Antoine Escoffier and Nikoloz Basilashvili will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Seoul Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 2:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Antoine Escoffier who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Antoine Escoffier is the pick to win this match.
Antoine Escoffier -> 1.76
Nikoloz Basilashvili -> 1.97

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Prediction and head to head Antoine Escoffier vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili

There is no head to head record between Antoine Escoffier and Nikoloz Basilashvili since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Antoine Escoffier

Ranked no. 223, the French player reached the semifinal after defeating Yi Zhou 6-4 3-6 6-1, Kaito Uesugi 6-4 7-6(1) and Li Tu 6-0 6-4.

In the quarter, Antoine had a good straight sets win against Tu (6-0 6-4). During the match, Escoffier scored 72 points vs Tu’s 53. Escoffier was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Regarding the service games, Escoffier scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Antoine Escoffier was extremely efficient on serve to win 71% (24/34) of his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Antoine broke Tu 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Escoffier has surrendered 2 set in this competition to win 54% of the points he played.

Escoffier has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (427-263). 32-15 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Escoffier has a composed 234-131 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Segovia Challenger where he defeated Alex Martinez in the final 6-3 2-6 6-3.

Escoffier has a composed 44-32 win-loss record in 2024, 32-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Seoul Challenger

The French player has never competed in this tournament before.

Nikoloz Basilashvili

Ranked no. 311, Nikoloz got to the semifinal after beating Terence Atmane 6-3 3-6 6-4, Tung-Lin Wu 6-2 6-7(3) 6-4 and Hiroki Moriya 6-3 6-4.

In the quarter, Basilashvili had a good straight sets win against Moriya (6-3 6-4). During the match Basilashvili scored 67 points vs Moriya’s 54. Basilashvili was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Talking about serving, Basilashvili bagged 8 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Nikoloz Basilashvili lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Basilashvili put 49% of his first serves in, winning 70% (23/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (18/34) on the 2nd serve. The Georgean broke Moriya 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Georgean has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

The Georgean’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Murcia Challenger.

Nikoloz has an overall 47-29 win-loss record in 2024, 8-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Escoffier	Basilashvili
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	7	8
Tot Games	65	78
Pts	252-213	258-232
Total Points	465	490
Winners	90	92
%Winners	36%	36%

Both Escoffier and Basilashvili played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Antoine Escoffier conceded 1 set, while Nikoloz Basilashvili dropped 2 sets. Escoffier has played 1 set(s) less than Basilashvili (7 vs 8). Therefore, Escoffier played 13 games less than Basilashvili. Escoffier scored 90 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Nikoloz struck 92 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Escoffier	Basilashvili
Aces	5	19
Avg per match	1.7	6.3
1st in	122/205	129/258
%1st in	60%	50%
1st pts	90/122	92/129
%1st pts	74%	71%
2nd pts	39/83	68/129
%2nd pts	47%	53%

Escoffier fired 5 aces (1.7 per match). Basilashvili recorded 19 aces (6.3 per match). Escoffier won 74% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Basilashvili won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Escoffier	Basilashvili
Won	13	14
Converted	13/42	14/30
% Converted	31%	47%
Conceded	16	27
Saved	10	19
% Saved	63%	70%
Times Broken	6	8

Antoine broke his opponents 13 times with a 31% conversion rate. Escoffier lost his serve 6 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. The Georgean broke his opponents 14 times with a 47% conversion rate. The Georgean conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.

Escoffier
	R1 Zhou	R1 Zhou	R2 Uesugi	R2 Uesugi	1/4 Tu	1/4 Tu	Total
Score	6-4 3-6 6-1	6-4 3-6 6-1	6-4 7-61	6-4 7-61	6-0 6-4	6-0 6-4
Tot Set	3	3	2	2	2	2	14
Tot Games	26	26	23	23	16	16	130
pts	96-87	96-87	84-73	84-73	72-53	72-53	504-426
Total points	183	183	157	157	125	125	930
Winners	29	29	37	37	24	24	180
%Winners	30%	30%	44%	44%	33%	33%	36%
SERVE
Aces	3	3	1	1	1	1	10
Double Faults	2	2	5	5	4	4	22
1st in	45/74	45/74	43/74	43/74	34/57	34/57	244/410
% 1st in	61%	61%	58%	58%	60%	60%	60%
1st pts	29/45	29/45	37/43	37/43	24/34	24/34	180/244
% 1st pts	64%	64%	86%	86%	71%	71%	74%
2nd pts	13/29	13/29	14/31	14/31	12/23	12/23	78/166
% 2nd pts	45%	45%	45%	45%	52%	52%	47%
Breaks
Won	6	6	2	2	5	5	26
Converted	6/25	6/25	2/3	2/3	5/14	5/14	26/84
Converted %	24%	24%	67%	67%	36%	36%	31%
Conceded	6	6	3	3	7	7	32
Saved	2/6	2/6	2/3	2/3	6/7	6/7	20
Saved %	33%	33%	67%	67%	86%	86%	62%
Times Broken	4	4	1	1	1	1	12

Basilashvili
	R1 Atmane	R2 Wu	1/4 Moriya	Total
Score	6-3 3-6 6-4	6-2 6-73 6-4	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	3	3	2	8
Tot Games	28	31	19	78
pts	84-74	107-104	67-54	258-232
Total points	158	211	121	490
Winners	28	41	23	92
%Winners	33%	38%	34%	36%
SERVE
Aces	4	7	8	19
Double Faults	5	5	4	14
1st in	35/73	61/118	33/67	129/258
% 1st in	48%	52%	49%	50%
1st pts	28/35	41/61	23/33	92/129
% 1st pts	80%	67%	70%	71%
2nd pts	21/38	29/57	18/34	68/129
% 2nd pts	55%	51%	53%	53%
Breaks
Won	4	6	4	14
Converted	4/8	6/11	4/11	14/30
Converted %	50%	55%	36%	47%
Conceded	5	18	4	27
Saved	2/5	15/18	2/4	19
Saved %	40%	83%	50%	29%
Times Broken	3	3	2	8

Tennis Scores in Seoul Challenger

• Vasil Kirkov/Bart StevensKirkov/Bart Stevens – Nicolas Moreno De Alboran/Jose StathamMoreno De Alboran/Jose Statham (6-7⁵ 6-3 10-7) – Stats, scores, rankings

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