Jurij Rodionov and Mattia Bellucci will clash against each other in the semifinal of the St. Tropez Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 4:30 pm on CENTRAL TAG HEUER. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mattia Bellucci who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mattia Bellucci is the pick to win this match.
Mattia Bellucci -> 1.75
Jurij Rodionov -> 2.00
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Prediction and head to head Jurij Rodionov vs. Mattia Bellucci
There is no head to head record between Jurij Rodionov and Mattia Bellucci since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Jurij Rodionov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-25 | 7-7 | 6-12 | 6-3 | 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. 140, Jurij reached the semifinal after defeating Mikhail Kukushkin 6-3 7-5, Oleksii Krutykh 7-65 6-2 and Roberto Marcora 6-4 6-3.
In the quarter, Rodionov had a good straight sets win against Marcora (6-4 6-3). During the match, Rodionov scored 65 points vs Marcora’s 50. Rodionov was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Rodionov struck 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Jurij Rodionov was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 77% (27/35) of his 1st serve and 67% (12/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Rodionov broke Marcora 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Rodionov hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Rodionov has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 58% of his matches (194-142). 5-4 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Rodionov has a composed50-33 record in the last 7 years on hard.
The Austrian’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Biel Challenger and the Mauthausen Challenger.
Jurij has a composed 37-25 win-loss record in 2022, 5-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the St. Tropez Challenger
Rodionov has never competed in this tournament before.
Mattia Bellucci
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-25 | 21-12 | 5-2 | 5-7 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-34 | 22-19 | 2-9 | 4-3 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 66-23 | 30-4 | 25-12 | 11-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 39-18 | 29-10 | 5-3 | 5-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-6 | 13-3 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 275, the Italian got to the semifinal after defeating Alexandre Aubriot 6-2 6-2, Elliot Benchetrit 7-5 6-4, Louis Wessels 6-4 7-66, Hugo Grenier 6-4 7-65 and Salvatore Caruso 6-3 6-1.
In the quarter, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Caruso (6-3 6-1). During the match Bellucci scored 60 points vs Caruso’s 36. Bellucci was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.
About the serving games, Bellucci recorded 9 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Mattia Bellucci was pretty efficient on serve to win 79% (22/28) of his 1st serve and 71% (12/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Bellucci broke Caruso 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mattia started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to conquer 57% of the points he played.
The Italian’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Monastir,M15 Poitiers,M25 Grasse and M25 Klosters.
Bellucci has an overall 58-20 win-loss record in 2022, 28-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rodionov | Bellucci |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 61 | 100 |
| Pts | 207-166 | 358-274 |
| Total Points | 373 | 632 |
| Winners | 90 | 138 |
| %Winners | 43% | 39% |
Rodionov played 3 matches while Bellucci competed in 5 matches. Bellucci started his run from the qualifications while Rodionov had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Rodionov has played 4 set(s) less than Bellucci (6 vs 10). Therefore, Rodionov played 39 games less than Bellucci. Rodionov scored 90 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian blasted 138 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rodionov | Bellucci |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 24 | 31 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 6.2 |
| 1st in | 112/189 | 179/296 |
| %1st in | 59% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 90/112 | 138/179 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 41/77 | 66/117 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 56% |
Rodionov blasted 24 aces (8 per match). Bellucci struck 31 aces (6.2 per match). Rodionov won 80% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Bellucci won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rodionov | Bellucci |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 18 |
| Converted | 9/11 | 18/40 |
| % Converted | 82% | 45% |
| Conceded | 10 | 20 |
| Saved | 8 | 14 |
| % Saved | 80% | 70% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 6 |
Jurij broke his opponents 9 times with a 82% conversion rate. The Austrian lost his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Bellucci broke his opponents 18 times with a 45% conversion rate. Mattia conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.
| Rodionov | |||||
| R1 Kukushkin |
R2 Krutykh |
1/4 Marcora |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | 7-65 6-2 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | 19 | 61 | |
| pts | 67-55 | 75-61 | 65-50 | 207-166 | |
| Total points | 122 | 136 | 115 | 373 | |
| Winners | 24 | 39 | 27 | 90 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 52% | 42% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 9 | 7 | 8 | 24 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 31/63 | 46/73 | 35/53 | 112/189 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 63% | 66% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 24/31 | 39/46 | 27/35 | 90/112 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 85% | 77% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/32 | 10/27 | 12/18 | 41/77 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 37% | 67% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 3/4 | 3/4 | 9/11 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 75% | 75% | 82% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 7 | 1 | 10 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 6/7 | 1/1 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 86% | 100% | 79% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Bellucci | |||||||
| Q1 Aubriot |
Q3 Benchetrit |
R1 Wessels |
R2 Grenier |
1/4 Caruso |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 7-5 6-4 | 6-4 7-66 | 6-4 7-65 | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 16 | 100 | |
| pts | 57-35 | 81-67 | 83-69 | 77-67 | 60-36 | 358-274 | |
| Total points | 92 | 148 | 152 | 144 | 96 | 632 | |
| Winners | 23 | 30 | 33 | 30 | 22 | 138 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 37% | 40% | 39% | 37% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 31 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | |
| 1st in | 27/46 | 38/69 | 42/67 | 44/69 | 28/45 | 179/296 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 55% | 63% | 64% | 62% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 23/27 | 30/38 | 33/42 | 30/44 | 22/28 | 138/179 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 79% | 79% | 68% | 79% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 14/31 | 14/25 | 14/25 | 12/17 | 66/117 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 45% | 56% | 56% | 71% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 18 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/8 | 2/10 | 4/6 | 4/7 | 18/40 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 50% | 20% | 67% | 57% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 20 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 2/4 | 2/3 | 3/6 | 4/4 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 67% | 50% | 100% | 122% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWWLWWWW Tennis Scores in St. Tropez Challenger
- Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Valentin RoyerRoyer (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Mattia BellucciBellucci – Salvatore CarusoCaruso (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Roberto MarcoraMarcora (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
