Michael Geerts and Antoine Escoffier will square off in the quarter of the Hersonissos 5 Challenger for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:30 pm on COURT 20. 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 Michael Geerts who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Michael Geerts is the pick to win this match.
Michael Geerts -> 1.7
Antoine Escoffier -> 2.07

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Prediction and head to head Michael Geerts vs. Antoine Escoffier

This will be the 3^rd time that Michael Geerts and Antoine Escoffier play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Escoffier (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Escoffier won 6-1 6-3 in the 2^nd round in the Pozoblanco Challenger back in 2022.

Michael Geerts

Ranked no. 322, Michael reached the quarter after defeating Ioannis Xilas 6-4 6-4 and Charles Broom 7-5 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Michael had a good straight sets win against Broom (7-5 6-4). During the match, Geerts scored 71 points vs Broom’s 63. Geerts was extremely aggressive to blast 18 winners.

Regarding the service games, Geerts scored just 1 ace throughout the encounter and he committed only 1 double fault. Michael Geerts lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Geerts put 50% of his first serves in, winning 53% (18/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (22/34) on the 2nd serve. Geerts broke Broom 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Geerts hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to conquer 53% of the points he played.

Geerts has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (315-249). 19-12 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Geerts has an aggregate 126-82 record in the last years on hard.

Michael’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Loule and the Abidjan 2 Challenger.

Michael has an overall 32-30 win-loss record in 2025, 19-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Hersonissos 5 Challenger

Michael has never competed in this tournament before.

Antoine Escoffier

Ranked no. 370, Escoffier got to the quarter after beating Geoffrey Blancaneaux 6-2 6-4 and Petros Tsitsipas 5-7 6-2 7-6(2).

In the 2^nd round against Tsitsipas, The French player recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-2 7-6²). During the match Escoffier scored 111 points vs Tsitsipas’s 99. Antoine was exceptionally aggressive to blast 40 winners.

About the serving games, Escoffier made 4 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Antoine Escoffier lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Escoffier put 57% of his first serves in, winning 67% (40/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (25/45) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Tsitsipas 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Antoine has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

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

Antoine has an aggregate 21-24 win-loss record in 2025, 18-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Geerts	Escoffier
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	5
Tot Games	42	51
Pts	139-123	169-145
Total Points	262	314
Winners	37	65
%Winners	27%	38%

Both Geerts and Escoffier played 2 matches. At the moment, Antoine Escoffier conceded 1 set while Michael Geerts hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Geerts has played 1 set(s) less than Escoffier (4 vs 5). Therefore, Geerts played 9 games less than Escoffier. Geerts scored 37 winners (27% of the total points). On the other side, Antoine scored 65 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Geerts	Escoffier
Aces	4	8
Avg per match	2	4
1st in	63/132	94/163
%1st in	48%	58%
1st pts	37/63	65/94
%1st pts	59%	69%
2nd pts	41/69	37/69
%2nd pts	59%	54%

Geerts struck 4 aces (2 per match). Escoffier managed to score 8 aces (4 per match). Geerts won 59% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Escoffier won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Geerts	Escoffier
Won	10	9
Converted	10/17	9/14
% Converted	59%	64%
Conceded	13	10
Saved	7	5
% Saved	54%	50%
Times Broken	6	5

Geerts broke his opponents 10 times with a 59% conversion rate. Geerts dropped his serve 6 times and he saved 54% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponents 9 times with a 64% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Geerts
	R1 Xilas	R2 Broom	Total
Score	6-4 6-4	7-5 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	20	22	42
pts	68-60	71-63	139-123
Total points	128	134	262
Winners	19	18	37
%Winners	28%	25%	27%
SERVE
Aces	3	1	4
Double Faults	6	1	7
1st in	29/64	34/68	63/132
% 1st in	45%	50%	48%
1st pts	19/29	18/34	37/63
% 1st pts	66%	53%	59%
2nd pts	19/35	22/34	41/69
% 2nd pts	54%	65%	59%
Breaks
Won	5	5	10
Converted	5/6	5/11	10/17
Converted %	83%	45%	59%
Conceded	8	5	13
Saved	5/8	2/5	7
Saved %	63%	40%	52%
Times Broken	3	3	6

Escoffier
	R1 Blancaneaux	R2 Tsitsipas	Total
Score	6-2 6-4	5-7 6-2 7-62
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	18	33	51
pts	58-46	111-99	169-145
Total points	104	210	314
Winners	25	40	65
%Winners	43%	36%	38%
SERVE
Aces	4	4	8
Double Faults	3	8	11
1st in	34/58	60/105	94/163
% 1st in	59%	57%	58%
1st pts	25/34	40/60	65/94
% 1st pts	74%	67%	69%
2nd pts	12/24	25/45	37/69
% 2nd pts	50%	56%	54%
Breaks
Won	4	5	9
Converted	4/6	5/8	9/14
Converted %	67%	63%	64%
Conceded	2	8	10
Saved	1/2	4/8	5
Saved %	50%	50%	50%
Times Broken	1	4	5

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