Antoine Escoffier

Antoine Escoffier
	Escoffier at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	France
Born	29 February 1992 (age 32); Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin, France
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$569,716
Singles
Career record	0–1
Career titles	1 Challenger
Highest ranking	No. 135 (16 October 2023)
Current ranking	No. 210 (4 November 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2023, 2024)
French Open	Q1 (2022, 2023, 2024)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2024)
US Open	Q3 (2024)
Doubles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 256 (16 October 2023)
Current ranking	No. 242 (4 November 2024)
	Last updated on: 4 November 2024.

Antoine Escoffier (born 29 February 1992) is a French tennis player who plays mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour.

Escoffier has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 135 achieved on 16 October 2023. He also has a career high doubles ranking of No. 256 achieved on 16 October 2023.^[1] He achieved most of his career milestones after the age of 30.

Professional career

2015: First ITF title

In June 2015, Escoffier won his first ITF title in Hyderabad, India, following seven straight lost finals in the previous three years.

2022: Grand Slam qualifying debut, Top 200 debut

In May 2022, Escoffier played his first Grand Slam qualifying match at the French Open, losing in the first round. In July 2022, Escoffier made his Top 200 debut in the ATP singles ranking.^[2]

2023: First Challenger finals, Top 150 debut

In April 2023, Escoffier won his first ATP Challenger doubles title at the 2023 León Open partnering with Aziz Dougaz.

In July 2023, Escoffier reached his first final on the singles Challenger Tour at the 2023 Open Castilla y León in Segovia, losing to Pablo Llamas Ruiz.

2024: ATP Tour debut, Maiden Challenger title

In January 2024, at age 31, Escoffier made his debut on the ATP Tour as a qualifier at the 2024 Open Sud de France in Montpellier, France, losing to seventh seed Alexandre Müller in the first round.^[3]

In June, Escoffier won his first grand slam qualifying match by reaching the second round at the Wimbledon qualifying, having lost in the first round in his prior nine attempts.^[4]

In July, Escoffier reached his second career Challenger final in Pozablanco, Spain, losing to August Holmgren in the final.^[5] The following week, he won his maiden Challenger title in Segovia, Spain as the top seed, defeating qualifier Alex Martinez in the final. At 32 years and four months, Escoffier became the second oldest player to win a maiden Challenger title.^[6]

Performance timeline

Key
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament	2022	2023	2024	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	Q1	Q1	0 / 0	0–0	–
French Open	Q1	Q1	Q1	0 / 0	0–0	–
Wimbledon	Q1	Q1	Q2	0 / 0	0–0	–
US Open	Q1	Q1	Q3	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 0	0–0	–

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 30 (16–14)

Legend
ATP Challenger (1–2)
ITF Futures (15–12)

Finals by surface
Hard (16–10)
Clay (0–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2012	Saudi Arabia F1, Saudi Arabia	Futures	Hard	Jules Marie	1–6, 6–7^(7–9)
Loss	0–2	May 2012	Thailand F1, Thailand	Futures	Hard	Luke Saville	6–2, 4–6, 0–6
Loss	0–3	May 2012	Thailand F3, Thailand	Futures	Hard	Christopher Rungkat	2–6, 2–6
Loss	0–4	Jul 2012	India F12, India	Futures	Hard	Saketh Myneni	3–6, 2–6
Loss	0–5	Nov 2014	Spain F22, Spain	Futures	Clay	Roberto Ortega Olmedo	3–6, 2–6
Loss	0–6	Nov 2014	Tunisia F8, Tunisia	Futures	Hard	Yannick Jankovits	2–6, 2–6
Loss	0–7	May 2015	India F5, Mandya	Futures	Clay	Karununday Singh	0–3 ret.
Win	1–7	Jun 2015	India F9, Hyderabad	Futures	Hard (i)	Vishnu Vardhan	7–6^(7–4), 6–2
Win	2–7	Jul 2015	India F10, Hyderabad	Futures	Hard (i)	Vishnu Vardhan	6–2, 7–6^(7–3)
Win	3–7	Feb 2016	Israel F3, Ramat Gan	Futures	Hard	Julien Dubail	5–7, 6–4, 6–4
Win	4–7	Apr 2016	Spain F11, Mostoles	Futures	Hard	Akira Santillan	6–4, 6–7^(7–5), 6–3
Loss	4–8	Apr 2017	Qatar F1, Qatar	Futures	Hard	Daniel Altmaier	4–6, 3–6
Win	5–8	Apr 2017	Qatar F2, Qatar	Futures	Hard	Daniel Altmaier	6–2, 6–7^(7–2), 6–4
Win	6–8	Jul 2017	Israel F12, Tel Aviv	Futures	Hard	Hugo Grenier	6–7^(4–7), 6–4, 4–2 ret.
Loss	6–9	Jun 2019	M15 Tabarka, Tunisia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Juan Manuel Cerúndolo	4–6, 6–7^(6–8)
Win	7–9	Aug 2019	M25 Glasgow, Scotland	World Tennis Tour	Hard (i)	Jeremy Jahn	6–2, 7–6^(8–6)
Win	8–9	Aug 2019	M15 Sintra, Portugal	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Lucas Poullain	7–5, 6–4
Win	9–9	Jan 2020	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Thomas Laurent	6–2, 6–0
Loss	9–10	Apr 2021	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Franco Agamenone	7–6^(7–2), 3–6, 2–6
Loss	9–11	Jul 2021	M25 Gandia, Spain	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Javier Barranco Cosano	4–6, 2–6
Win	10–11	Sep 2021	M25 Bagneres de Bigorre, France	World Tennis Tour	Hard (i)	Millen Hurrion	7–6^(7–4), 6–0
Win	11–11	Oct 2021	M25 Rodez, France	World Tennis Tour	Hard (i)	Aidan McHugh	5–7, 7–5, 6–4
Win	12–11	Nov 2021	M25 Villers Les Nancy, France	World Tennis Tour	Hard (i)	Maximilian Neuchrist	6–4, 6–4
Win	13–11	Jan 2022	M25 Loughborough, England	World Tennis Tour	Hard (i)	Ryan Peniston	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	13–12	Apr 2022	M25 Nottingham, England	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Hiroki Moriya	6–3, 0–6, 2–6
Loss	13–13	Jul 2023	Segovia, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Pablo Llamas Ruiz	6–7^(9–11), 6–7^(5–7)
Win	14–13	Jun 2024	M25 Setubal, Portugal	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Antoine Bellier	3–6, 7–6^(8–6), 6–2
Win	15–13	Jun 2024	M25 Elvas, Portugal	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Duarte Vale	6–3, 6–2
Loss	15–14	Jul 2024	Pozablanco, Spain	Challenger	Hard	August Holmgren	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Win	16–14	Jul 2024	Segovia, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Àlex Martínez	6–3, 2–6, 6–3

Doubles: 22 (8 titles, 14 runner-ups)

Legend
ATP Challenger (1–3)
ITF Futures (7–11)

Finals by surface
Hard (7–11)
Clay (1–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2011	Romania F6, Romania	Futures	Clay	Thomas Le Boulch	Paris Gemouchidis Alexandros Jakupovic	7-6^(5-7), 3-6, [5-10]
Loss	0–2	Nov 2012	Thailand F5, Thailand	Futures	Hard	Alexander Ward	Brydan Klein Dane Propoggia	3-6, 2-6
Loss	0–3	Nov 2012	Thailand F6, Thailand	Futures	Hard	Alexander Ward	Ryan Agar Sebastian Bader	6-7^(2-7), 6-2, [8-10]
Loss	0–4	Oct 2014	Spain F31, Spain	Futures	Hard	Matthieu Roy	Yannick Mertens Roberto Ortega Olmedo	2-6, 4-6
Loss	0–5	Apr 2015	Turkey F14, El Kantaoui	Futures	Hard	Cesar Testoni	Richard Gabb Maximilian Neuchrist	2-6, 4-6
Win	1-5	Apr 2015	Tunisia F15, El Kantaoui	Futures	Hard	Sam Barry	Anis Ghorbel Victor Ouvrard	6-3, 6-2
Loss	1-6	Jun 2015	India F10, Hyderabad	Futures	Clay	Hugo Grenier	Sriram Balaji Vishnu Vardhan	4-6, 2-6
Win	2-6	Aug 2015	Gabon F1, Libreville	Futures	Hard	Jaime Pulgar-Garcia	Javier Pulgar-Garcia Cameron Silverman	7-5, 3-6, [10-8]
Win	3-6	Jan 2017	Egypt F1, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Alexandre Müller	Adrian Bodmer Jakob Sude	6-2, 3-6, [11-9]
Win	4-6	Jun 2017	Israel F9, Kyriat Shmona	Futures	Hard	Alon Elia	David Guez Mick Lescure	6-3, 7-6^(7-5)
Loss	4-7	Jun 2017	Israel F10, Kyriat Shmona	Futures	Hard	Matthieu Roy	Dekel Bar Mor Bulis	5-7, 6-1, [6-10]
Loss	4-8	Jun 2017	Israel F11, Herzlia	Futures	Clay	Matthieu Roy	Dekel Bar Mor Bulis	6-7^(6-8), 2–6
Loss	4-9	Jan 2018	Turkey F2, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Fran Zvonimir Zgombic	Mikhail Fufygin Alexander Pavlioutchenkov	7–6^(7-4), 3–6, [7-10]
Win	5-9	Mar 2019	M15 Toulouse, France	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Maxime Tchoutakian	Teymuraz Gabashvili Denis Yevseyev	6–2, 7–5
Loss	5-10	Mar 2019	M15 Poitiers, France	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Tony Bourcet	Matteo Martineau Clément Tabur	3–6, 4–6
Win	6-10	Aug 2019	M15 Sintra, Portugal	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Maxime Tchoutakian	Peter Bothwell Bernardo Azevedo Pereira	0–6, 6–2, [10–5]
Loss	6-11	Mar 2021	M25 Vale do Lobo, Portugal	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Hugo Voljacques	Kenny de Schepper Quentin Robert	0–6, 6–4, [6–10]
Win	7-11	Jun 2021	M25 Montauban, France	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Franco Agamenone	Arthur Bouquier Louis Dussin	6–1, 7–5
Win	8-11	Apr 2023	León, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Aziz Dougaz	Maximilian Neuchrist Michail Pervolarakis	7–6^(7–5), 3–6, [10–5]
Loss	8-12	Sep 2023	Rennes, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha	Sander Arends David Pel	3–6, 2–6
Loss	8-13	Feb 2024	Notthingham, United Kingdom	Challenger	Hard (i)	Joshua Paris	Petr Nouza Patrik Rikl	3–6, 6–7^(3–7)
Loss	8-14	Sep 2024	Rennes, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Joshua Paris	Sander Arends Grégoire Jacq	4–6, 2–6