Daniel Merida Aguilar and Antoine Escoffier will square off in the 1st round of the Porto Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 4:30 pm on EUPAGO. 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 Daniel Merida Aguilar who should win in 2 sets.
Daniel Merida Aguilar -> 1.29
Antoine Escoffier -> 3.34
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Prediction and head to head Daniel Merida Aguilar vs. Antoine Escoffier
There is no head to head record between Daniel Merida Aguilar and Antoine Escoffier since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Daniel Merida Aguilar
36 - 14win/loss
172
163
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47-23 | 15-5 | 32-14 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 57-33 | 17-9 | 40-23 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-31 | 16-13 | 20-17 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-26 | 8-9 | 21-16 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 12-14 | 1-4 | 11-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 175 (career-high), Daniel will start his run in the Porto Challenger after he played his last match in the Zug Challenger where he lost 7-6(5) 6-3 to Huesler in the 1st round on the 22nd of July.
Daniel has an overall 36-14 win-loss record in 2025, 10-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Pozoblanco Challenger where he beat Fajing Sun in the final 6-3 6-4.
Talking about his overall career, The Spaniard has an overall 172-121 record. He has a positive 52-37 record on hard.
Previously in the Porto Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2024. See his history.
Antoine Escoffier
15 - 21win/loss
425
135
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22-26 | 19-18 | 0-1 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 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. 261, Escoffier will start his run in the Porto Challenger after he played his last match in the Segovia Challenger where he lost 3-6 6-1 6-1
to Butvilas in the 2nd round on the 24th of July.The French player has a compiled 15-21 win-loss record in 2025, 13-13 on hard (See FULL STATS)
.Escoffier’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25+H Ajaccio.
In terms of his career, Antoine has an overall 525-330 record. He has a positive 313-176 record on hard.
Previously in the Porto Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2023. See his history.
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