Michael Geerts and Ernesto Escobedo will face off in the 2nd round of the Manzanillo Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 5:00 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ernesto Escobedo who should win in 3 sets.
Ernesto Escobedo -> 1.78
Michael Geerts -> 1.95
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Prediction and head to head Michael Geerts vs. Ernesto Escobedo
There is no head to head record between Michael Geerts and Ernesto Escobedo since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Michael Geerts
50 - 36win/loss
303
212
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 50-36 | 18-10 | 10-12 | 17-13 | 0-1 | 5-0 |
| 2023 | 32-39 | 13-10 | 13-19 | 6-8 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 42-37 | 5-8 | 24-14 | 11-13 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 2021 | 35-28 | 13-7 | 14-14 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-8 | 5-2 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 4-1 |
Ranked no. 303, Geerts reached the 2nd round after beating Juan Alejandro Hernandez 7-6(7) 4-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, Michael defeated Alejandro Hernandez (7-67 4-6 6-3). During the match, Geerts scored 112 points vs Alejandro Hernandez’s 109. Geerts was very aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Regarding the service games, Geerts managed to score 15 aces and he was not very steady on his 2nd serve to score 12 double faults. Michael Geerts lost the serve 3 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Geerts put 50% of his first serves in, winning 82% (47/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (27/57) on the 2nd serve. The Belgian broke Alejandro Hernandez 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Geerts has favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (328-244). 18-10 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Geerts has an overall 143-85 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Michael’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Martos,M25 Castelo Branco and M25 Sarreguemines.
Geerts has an overall 50-36 win-loss record in 2024, 18-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Manzanillo Challenger
Michael has never competed in this tournament before.
Ernesto Escobedo
30 - 24win/loss
458
67
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-24 | 20-14 | 1-6 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-17 | 19-12 | 4-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-31 | 16-16 | 4-5 | 5-6 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-25 | 17-12 | 6-8 | 2-3 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-8 | 6-4 | 0-2 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 458, the American reached the 2nd round after beating Giles Hussey 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round, Ernesto had a good straight sets win against Hussey (6-2 6-3). During the match Escobedo scored 62 points vs Hussey’s 41. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Escobedo managed to score 3 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Ernesto Escobedo was very efficient on serve to win 81% (22/27) of his 1st serve and 77% (10/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Ernesto broke Hussey 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Escobedo’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Villahermosa.
Escobedo has a composed 30-24 win-loss record in 2024, 20-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Geerts | Escobedo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 17 |
| Pts | 112-109 | 62-41 |
| Total Points | 221 | 103 |
| Winners | 47 | 22 |
| %Winners | 42% | 35% |
Both Geerts and Escobedo played 1 match. At the moment, Michael Geerts dropped 1 set while Ernesto Escobedo hasn’t conceded a set so far. Geerts has played 1 set more than Escobedo (3 vs 2). Therefore, Geerts played 15 games more than Escobedo. The Belgian scored 47 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The American fired 22 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Geerts | Escobedo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 15 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 15 | 3 |
| 1st in | 57/114 | 27/40 |
| %1st in | 50% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 47/57 | 22/27 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 27/57 | 10/13 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 77% |
Geerts bagged 15 aces . Escobedo scored 3 aces . Geerts won 82% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Escobedo won 81% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 77% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Geerts | Escobedo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 43% | 50% |
| Conceded | 12 | 0 |
| Saved | 9 | 0 |
| % Saved | 75% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
The Belgian broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Michael dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The American was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Geerts | |||
| R1 Alejandro | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-67 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 112-109 | 112-109 | |
| Total points | 221 | 221 | |
| Winners | 47 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 15 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 12 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 57/114 | 57/114 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 47/57 | 47/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 27/57 | 27/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 9/12 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Escobedo | |||
| R1 Hussey | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 62-41 | 62-41 | |
| Total points | 103 | 103 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 27/40 | 27/40 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 22/27 | 22/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/13 | 10/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 77% | 77% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Tennis Scores in Manzanillo Challenger
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- Aziz DougazDougaz – Justin EngelEngel (6-0 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Aidan MayoMayo – Neil OberleitnerOberleitner (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
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- Karl PolingPoling – Liam DraxlDraxl (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alan MagadanMagadan – (0-0) – H2H and prediction