Antoine Escoffier and Mae Malige will square off in the 2^nd round of the Cassis Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:00 pm on COURT 2. 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 Antoine Escoffier who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Antoine Escoffier is the pick to win this match.
Antoine Escoffier -> 1.42
Mae Malige -> 2.7

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Prediction and head to head Antoine Escoffier vs. Mae Malige

This will be the 2^nd time that Antoine Escoffier and Mae Malige square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Escoffier (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Escoffier won 6-4 6-4 in the quarter in M25+H Ajaccio back in July 2025.

Antoine Escoffier

Ranked no. 320, the French player reached the 2^nd round after beating Timofey Skatov 6-4 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Escoffier had a good straight sets win against Skatov (6-4 6-2). During the match, Escoffier scored 69 points vs Skatov’s 53. Escoffier was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about the service games, Escoffier recorded 3 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults. Antoine Escoffier lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Escoffier put 62% of his first serves in, winning 82% (27/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (10/20) on the 2nd serve. Escoffier broke Skatov 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

Escoffier has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (407-267). 16-15 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Escoffier has a composed 236-136 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Antoine’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25+H Ajaccio.

Antoine has an overall 18-23 win-loss record in 2025, 16-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Cassis Challenger

Mae Malige

Ranked no. 534, Malige reached the 2^nd round after beating Benoit Paire 6-3 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Mae had a good straight sets win against Paire (6-3 6-4). During the match Malige scored 71 points vs Paire’s 56. Malige was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.

About the serving games, Malige couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Mae Malige lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Malige put 54% of his first serves in, winning 67% (22/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (17/28) on the 2nd serve. Mae broke Paire 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

The French player best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Bressuire and Balma.

Mae has a composed 27-25 win-loss record in 2025, 8-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Cassis Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Escoffier	Malige
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	19
Pts	69-53	71-56
Total Points	122	127
Winners	27	22
%Winners	39%	31%

Both Escoffier and Malige played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Escoffier and Malige have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Escoffier played 1 game less than Malige. The French player scored 27 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Mae scored 22 winners (31%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Escoffier	Malige
Aces	3	0
Avg per match	3	0
1st in	33/53	33/61
%1st in	62%	54%
1st pts	27/33	22/33
%1st pts	82%	67%
2nd pts	10/20	17/28
%2nd pts	50%	61%

Escoffier struck 3 aces . Malige didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Escoffier won 82% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Malige won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Escoffier	Malige
Won	4	4
Converted	4/10	4/10
% Converted	40%	40%
Conceded	2	3
Saved	1	1
% Saved	50%	33%
Times Broken	1	2

The French player broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. The French player dropped his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Malige conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.

Escoffier
	R1 Skatov	Total
Score	6-4 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	69-53	69-53
Total points	122	122
Winners	27	27
%Winners	39%	39%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	33/53	33/53
% 1st in	62%	62%
1st pts	27/33	27/33
% 1st pts	82%	82%
2nd pts	10/20	10/20
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/10	4/10
Converted %	40%	40%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	1/2	1
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	1	1

Malige
	R1 Paire	Total
Score	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	71-56	71-56
Total points	127	127
Winners	22	22
%Winners	31%	31%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	33/61	33/61
% 1st in	54%	54%
1st pts	22/33	22/33
% 1st pts	67%	67%
2nd pts	17/28	17/28
% 2nd pts	61%	61%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/10	4/10
Converted %	40%	40%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	1/3	1
Saved %	33%	33%
Times Broken	2	2

Tennis Scores in Cassis Challenger

• Mae MaligeMalige – Benoit PairePaire (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Valentin VacherotVacherot – Clement ChidekhChidekh (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Titouan DroguetDroguet – Olaf PieczkowskiPieczkowski (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Robin BertrandBertrand – Edas ButvilasButvilas (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Mark LajalLajal – Maxime JanvierJanvier (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Hamish StewartStewart – Dan AddedAdded (6-3 7-6⁸) – See score progression
• Justin EngelEngel – Jakub PaulPaul (6-7³ 7-6⁵ 6-1) – See score progression
• Eliakim CoulibalyCoulibaly – Kenny de Schepperde Schepper (7-5 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
• Tom ParisParis – Olle WallinWallin (6-2 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Daniil GlinkaGlinka – Quentin HalysHalys (6-4 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Billy HarrisHarris – Filippo MoroniMoroni (6-7⁴ 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Jurij RodionovRodionov – Matteo MartineauMartineau (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Arthur FeryFery – Michael GeertsGeerts (7-6⁵ 6-2) – See score progression
• Etienne DonnetDonnet – Sascha Gueymard WayenburgGueymard Wayenburg (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Michael MmohMmoh – Lucas PoullainPoullain (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Timofey SkatovSkatov (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Arthur Reymond/Luca SanchezReymond/Luca Sanchez – Sekou Bangoura/Robin BertrandBangoura/Robin Bertrand (4-6 6-3 11-9) – See score progression
• Daniil GlinkaGlinka – Quentin HalysHalys (6-4 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Hamish StewartStewart – Dan AddedAdded (6-3 7-6(8)) – See score progression
• Jurij RodionovRodionov – Matteo MartineauMartineau (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Robin BertrandBertrand – Edas ButvilasButvilas (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Mae MaligeMalige – Benoit PairePaire (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Eliakim CoulibalyCoulibaly – Kenny de Schepperde Schepper (7-5 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
• Billy HarrisHarris – Filippo MoroniMoroni (6-7(4) 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Justin EngelEngel – Jakub PaulPaul (6-7(3) 7-6(5) 6-1) – See score progression
• Mark LajalLajal – Maxime JanvierJanvier (6-4 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Michael MmohMmoh – Valentin VacherotVacherot (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jurij RodionovRodionov – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Daniil GlinkaGlinka – Hamish StewartStewart (3-0) – H2H and prediction
• Etienne DonnetDonnet – (0-0) – H2H and prediction