrasekar/Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Vasil Kirkov/Bart StevensKirkov/Bart Stevens – David Stevenson/Marcus WillisStevenson/Marcus Willis (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Hiroki MoriyaMoriya (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Li TuTu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Taro DanielDaniel – Kasidit SamrejSamrej (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Jurij RodionovRodionov (1-1) – H2H and prediction