Borna Coric and Antoine Escoffier will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Lugano Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on CENTRALE. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Borna Coric who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Borna Coric is the pick to win this match.
Borna Coric -> 1.31
Antoine Escoffier -> 3.2

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Prediction and head to head Borna Coric vs. Antoine Escoffier

There is no head to head record between Borna Coric and Antoine Escoffier since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Borna Coric

Ranked no. 143, the Croatian reached the 2^nd round after beating Gauthier Onclin 6-4 6-2.

In the 1^st round, The Croatian had a good straight sets win against Onclin (6-4 6-2). During the match, Coric scored 54 points vs Onclin’s 41. The Croatian was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Regarding the service games, Coric struck 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Borna Coric was extremely effective on serve to win 81% (25/31) of his 1st serve and 75% (12/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Croatian broke Onclin 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Coric has positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (214-178). 1-2 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Coric has a composed 46-33 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

The Croatian has an aggregate 2-4 win-loss record in 2025, 1-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Lugano Challenger

Borna has never competed in this tournament before.

Antoine Escoffier

Ranked no. 214, Antoine got to the 2^nd round after beating Mika Brunold 6-2 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Antoine had a good straight sets win against Brunold (6-2 6-3). During the match Escoffier scored 62 points vs Brunold’s 46. Escoffier was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about serving, Escoffier fired 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Antoine Escoffier was very effective on serve to win 86% (24/28) of his 1st serve and 53% (10/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The French player broke Brunold 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

The French player has an aggregate 2-5 win-loss record in 2025, 1-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Lugano Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Coric	Escoffier
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	17
Pts	54-41	62-46
Total Points	95	108
Winners	25	24
%Winners	46%	39%

Both Coric and Escoffier played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Coric and Escoffier have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Coric played 1 game more than Escoffier. The Croatian scored 25 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The French player scored 24 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Coric	Escoffier
Aces	9	5
Avg per match	9	5
1st in	31/47	28/47
%1st in	66%	60%
1st pts	25/31	24/28
%1st pts	81%	86%
2nd pts	12/16	10/19
%2nd pts	75%	53%

Coric bagged 9 aces . Escoffier fired 5 aces . Coric won 81% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 75% of the points. On the other side, Escoffier won 86% of the points on 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	Coric	Escoffier
Won	3	4
Converted	3/5	4/6
% Converted	60%	67%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	3	3
% Saved	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Borna broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Borna had a solid display on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 3 break points. Antoine broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Antoine was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.

Coric
	R1 Onclin	Total
Score	6-4 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	54-41	54-41
Total points	95	95
Winners	25	25
%Winners	46%	46%
SERVE
Aces	9	9
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	31/47	31/47
% 1st in	66%	66%
1st pts	25/31	25/31
% 1st pts	81%	81%
2nd pts	12/16	12/16
% 2nd pts	75%	75%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/5	3/5
Converted %	60%	60%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	3/3	3
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Escoffier
	R1 Brunold	Total
Score	6-2 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	62-46	62-46
Total points	108	108
Winners	24	24
%Winners	39%	39%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	28/47	28/47
% 1st in	60%	60%
1st pts	24/28	24/28
% 1st pts	86%	86%
2nd pts	10/19	10/19
% 2nd pts	53%	53%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/6	4/6
Converted %	67%	67%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	3/3	3
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Tennis Scores in Lugano Challenger

• Murphy CassoneCassone – Ricardas BerankisBerankis (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Hugo GrenierGrenier – Jie CuiCui (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Dino PrizmicPrizmic – Jakub PaulPaul (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Tung-Lin WuWu (2-6 6-2 6-0) – See score progression
• Borna CoricCoric – Gauthier OnclinOnclin (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Liam DraxlDraxl – Rei SakamotoSakamoto (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Mees RottgeringRottgering – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (4-6 7-6¹⁰ 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Mika BrunoldBrunold (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Henri SquireSquire – Adrian AndreevAndreev (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Liam DraxlDraxl – Rei SakamotoSakamoto (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Tung-Lin WuWu (2-6 6-2 6-0) – See score progression
• Murphy CassoneCassone – Ricardas BerankisBerankis (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Hugo GrenierGrenier – Jie CuiCui (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Vilius GaubasGaubas – Dominic StrickerStricker (6-3 1-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Dino PrizmicPrizmic – Jakub PaulPaul (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Borna CoricCoric – Gauthier OnclinOnclin (6-4 6-2) – See score progression

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