Francesco Maestrelli and Antoine Escoffier will square off in the quarter of the Porto Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:30 pm on EUPAGO. 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 Francesco Maestrelli who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Francesco Maestrelli is the pick to win this match.
Francesco Maestrelli -> 1.6
Antoine Escoffier -> 2.22
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Prediction and head to head Francesco Maestrelli vs. Antoine Escoffier
This will be the 2nd time that Francesco Maestrelli and Antoine Escoffier fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Maestrelli (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Maestrelli won 7-6(5) 6-2 in the qualifications in the Forli 4 Challenger back in 2022.
Francesco Maestrelli
28 - 18win/loss
139
138
WWWWWLWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46-29 | 9-7 | 28-18 | 9-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 37-36 | 11-7 | 21-23 | 5-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-38 | 9-10 | 16-24 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-24 | 5-4 | 34-12 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-18 | 8-3 | 18-12 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 178, Maestrelli got to the quarter after defeating Tiago Torres 4-6 7-6(2) 6-3 and George Loffhagen 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Maestrelli had a good straight sets win against Loffhagen (6-3 6-2). During the match, Maestrelli scored 63 points vs Loffhagen’s 41. The Italian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Maestrelli recorded 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Francesco Maestrelli was pretty efficient on serve to win 92% (24/26) of his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Maestrelli broke Loffhagen 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Francesco has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Maestrelli has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 55% of his matches (177-146). 5-3 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Maestrelli has an overall41-31 record in the last 8 years on hard.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Francavilla Challenger where he defeated Valentin Vacherot in the final 6-4 6-4 and the Brasov Challenger where he overcame Luka Pavlovic in the final 7-6(7) 6-4.
Maestrelli has an overall 28-18 win-loss record in 2025, 5-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Porto Challenger
Francesco has never competed in this tournament before.
Antoine Escoffier
17 - 21win/loss
431
135
LLWWWWLWLL | 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. 303, the French player got to the quarter after beating Daniel Merida Aguilar 6-2 6-2 and Tiago Pereira 3-6 6-4 7-5.
In the 2nd round against Pereira, The French player recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 7-5).During the match Escoffier scored less points (1) than Pereira. In fact, the world no. 178 won 104 points vs Pereira’s. That means that Escoffier was more focused during the important points. Antoine was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.
About the serving games, Escoffier fired 6 aces and he was not very solid on his 2nd serve to score 10 double faults. Antoine Escoffier lost the serve 4 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Escoffier put 50% of his first serves in, winning 69% (38/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (26/54) on the 2nd serve. Escoffier broke Pereira 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The French player has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Antoine’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25+H Ajaccio.
Escoffier has a composed 17-21 win-loss record in 2025, 15-13 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 (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Maestrelli | Escoffier |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 49 | 47 |
| Pts | 157-124 | 170-150 |
| Total Points | 281 | 320 |
| Winners | 64 | 66 |
| %Winners | 41% | 39% |
Both Maestrelli and Escoffier played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Francesco Maestrelli lost 1 set, while Antoine Escoffier dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Maestrelli and Escoffier have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Maestrelli played 2 games more than Escoffier. The Italian scored 64 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Antoine fired 66 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Maestrelli | Escoffier |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 16 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 5 |
| 1st in | 77/136 | 86/167 |
| %1st in | 57% | 51% |
| 1st pts | 64/77 | 66/86 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 33/59 | 35/81 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 43% |
Maestrelli scored 16 aces (8 per match). Escoffier blasted 10 aces (5 per match). Maestrelli won 83% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Escoffier won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Maestrelli | Escoffier |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 10 |
| Converted | 8/15 | 10/23 |
| % Converted | 53% | 43% |
| Conceded | 8 | 22 |
| Saved | 4 | 17 |
| % Saved | 50% | 77% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 5 |
Francesco broke his opponents 8 times with a 53% conversion rate. The Italian surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Antoine broke his opponents 10 times with a 43% conversion rate. Escoffier conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded.
| Maestrelli | ||||
| R1 Torres |
R2 Loffhagen |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-62 6-3 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 17 | 49 | |
| pts | 94-83 | 63-41 | 157-124 | |
| Total points | 177 | 104 | 281 | |
| Winners | 40 | 24 | 64 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 38% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 12 | 4 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 51/89 | 26/47 | 77/136 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 55% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 40/51 | 24/26 | 64/77 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 92% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/38 | 13/21 | 33/59 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 62% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 3/5 | 8/15 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 60% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
| Saved | 2/6 | 2/2 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 100% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Escoffier | ||||
| R1 Merida |
R2 Pereira |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 3-6 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 31 | 47 | |
| pts | 66-45 | 104-105 | 170-150 | |
| Total points | 111 | 209 | 320 | |
| Winners | 28 | 38 | 66 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 37% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 10 | 15 | |
| 1st in | 31/58 | 55/109 | 86/167 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 50% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 28/31 | 38/55 | 66/86 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 69% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/27 | 26/54 | 35/81 | |
| % 2nd pts | 33% | 48% | 43% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/11 | 10/23 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 45% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 13 | 22 | |
| Saved | 8/9 | 9/13 | 17 | |
| Saved % | 89% | 69% | 79% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
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