Jurij Rodionov and Kacper Zuk will fight against each other in the final of the Biel Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 1:00 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 Kacper Zuk who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Kacper Zuk is the pick to win this match.
Kacper Zuk -> 1.533
Jurij Rodionov -> 2.5
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Prediction and head to head Jurij Rodionov vs. Kacper Zuk
This will be the 3rd time that Jurij Rodionov and Kacper Zuk face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Zuk (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Zuk won 6-3 6-3 in the 1st round in the Cassis Challenger back in 2021.
Jurij Rodionov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-30 | 10-9 | 6-12 | 7-6 | 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. 201, Jurij reached the final after beating Aldin Setkic 6-3 6-4, Jelle Sels 6-4 6-4, Leandro Riedi 6-4 6-4 and Filip Horansky 0-6 6-4 6-4.
In the semifinal against Horansky, Jurij recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (0-6 6-4 6-4).During the match, Rodionov scored less points (5) than Horansky. In fact, the world no. 201 won 78 points vs Horansky’s. That means that Rodionov was more focused during the important points. Rodionov was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about the service games, Rodionov bagged 12 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Jurij Rodionov lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Rodionov put 64% of his first serves in, winning 73% (36/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (12/28) on the 2nd serve. Jurij broke Horansky twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Jurij has dropped 1 set in this tournament to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Rodionov has a winning win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 58% of his matches (169-124). 11-4 on indoor hard courts in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Rodionov has an overall58-36 match record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
The Austrian’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Columbus Challenger and the Biel Challenger.
Jurij has an aggregate 12-7 win-loss record in 2022, 11-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Biel Challenger
Rodionov has never competed in this tournament before.
Kacper Zuk
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8-11 | 0-1 | 5-6 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2023 | 26-29 | 7-9 | 5-8 | 6-11 | 0-0 | 8-1 |
| 2022 | 35-27 | 12-7 | 6-9 | 12-9 | 0-1 | 5-1 |
| 2021 | 41-25 | 5-5 | 17-8 | 15-8 | 2-2 | 2-2 |
| 2020 | 31-9 | 6-2 | 10-4 | 15-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 212, Zuk got to the final after defeating Go Soeda 6-3 6-2, Pavel Kotov 6-4 6-4, Antoine Escoffier 7-62 6-2 and Dominic Stephan Stricker 6-3 6-4.
In the semifinal, The Pole had a good straight sets win against Stephan Stricker (6-3 6-4). During the match Zuk scored 67 points vs Stephan Stricker’s 54. Kacper was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Zuk recorded 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Kacper Zuk lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Zuk put 63% of his first serves in, winning 78% (31/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (12/24) on the 2nd serve. Kacper broke Stephan Stricker 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Zuk hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Zuk’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Biel Challenger.
Kacper has a composed 7-7 win-loss record in 2022, 7-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rodionov | Zuk |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 85 | 77 |
| Pts | 294-260 | 286-224 |
| Total Points | 554 | 510 |
| Winners | 112 | 120 |
| %Winners | 38% | 42% |
Both Rodionov and Zuk played 4 matches. At the moment, Jurij Rodionov lost 1 set while Kacper Zuk hasn’t dropped a set so far. Rodionov has played 1 set more than Zuk (9 vs 8). Therefore, Rodionov played 8 games more than Zuk. Jurij scored 112 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Kacper struck 120 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rodionov | Zuk |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 26 | 20 |
| Avg per match | 6.5 | 5 |
| 1st in | 147/254 | 155/253 |
| %1st in | 58% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 112/147 | 120/155 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 51/107 | 49/98 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 50% |
Rodionov bagged 26 aces (6.5 per match). Zuk bagged 20 aces (5 per match). Rodionov won 76% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Zuk won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rodionov | Zuk |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 14 | 14 |
| Converted | 14/33 | 14/31 |
| % Converted | 42% | 45% |
| Conceded | 26 | 23 |
| Saved | 18 | 18 |
| % Saved | 69% | 78% |
| Times Broken | 8 | 5 |
Jurij broke his opponents 14 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Austrian dropped his serve 8 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded. Kacper broke his opponents 14 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Pole conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.
| Rodionov | ||||||
| R1 Setkic |
R2 Sels |
1/4 Riedi |
1/2 Horansky |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 | 0-6 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 20 | 20 | 26 | 85 | |
| pts | 72-56 | 75-63 | 69-58 | 78-83 | 294-260 | |
| Total points | 128 | 138 | 127 | 161 | 554 | |
| Winners | 23 | 29 | 24 | 36 | 112 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 39% | 35% | 46% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 26 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 29/53 | 36/65 | 33/59 | 49/77 | 147/254 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | 56% | 64% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 23/29 | 29/36 | 24/33 | 36/49 | 112/147 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 81% | 73% | 73% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/24 | 13/29 | 13/26 | 12/28 | 51/107 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 45% | 50% | 43% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/9 | 4/5 | 2/9 | 14/33 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 44% | 80% | 22% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 26 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 9/11 | 2/4 | 7/10 | 18 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 82% | 50% | 70% | 51% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Zuk | ||||||
| R1 Soeda |
R2 Kotov |
1/4 Escoffier |
1/2 Stephan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-4 6-4 | 7-62 6-2 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 77 | |
| pts | 64-46 | 78-67 | 77-57 | 67-54 | 286-224 | |
| Total points | 110 | 145 | 134 | 121 | 510 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | 31 | 31 | 120 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 37% | 40% | 46% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 9 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 34/51 | 39/71 | 42/67 | 40/64 | 155/253 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 55% | 63% | 63% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 29/34 | 29/39 | 31/42 | 31/40 | 120/155 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 74% | 74% | 78% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/17 | 15/32 | 14/25 | 12/24 | 49/98 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | 56% | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 4/11 | 4/6 | 3/5 | 14/31 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 36% | 67% | 60% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 23 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 8/10 | 4/6 | 6/7 | 18 | |
| Saved % | – | 80% | 67% | 86% | 58% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
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