Antoine Escoffier and Yu Hsiou Hsu will square off in the 2nd round of the Guangzhou Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 10:00 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Antoine Escoffier is the pick to win this match.
Antoine Escoffier -> 1.64
Yu Hsiou Hsu -> 2.15
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Prediction and head to head Antoine Escoffier vs. Yu Hsiou Hsu
There is no head to head record between Antoine Escoffier and Yu Hsiou Hsu since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Antoine Escoffier
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9-17 | 7-10 | 0-1 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 46-34 | 34-17 | 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 |
Ranked no. 218, the French player got to the 2nd round after beating Zachary Svajda 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Svajda (6-4 6-4). During the match, Escoffier scored 64 points vs Svajda’s 47. Antoine was extremely aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about the service games, Escoffier scored 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Antoine Escoffier was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 76% (19/25) of his 1st serve and 70% (19/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The French player broke Svajda 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Escoffier has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (394-255). 3-5 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Escoffier has an overall 223-126 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Antoine has an aggregate 5-11 win-loss record in 2025, 3-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Guangzhou Challenger
Yu Hsiou Hsu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21-17 | 18-13 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 42-30 | 38-25 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-21 | 30-15 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 54-24 | 47-18 | 5-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 53-23 | 49-16 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 235, the Chinese got to the 2nd round after beating Constant Lestienne 7-5 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Chinese had a good straight sets win against Lestienne (7-5 6-4). During the match Hsiou scored 75 points vs Lestienne’s 62. The Chinese was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.
About the serving games, Hsiou struck 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Yu Hsiou Hsu lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Hsiou put 67% of his first serves in, winning 72% (34/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (11/23) on the 2nd serve. Yu broke Lestienne 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Hsiou’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Timaru.
Yu has a compiled 17-11 win-loss record in 2025, 17-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Guangzhou Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2024. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Escoffier | Hsiou |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 22 |
| Pts | 64-47 | 75-62 |
| Total Points | 111 | 137 |
| Winners | 19 | 34 |
| %Winners | 30% | 45% |
Both Escoffier and Hsiou played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Escoffier and Hsiou have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Escoffier played 2 games less than Hsiou. The French player scored 19 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, Yu scored 34 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Escoffier | Hsiou |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 2 |
| 1st in | 25/52 | 47/70 |
| %1st in | 48% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 19/25 | 34/47 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 19/27 | 11/23 |
| %2nd pts | 70% | 48% |
Escoffier recorded 3 aces . Hsiou scored 2 aces . Escoffier won 76% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 70% of the points. On the other side, Hsiou won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Escoffier | Hsiou |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 4/7 |
| % Converted | 50% | 57% |
| Conceded | 2 | 5 |
| Saved | 1 | 3 |
| % Saved | 50% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
The French player broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Escoffier lost his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Yu broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Yu conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Escoffier | |||
| R1 Svajda |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 64-47 | 64-47 | |
| Total points | 111 | 111 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 25/52 | 25/52 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 19/25 | 19/25 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/27 | 19/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Hsiou | |||
| R1 Lestienne |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 75-62 | 75-62 | |
| Total points | 137 | 137 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 47/70 | 47/70 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 34/47 | 34/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/23 | 11/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWLLWLLW Tennis Scores in Guangzhou Challenger
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Li TuTu (6-4 6-78 6-3) – See score progression
- Ilia SimakinSimakin – Ye Cong MoCong Mo (6-1 7-63) – See score progression
- Omar JasikaJasika – Christian LangmoLangmo (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Alex BoltBolt (3-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Charles ChenChen (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Marat SharipovSharipov – Mats RosenkranzRosenkranz (6-3 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Moerani BouzigeBouzige – Hoyoung RohRoh (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Adam WaltonWalton – Andre IlaganIlagan (6-3 7-63) – See score progression
- James McCabeMcCabe – Kasidit SamrejSamrej (6-3 6-73 6-3) – See score progression
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Ryan PenistonPeniston (6-4 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Jie CuiCui – Yi ZhouZhou (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Alibek KachmazovKachmazov – Fajing SunSun (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Rigele TeTe (5-7 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Brandon HoltHolt – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (7-63 7-62) – See score progression
- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Zachary SvajdaSvajda (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Constant LestienneLestienne (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Adam WaltonWalton – Andre IlaganIlagan (6-3 7-6(3)) – See score progression
- Alibek KachmazovKachmazov – Fajing SunSun (6-4 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Omar JasikaJasika – Christian LangmoLangmo (6-4 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- James McCabeMcCabe – Kasidit SamrejSamrej (6-3 6-7(3) 6-3) – See score progression
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Ryan PenistonPeniston (6-4 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Alex BoltBolt (3-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Moerani BouzigeBouzige – Hoyoung RohRoh (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Charles ChenChen (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Omar JasikaJasika – (3-2) – H2H and prediction
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jie CuiCui – Brandon HoltHolt (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Adam WaltonWalton – (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Moerani BouzigeBouzige – Hugo GrenierGrenier (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (1-1) – H2H and prediction
