Chris Rodesch and Ilya Ivashka will square off in the final of the Pozoblanco Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 10:45 pm on PISTA FABIAN DORADO. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Chris Rodesch who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Chris Rodesch is the pick to win this match.
Chris Rodesch -> 1.62
Ilya Ivashka -> 2.13
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Prediction and head to head Chris Rodesch vs. Ilya Ivashka
There is no head to head record between Chris Rodesch and Ilya Ivashka since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Chris Rodesch
25 - 13win/loss
153
137
WWWWWLWLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 25-13 | 11-4 | 3-6 | 10-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 39-23 | 10-5 | 11-5 | 14-10 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 45-11 | 19-2 | 18-4 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 17-11 | 5-1 | 12-7 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 15-4 | 0-0 | 13-3 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 191, Rodesch got to the final after beating Mert Alkaya 7-6(9) 4-6 6-4, Paul Inchauspe 6-1 7-6(4), Oliver Crawford 5-7 7-6(3) 7-5 and Akira Santillan 6-3 6-4.
In the semifinal, Chris had a good straight sets win against Santillan (6-3 6-4). During the match, Rodesch scored 66 points vs Santillan’s 47. The Luxembourger was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Rodesch struck 3 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults. Chris Rodesch was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 91% (32/35) of his 1st serve and 67% (8/12) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Rodesch broke Santillan twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Luxembourger has surrendered 2 set in this event to win 53% of the points he played.
ATP Pozoblanco Challenger - Chris Rodesch's projected path
Rodesch has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 69% of his matches (148-66). 10-4 on hard in 2026. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Rodesch has an aggregate48-13 match record in the last 7 years on hard.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Oeiras 1 Challenger where he overcame Zsombor Piros in the final 6-4 4-6 6-2 and the Oeiras 2 Challenger where he beat Daniil Glinka in the final 6-3 7-5.
The Luxembourger has a compiled 24-13 win-loss record in 2026, 10-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Pozoblanco Challenger
The Luxembourger has never competed in this tournament before.
Ilya Ivashka
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 30-13 | 28-11 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 14-10 | 13-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 12-24 | 5-12 | 5-7 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-24 | 8-6 | 5-7 | 6-8 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 554, Ivashka got to the final after defeating Agustin Siancha Borlenghi 6-4 6-3, Iliyan Radulov 6-4 6-4, Maximus Jones 6-2 3-1 ret., Aziz Ouakaa 6-1 6-0, Dan Added 6-7(4) 6-1 6-3 and Tiago Pereira 7-6(5) 2-6 7-6(7).
In the semifinal, Ivashka defeated Pereira (7-65 2-6 7-67).During the match Ivashka scored less points (7) than Pereira. In fact, the world no. 191 won 115 points vs Pereira’s. That means that Ivashka was more focused during the important points. Ivashka was quite aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Talking about serving, Ivashka made 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Ilya Ivashka lost the serve 5 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Ivashka put 60% of his first serves in, winning 69% (45/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (23/43) on the 2nd serve. Ilya broke Pereira 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Belarussian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
ATP Pozoblanco Challenger - Ilya Ivashka's projected path
Ilya’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Bengaluru 3 Challenger and the Pozoblanco Challenger.
Ivashka has an overall 20-9 win-loss record in 2026, 18-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rodesch | Ivashka |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Set | 10 | 15 |
| Tot Games | 109 | 127 |
| Pts | 360-315 | 450-354 |
| Total Points | 675 | 804 |
| Winners | 182 | 166 |
| %Winners | 51% | 37% |
Rodesch played 4 matches while Ivashka competed in 6 matches. Ivashka started his run from the qualifications while Rodesch had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Chris Rodesch surrendered 2 sets, while Ilya Ivashka surrendered 2 sets. Rodesch has played 5 set(s) less than Ivashka (10 vs 15). Therefore, Rodesch played 18 games less than Ivashka. The Luxembourger scored 182 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, Ivashka scored 166 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rodesch | Ivashka |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 28 | 23 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 3.8 |
| 1st in | 232/330 | 224/373 |
| %1st in | 70% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 182/232 | 166/224 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 59/98 | 93/149 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 62% |
Rodesch scored 28 aces (7 per match). Ivashka bagged 23 aces (3.8 per match). Rodesch won 78% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Ivashka won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rodesch | Ivashka |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 24 |
| Converted | 8/23 | 24/51 |
| % Converted | 35% | 47% |
| Conceded | 13 | 22 |
| Saved | 9 | 13 |
| % Saved | 69% | 59% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 9 |
Rodesch broke his opponents 8 times with a 35% conversion rate. Rodesch dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded. Ivashka broke his opponents 24 times with a 47% conversion rate. The Belarussian conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 59% of the break points that he conceded.
| Rodesch | ||||||
| R1 Alkaya |
R2 Inchauspe |
1/4 Crawford |
1/2 Santillan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-69 4-6 6-4 | 6-1 7-64 | 5-7 7-63 7-5 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 20 | 37 | 19 | 109 | |
| pts | 109-104 | 78-61 | 107-103 | 66-47 | 360-315 | |
| Total points | 213 | 139 | 210 | 113 | 675 | |
| Winners | 63 | 33 | 54 | 32 | 182 | |
| %Winners | 58% | 42% | 50% | 48% | 51% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 10 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 28 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 83/109 | 43/72 | 71/102 | 35/47 | 232/330 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 60% | 70% | 74% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 63/83 | 33/43 | 54/71 | 32/35 | 182/232 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 77% | 76% | 91% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/26 | 18/29 | 17/31 | 8/12 | 59/98 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | 55% | 67% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Converted | 1/2 | 2/10 | 3/5 | 2/6 | 8/23 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 20% | 60% | 33% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 13 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 3/3 | 2/5 | 0/0 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 100% | 40% | – | 55% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| Ivashka | ||||||||
| Q1 Siancha |
Q3 Radulov |
R1 Jones |
R2 Ouakaa |
1/4 Added |
1/2 Pereira |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 6-4 6-4 | 6-2 3-1 ret. | 6-1 6-0 | 6-74 6-1 6-3 | 7-65 2-6 7-67 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 20 | 12 | 13 | 29 | 34 | 127 | |
| pts | 60-44 | 66-56 | 47-26 | 49-17 | 113-89 | 115-122 | 450-354 | |
| Total points | 104 | 122 | 73 | 66 | 202 | 237 | 804 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | 14 | 19 | 42 | 45 | 166 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 35% | 30% | 39% | 37% | 39% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||||||
| Aces | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 23 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 15 | |
| 1st in | 27/50 | 36/61 | 16/31 | 22/34 | 58/89 | 65/108 | 224/373 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 59% | 52% | 65% | 65% | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 23/27 | 23/36 | 14/16 | 19/22 | 42/58 | 45/65 | 166/224 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 64% | 88% | 86% | 72% | 69% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/23 | 13/25 | 12/15 | 9/12 | 20/31 | 23/43 | 93/149 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 52% | 80% | 75% | 65% | 53% | 62% | |
| Breaks | ||||||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 24 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 5/6 | 3/7 | 5/6 | 5/16 | 3/10 | 24/51 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 83% | 43% | 83% | 31% | 30% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 22 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2/5 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2/3 | 7/12 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 40% | – | – | 67% | 58% | 66% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | |
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