Alex De Minaur and Jurij Rodionov will play each other in the quarter of the Mercedes Cup for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 9:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex De Minaur who should win in 2 sets.
Alex De Minaur -> 1.172
Jurij Rodionov -> 5.6
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Prediction and head to head Alex De Minaur vs. Jurij Rodionov
There is no head to head record between Alex De Minaur and Jurij Rodionov since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Alex De Minaur
Ranked no. 22, Alex reached the quarter after defeating Jordan Thompson 6-78 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Thompson, Alex recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-78 6-3 6-4). During the match, De Minaur scored 108 points vs Thompson’s 98. Alex was very aggressive to blast 54 winners.
Talking about the service games, De Minaur scored 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Alex De Minaur was exceptionally effective on serve to win 74% (54/73) of his 1st serve and 62% (24/39) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Australian broke Thompson twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
De Minaur has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 64% of his matches (213-122). 1-0 on grass in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, De Minaur has an aggregate24-12 match record in the last 7 years on grass.
His best result of the year was conquering the title in in Antalya where he defeated Alexander Bublik in the final 2-0 ret..
De Minaur has a compiled 13-11 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Stuttgart
Alex has never competed in this tournament before.
Jurij Rodionov
Ranked no. 142, Rodionov got to the quarter after beating Dominik Koepfer 2-6 6-3 6-2 and Peter Gojowczyk 5-3 ret..
In the 2nd round, Jurij had a good straight sets win against Gojowczyk (5-3 ret.). During the match Rodionov scored 30 points vs Gojowczyk’s 22. The Austrian was very aggressive to blast 15 winners.
About the serving games, Rodionov blasted 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Jurij Rodionov conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Rodionov put 70% of his first serves in, winning 94% (15/16) of the points behind his 1st serve and 29% (2/7) on the 2nd serve. Jurij broke Gojowczyk once after converting 33% of his break points (1/3).
Rodionov’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Sultan 1 Challenger.
Rodionov has a composed 11-14 win-loss record in 2021, 2-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | De Minaur | Rodionov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 33 |
| Pts | 108-98 | 113-95 |
| Total Points | 206 | 208 |
| Winners | 54 | 47 |
| %Winners | 50% | 42% |
De Minaur played 1 match while Rodionov competed in 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Alex De Minaur dropped 1 set, while Jurij Rodionov dropped 1 set. De Minaur has played 2 set(s) less than Rodionov (3 vs 5). Therefore, De Minaur played 1 game less than Rodionov. Alex scored 54 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, Jurij scored 47 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | De Minaur | Rodionov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 7 |
| 1st in | 73/112 | 69/103 |
| %1st in | 65% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 54/73 | 47/69 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 24/39 | 20/34 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 59% |
De Minaur fired 3 aces . Rodionov bagged 14 aces (7 per match). De Minaur won 74% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Rodionov won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | De Minaur | Rodionov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 5 |
| Converted | 2/4 | 5/12 |
| % Converted | 50% | 42% |
| Conceded | 6 | 9 |
| Saved | 6 | 6 |
| % Saved | 100% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
The Australian broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. The Australian quite strong on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 6 break points. Rodionov broke his opponents 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Jurij conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| De Minaur | |||
| R2 Thompson | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-78 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 108-98 | 108-98 | |
| Total points | 206 | 206 | |
| Winners | 54 | 54 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 73/112 | 73/112 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 54/73 | 54/73 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/39 | 24/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/4 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 6/6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Rodionov | ||||
| R1 Koepfer | R2 Gojowczyk | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-3 6-2 | 5-3 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 8 | 33 | |
| pts | 83-73 | 30-22 | 113-95 | |
| Total points | 156 | 52 | 208 | |
| Winners | 32 | 15 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 50% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 8 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 53/80 | 16/23 | 69/103 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 70% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 32/53 | 15/16 | 47/69 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 94% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/27 | 2/7 | 20/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 29% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 1/3 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 33% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 1 | 9 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 1/1 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 100% | 163% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
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