Antoine Escoffier and Yibing Wu will square off in the 2nd round of the Tyler Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on STADIUM 1. 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 Yibing Wu who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yibing Wu is the pick to win this match.
Yibing Wu -> 1.23
Antoine Escoffier -> 3.82
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Prediction and head to head Antoine Escoffier vs. Yibing Wu
There is no head to head record between Antoine Escoffier and Yibing Wu since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Antoine Escoffier
7 - 16win/loss
206
135
WLWLLLWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8-16 | 6-9 | 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. 215, Escoffier reached the 2nd round after defeating Isaiah Strode 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Strode (6-2 6-4). During the match, Escoffier scored 73 points vs Strode’s 55. Escoffier was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Escoffier managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Antoine Escoffier was very effective on serve to win 85% (28/33) of his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The French player broke Strode 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Escoffier has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (396-259). 5-8 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Escoffier has a compiled 225-129 match record in the last years on hard.
Antoine has an aggregate 7-15 win-loss record in 2025, 5-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tyler Challenger
Yibing Wu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9-3 | 7-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 9-5 | 7-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 18-17 | 5-7 | 3-5 | 9-1 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-7 | 20-5 | 10-2 | 10-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 401, Wu got to the 2nd round after defeating Keisuke Saitoh 6-1 6-3, Maxime Cressy 7-5 ret. and Patrick Maloney 7-5 4-6 6-2.
In the 1st round, Wu defeated Maloney (7-5 4-6 6-2). During the match Wu scored 97 points vs Maloney’s 81. Wu was quite aggressive to blast 39 winners.
About the serving games, Wu struck 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Yibing Wu lost the serve 4 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Wu put 69% of his first serves in, winning 66% (39/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the 2nd serve. The Chinese broke Maloney 6 times after converting 46% of his break points (6/13).
Yibing has an overall 5-3 win-loss record in 2025, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Escoffier | Wu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 58 |
| Pts | 73-55 | 197-149 |
| Total Points | 128 | 346 |
| Winners | 28 | 76 |
| %Winners | 38% | 39% |
Escoffier played 1 match while Wu competed in 3 matches. Wu started his run from the qualifications while Escoffier had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Yibing Wu surrendered 1 set while Antoine Escoffier hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Escoffier has played 5 set(s) less than Wu (2 vs 7). Therefore, Escoffier played 40 games less than Wu. The French player scored 28 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Yibing scored 76 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Escoffier | Wu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 4.3 |
| 1st in | 33/58 | 104/160 |
| %1st in | 57% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 28/33 | 76/104 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 13/25 | 32/56 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 57% |
Escoffier struck 4 aces . Wu blasted 13 aces (4.3 per match). Escoffier won 85% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Wu won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Escoffier | Wu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 12 |
| Converted | 3/8 | 12/23 |
| % Converted | 38% | 52% |
| Conceded | 6 | 7 |
| Saved | 6 | 2 |
| % Saved | 100% | 29% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 |
Escoffier broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. The French player pretty solid on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 6 break points. Yibing broke his opponents 12 times with a 52% conversion rate. Wu conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 29% of the break points that he conceded.
| Escoffier | |||
| R1 Strode |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 73-55 | 73-55 | |
| Total points | 128 | 128 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 33/58 | 33/58 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 28/33 | 28/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/25 | 13/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 6/6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Wu | |||||
| Q1 Saitoh |
Q3 Cressy |
R1 Maloney |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 7-5 ret. | 7-5 4-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 12 | 30 | 58 | |
| pts | 60-38 | 40-30 | 97-81 | 197-149 | |
| Total points | 98 | 70 | 178 | 346 | |
| Winners | 21 | 16 | 39 | 76 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 40% | 40% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 27/43 | 18/31 | 59/86 | 104/160 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 58% | 69% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 21/27 | 16/18 | 39/59 | 76/104 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 89% | 66% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/16 | 6/13 | 14/27 | 32/56 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 46% | 52% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 2/5 | 6/13 | 12/23 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 40% | 46% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/1 | 2/6 | 2 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
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