Jurij Rodionov and Jozef Kovalik will clash against each other in the quarter of the Tulln Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jozef Kovalik who should win in 3 sets.
Jozef Kovalik -> 1.79
Jurij Rodionov -> 1.98
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Prediction and head to head Jurij Rodionov vs. Jozef Kovalik
This will be the 2nd time that Jurij Rodionov and Jozef Kovalik fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Rodionov (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Rodionov won 6-4 7-6(4) in the qualifications in at the Wimbledon back in June 2022.
Jurij Rodionov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41-30 | 17-12 | 14-10 | 10-7 | 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. 139, the Austrian got to the quarter after defeating Benjamin Hassan 7-65 6-4 and Julian Lenz 6-4 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Jurij had a good straight sets win against Lenz (6-4 6-2). During the match, Rodionov scored 69 points vs Lenz’s 56. The Austrian was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Rodionov made 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Jurij Rodionov conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 3 break points. Furthermore, Rodionov put 70% of his first serves in, winning 68% (32/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the 2nd serve. Rodionov broke Lenz 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Rodionov hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to win 53% of the points he played.
Rodionov has a winning match record in the last 7 years having won 57% of his matches (188-139). 12-9 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Rodionov has a composed68-53 match record in the last 7 years on clay.
Jurij’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Biel Challenger and the Mauthausen Challenger.
The Austrian has an overall 31-22 win-loss record in 2022, 12-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tulln Challenger
The Austrian has never competed in this tournament before.
Jozef Kovalik
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14-23 | 2-5 | 11-14 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 36-25 | 3-5 | 30-15 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-34 | 1-3 | 21-28 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-23 | 3-6 | 29-13 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 31-27 | 0-1 | 26-20 | 5-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 201, Kovalik got to the quarter after beating Chun Hsin Tseng 5-7 6-3 6-4 and Ivan Gakhov 6-3 4-0 ret..
In the 2nd round, Jozef had a good straight sets win against Gakhov (6-3 4-0 ret.). During the match Kovalik scored 44 points vs Gakhov’s 26. Jozef was very aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Talking about serving, Kovalik fired 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Jozef Kovalik was very effective on serve to win 86% (18/21) of his 1st serve and 77% (10/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Jozef broke Gakhov 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
The Slovakian’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Oeiras 2 Challenger and the Luedenscheid Challenger.
Kovalik has an aggregate 25-19 win-loss record in 2022, 22-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tulln Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rodionov | Kovalik |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 41 | 44 |
| Pts | 144-126 | 151-122 |
| Total Points | 270 | 273 |
| Winners | 55 | 52 |
| %Winners | 38% | 34% |
Both Rodionov and Kovalik played 2 matches. At the moment, Jozef Kovalik conceded 1 set while Jurij Rodionov hasn’t dropped a set so far. Rodionov has played 2 set(s) less than Kovalik (4 vs 6). Therefore, Rodionov played 3 games less than Kovalik. Jurij scored 55 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Slovakian struck 52 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rodionov | Kovalik |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 77/135 | 77/127 |
| %1st in | 57% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 55/77 | 52/77 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 31/58 | 38/50 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 76% |
Rodionov managed to score 8 aces (4 per match). Kovalik bagged 3 aces (1.5 per match). Rodionov won 71% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Kovalik won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 76% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rodionov | Kovalik |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 7 |
| Converted | 7/19 | 7/18 |
| % Converted | 37% | 39% |
| Conceded | 7 | 8 |
| Saved | 4 | 5 |
| % Saved | 57% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
The Austrian broke his opponents 7 times with a 37% conversion rate. The Austrian dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Jozef broke his opponents 7 times with a 39% conversion rate. Kovalik conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Rodionov | ||||
| R1 Hassan | R2 Lenz | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-4 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 18 | 41 | |
| pts | 75-70 | 69-56 | 144-126 | |
| Total points | 145 | 125 | 270 | |
| Winners | 23 | 32 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 46% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 30/68 | 47/67 | 77/135 | |
| % 1st in | 44% | 70% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 23/30 | 32/47 | 55/77 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 68% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/38 | 11/20 | 31/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 55% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 3/10 | 7/19 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 30% | 37% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 3/3 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 100% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Kovalik | ||||
| R1 Hsin | R2 Gakhov | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-3 6-4 | 6-3 4-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 13 | 44 | |
| pts | 107-96 | 44-26 | 151-122 | |
| Total points | 203 | 70 | 273 | |
| Winners | 34 | 18 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 41% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 56/93 | 21/34 | 77/127 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 62% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 34/56 | 18/21 | 52/77 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 86% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 28/37 | 10/13 | 38/50 | |
| % 2nd pts | 76% | 77% | 76% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/13 | 3/5 | 7/18 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 60% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 0 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 0/0 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | – | 32% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
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