Tiago Pereira and Antoine Escoffier will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Porto Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on EUPAGO. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tiago Pereira who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Tiago Pereira is the pick to win this match.
Tiago Pereira -> 1.69
Antoine Escoffier -> 2.07

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Prediction and head to head Tiago Pereira vs. Antoine Escoffier

There is no head to head record between Tiago Pereira and Antoine Escoffier since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Tiago Pereira

Ranked no. 295 (career-high), the Portuguese reached the 2^nd round after defeating Maxwell Mckennon 6-2 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Pereira had a good straight sets win against Mckennon (6-2 6-2). During the match, Pereira scored 68 points vs Mckennon’s 43. The Portuguese was quite aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Regarding the service games, Pereira scored 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Tiago Pereira was extremely efficient on serve to win 77% (20/26) of his 1st serve and 67% (18/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Portuguese broke Mckennon 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).

Pereira has a winning win-loss record in the last 4 years having won 59% of his matches (165-115). 23-9 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Pereira has an aggregate138-86 record in the last 4 years on hard.

Tiago’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Faro,M25 Vale do Lobo,M25 Bol,M25 Monastir and M25 Figueira da Foz.

Pereira has a compiled 43-23 win-loss record in 2025, 23-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Porto Challenger

Antoine Escoffier

Ranked no. 303, Antoine reached the 2^nd round after defeating Daniel Merida Aguilar 6-2 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Escoffier had a good straight sets win against Merida Aguilar (6-2 6-2). During the match Escoffier scored 66 points vs Merida Aguilar’s 45. The French player was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.

About the serving games, Escoffier blasted 4 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Antoine Escoffier lost the serve once and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Escoffier put 53% of his first serves in, winning 90% (28/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 33% (9/27) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Merida Aguilar 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).

Escoffier’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25+H Ajaccio.

Escoffier has an aggregate 16-21 win-loss record in 2025, 14-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Porto 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	Pereira	Escoffier
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
Pts	68-43	66-45
Total Points	111	111
Winners	20	28
%Winners	29%	42%

Both Pereira and Escoffier played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Pereira and Escoffier have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (16). Tiago scored 20 winners (29% of the total points). On the other side, Escoffier managed to score 28 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Pereira	Escoffier
Aces	7	4
Avg per match	7	4
1st in	26/53	31/58
%1st in	49%	53%
1st pts	20/26	28/31
%1st pts	77%	90%
2nd pts	18/27	9/27
%2nd pts	67%	33%

Pereira fired 7 aces . Escoffier struck 4 aces . Pereira won 77% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Escoffier won 90% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 33% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Pereira	Escoffier
Won	4	5
Converted	4/11	5/12
% Converted	36%	42%
Conceded	4	9
Saved	4	8
% Saved	100%	89%
Times Broken	0	1

Pereira broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Tiago pretty solid on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 4 break points. The French player broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve once and he saved 89% of the break points that he conceded.

Pereira
	R1 Mckennon	Total
Score	6-2 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	68-43	68-43
Total points	111	111
Winners	20	20
%Winners	29%	29%
SERVE
Aces	7	7
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	26/53	26/53
% 1st in	49%	49%
1st pts	20/26	20/26
% 1st pts	77%	77%
2nd pts	18/27	18/27
% 2nd pts	67%	67%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/11	4/11
Converted %	36%	36%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	4/4	4
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Escoffier
	R1 Merida	Total
Score	6-2 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	66-45	66-45
Total points	111	111
Winners	28	28
%Winners	42%	42%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	31/58	31/58
% 1st in	53%	53%
1st pts	28/31	28/31
% 1st pts	90%	90%
2nd pts	9/27	9/27
% 2nd pts	33%	33%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/12	5/12
Converted %	42%	42%
Conceded	9	9
Saved	8/9	8
Saved %	89%	89%
Times Broken	1	1

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