Jurij Rodionov and Jelle Sels will square off in the 2nd round of the Biel Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jurij Rodionov who should win in 3 sets.
Jurij Rodionov -> 1.55
Jelle Sels -> 2.45
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Prediction and head to head Jurij Rodionov vs. Jelle Sels
There is no head to head record between Jurij Rodionov and Jelle Sels since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Jurij Rodionov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41-29 | 17-12 | 14-10 | 10-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 27-32 | 10-10 | 6-12 | 11-7 | 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 |
Ranked no. 201, the Austrian got to the 2nd round after beating Aldin Setkic 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Jurij had a good straight sets win against Setkic (6-3 6-4). During the match, Rodionov scored 72 points vs Setkic’s 56. The Austrian was quite aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Rodionov scored 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Jurij Rodionov was pretty effective on serve to win 79% (23/29) of his 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Rodionov broke Setkic 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Rodionov has a winning match record in the last 7 years having won 57% of his matches (166-124). 8-4 on indoor hard courts in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Rodionov has a composed55-36 win-loss record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
Rodionov’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Columbus Challenger.
The Austrian has an overall 9-7 win-loss record in 2022, 8-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Biel Challenger
Jurij has never competed in this tournament before.
Jelle Sels
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42-34 | 6-6 | 21-18 | 15-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 48-30 | 13-6 | 28-16 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 11-27 | 5-4 | 3-14 | 3-6 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 48-33 | 0-0 | 26-17 | 22-15 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-31 | 2-3 | 14-13 | 20-14 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 274, Sels reached the 2nd round after defeating Maximilian Neuchrist 1-0 ret., Michail Pervolarakis 6-1 6-1 and Daniel Masur 6-3 4-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, Sels defeated Masur (6-3 4-6 6-3). During the match Sels scored 82 points vs Masur’s 71. The Dutch was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Sels struck 11 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Jelle Sels was extremely effective on serve to win 72% (31/43) of his 1st serve and 69% (25/36) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Sels broke Masur 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
The Dutch’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Turin Challenger.
Sels has an aggregate 9-8 win-loss record in 2022, 9-8 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rodionov | Sels |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 43 |
| Pts | 72-56 | 140-94 |
| Total Points | 128 | 234 |
| Winners | 23 | 50 |
| %Winners | 32% | 36% |
Rodionov played 1 match while Sels competed in 3 matches. Sels started his run from the qualifications while Rodionov had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Jelle Sels surrendered 1 set while Jurij Rodionov hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Rodionov has played 5 set(s) less than Sels (2 vs 7). Therefore, Rodionov played 24 games less than Sels. Rodionov scored 23 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Jelle fired 50 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rodionov | Sels |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 18 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 6 |
| 1st in | 29/53 | 62/119 |
| %1st in | 55% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 23/29 | 50/62 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 13/24 | 38/57 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 67% |
Rodionov bagged 4 aces . Sels scored 18 aces (6 per match). Rodionov won 79% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Sels won 81% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rodionov | Sels |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 9 |
| Converted | 4/10 | 9/14 |
| % Converted | 40% | 64% |
| Conceded | 1 | 5 |
| Saved | 0 | 3 |
| % Saved | 0% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Rodionov broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Austrian lost his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Sels broke his opponents 9 times with a 64% conversion rate. Sels conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Rodionov | |||
| R1 Setkic | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 72-56 | 72-56 | |
| Total points | 128 | 128 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 29/53 | 29/53 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 23/29 | 23/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/24 | 13/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Sels | |||||
| Q1 Neuchrist | Q3 Pervolarakis | R1 Masur | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-0 ret. | 6-1 6-1 | 6-3 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 1 | 14 | 28 | 43 | |
| pts | 4-0 | 54-23 | 82-71 | 140-94 | |
| Total points | 4 | 77 | 153 | 234 | |
| Winners | 4 | 15 | 31 | 50 | |
| %Winners | 100% | 28% | 38% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 5 | 11 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 4/4 | 15/36 | 43/79 | 62/119 | |
| % 1st in | 100% | 42% | 54% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 4/4 | 15/15 | 31/43 | 50/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 100% | 100% | 72% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 0/0 | 13/21 | 25/36 | 38/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 0% | 62% | 69% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 0/0 | 5/8 | 4/6 | 9/14 | |
| Converted % | 0% | 63% | 67% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/0 | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | – | – | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
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- Kacper ZukZuk – Pavel KotovKotov (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
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