Arthur Rinderknech and Jurij Rodionov will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Zug Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 12:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Arthur Rinderknech who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Arthur Rinderknech is the pick to win this match.
Arthur Rinderknech -> 1.61
Jurij Rodionov -> 2.25
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Prediction and head to head Arthur Rinderknech vs. Jurij Rodionov
This will be the 3rd time that Arthur Rinderknech and Jurij Rodionov fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Rinderknech and Rodionov (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Rodionov won 7-6(3) 6-1 in the qualifications in Rotterdam back in February 2023.
Arthur Rinderknech
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 34-29 | 15-12 | 6-7 | 9-5 | 4-5 | 0-0 |
2023 | 27-30 | 5-9 | 10-6 | 8-9 | 4-6 | 0-0 |
2022 | 37-23 | 18-11 | 6-4 | 12-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
2021 | 53-30 | 3-3 | 18-10 | 26-15 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
2020 | 22-14 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 17-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 80, Rinderknech reached the semifinal after defeating Gianmarco Ferrari 7-63 6-3, Stefano Travaglia 4-6 6-4 6-3 and Adrian Andreev 6-2 6-2.
In the quarter, Arthur had a good straight sets win against Andreev (6-2 6-2). During the match, Rinderknech scored 65 points vs Andreev’s 39. Arthur was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Rinderknech struck 16 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Arthur Rinderknech was very effective on serve to win 83% (25/30) of his 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The French player broke Andreev 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Rinderknech has conceded 1 set in this tournament to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Rinderknech has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 63% of his matches (241-141). 6-5 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Rinderknech has an aggregate75-44 record in the last 8 years on clay.
Arthur’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Pau Challenger.
Rinderknech has a compiled 15-20 win-loss record in 2023, 6-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zug Challenger
The French player has never competed in this tournament before.
Jurij Rodionov
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 19-26 | 7-7 | 6-12 | 6-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
2023 | 44-33 | 3-6 | 15-13 | 21-11 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
2022 | 45-31 | 5-5 | 16-11 | 21-11 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
2021 | 20-28 | 2-4 | 2-7 | 13-13 | 3-3 | 0-1 |
2020 | 25-16 | 5-1 | 7-6 | 12-8 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 117, Rodionov got to the semifinal after beating Hamad Medjedovic 6-3 7-5, Dragos Nicolae Madaras 6-2 6-4 and Zizou Bergs 6-3 7-5.
In the quarter, Rodionov had a good straight sets win against Bergs (6-3 7-5). During the match Rodionov scored 73 points vs Bergs’s 58. Jurij was exceptionally aggressive to blast 41 winners.
About the serving games, Rodionov struck 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Jurij Rodionov conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 5 break points. Furthermore, Rodionov put 74% of his first serves in, winning 82% (41/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. Jurij broke Bergs twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Rodionov hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
His best result of the season was conquering the title the Biel Challenger where he overcame Liam Broady in the final 6-3 ret..
Jurij has a composed 35-20 win-loss record in 2023, 14-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Rinderknech | Rodionov |
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Match played | 3 | 3 |
Tot Set | 7 | 6 |
Tot Games | 67 | 60 |
Pts | 228-180 | 207-164 |
Total Points | 408 | 371 |
Winners | 101 | 96 |
%Winners | 44% | 46% |
Both Rinderknech and Rodionov played 3 matches. At the moment, Arthur Rinderknech dropped 1 set while Jurij Rodionov hasn’t dropped a set so far. Rinderknech has played 1 set more than Rodionov (7 vs 6). Therefore, Rinderknech played 7 games more than Rodionov. Rinderknech scored 101 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Austrian managed to score 96 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Rinderknech | Rodionov |
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Aces | 46 | 11 |
Avg per match | 15.3 | 3.7 |
1st in | 122/190 | 119/184 |
%1st in | 64% | 65% |
1st pts | 101/122 | 96/119 |
%1st pts | 83% | 81% |
2nd pts | 39/68 | 36/65 |
%2nd pts | 57% | 55% |
Rinderknech made 46 aces (15.3 per match). Rodionov scored 11 aces (3.7 per match). Rinderknech won 83% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Rodionov won 81% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Rinderknech | Rodionov |
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Won | 9 | 9 |
Converted | 9/23 | 9/18 |
% Converted | 39% | 50% |
Conceded | 13 | 9 |
Saved | 11 | 8 |
% Saved | 85% | 89% |
Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
The French player broke his opponents 9 times with a 39% conversion rate. Arthur dropped his serve twice and he saved 85% of the break points that he conceded. Jurij broke his opponents 9 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Austrian conceded his serve once and he saved 89% of the break points that he conceded.
Rinderknech | |||||
R1 Ferrari |
R2 Travaglia |
1/4 Andreev |
Total | ||
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Score | 7-63 6-3 | 4-6 6-4 6-3 | 6-2 6-2 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
Tot Games | 22 | 29 | 16 | 67 | |
pts | 70-56 | 93-85 | 65-39 | 228-180 | |
Total points | 126 | 178 | 104 | 408 | |
Winners | 34 | 42 | 25 | 101 | |
%Winners | 49% | 45% | 38% | 44% | |
SERVE | |||||
Aces | 15 | 15 | 16 | 46 | |
Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
1st in | 40/62 | 52/81 | 30/47 | 122/190 | |
% 1st in | 65% | 64% | 64% | 64% | |
1st pts | 34/40 | 42/52 | 25/30 | 101/122 | |
% 1st pts | 85% | 81% | 83% | 83% | |
2nd pts | 15/22 | 15/29 | 9/17 | 39/68 | |
% 2nd pts | 68% | 52% | 53% | 57% | |
Breaks | |||||
Won | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | |
Converted | 1/1 | 3/15 | 5/7 | 9/23 | |
Converted % | 100% | 20% | 71% | 39% | |
Conceded | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | |
Saved | 2/2 | 2/3 | 7/8 | 11 | |
Saved % | 100% | 67% | 88% | 85% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Rodionov | |||||
R1 Medjedovic |
R2 Nicolae |
1/4 Bergs |
Total | ||
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Score | 6-3 7-5 | 6-2 6-4 | 6-3 7-5 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Tot Games | 21 | 18 | 21 | 60 | |
pts | 65-56 | 69-50 | 73-58 | 207-164 | |
Total points | 121 | 119 | 131 | 371 | |
Winners | 28 | 27 | 41 | 96 | |
%Winners | 43% | 39% | 56% | 46% | |
SERVE | |||||
Aces | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |
Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
1st in | 34/60 | 35/56 | 50/68 | 119/184 | |
% 1st in | 57% | 63% | 74% | 65% | |
1st pts | 28/34 | 27/35 | 41/50 | 96/119 | |
% 1st pts | 82% | 77% | 82% | 81% | |
2nd pts | 15/26 | 12/21 | 9/18 | 36/65 | |
% 2nd pts | 58% | 57% | 50% | 55% | |
Breaks | |||||
Won | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | |
Converted | 3/4 | 4/11 | 2/3 | 9/18 | |
Converted % | 75% | 36% | 67% | 50% | |
Conceded | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
Saved | 0/0 | 3/4 | 5/5 | 8 | |
Saved % | – | 75% | 100% | 58% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Head 2 Head
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