Jurij Rodionov and Francesco Forti will play each other in the 2nd round of the Biel Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 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 Jurij Rodionov who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jurij Rodionov is the pick to win this match.
Jurij Rodionov -> 1.181
Francesco Forti -> 4.4
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Prediction and head to head Jurij Rodionov vs. Francesco Forti
This will be the 2nd time that Jurij Rodionov and Francesco Forti face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Rodionov (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Rodionov won 6-4 7-6(4) in the qualifications in Cagliari back in 2021.
Jurij Rodionov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 25-16 | 5-1 | 7-6 | 12-8 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 131, Jurij got to the 2nd round after defeating Neil Oberleitner 6-3 7-63.
In the 1st round, Jurij had a good straight sets win against Oberleitner (6-3 7-63). During the match, Rodionov scored 71 points vs Oberleitner’s 57. The Austrian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about the service games, Rodionov made 10 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Jurij Rodionov was very effective on serve to win 76% (35/46) of his 1st serve and 53% (10/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Jurij broke Oberleitner 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Rodionov has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 58% of his matches (211-155). 7-5 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Rodionov has a composed75-48 win-loss record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
Jurij has a compiled 9-7 win-loss record in 2023, 7-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Biel Challenger
Francesco Forti
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 53-33 | 20-8 | 26-21 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 31-22 | 1-1 | 29-18 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 42-29 | 1-1 | 35-20 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-13 | 8-4 | 4-5 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 397, Francesco reached the 2nd round after defeating Johannes Haerteis 4-6 6-4 7-5, Luca Potenza 6-3 7-5 and Jakub Paul 7-65 6-4.
In the 1st round, Francesco had a good straight sets win against Paul (7-65 6-4). During the match Forti scored 80 points vs Paul’s 73. Forti was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Forti scored 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Francesco Forti was pretty efficient on serve to win 71% (32/45) of his 1st serve and 70% (16/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Italian broke Paul twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).
Francesco’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Monastir.
Forti has a compiled 12-6 win-loss record in 2023, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Biel Challenger
The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rodionov | Forti |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 76 |
| Pts | 71-57 | 247-219 |
| Total Points | 128 | 466 |
| Winners | 35 | 111 |
| %Winners | 49% | 45% |
Rodionov played 1 match while Forti competed in 3 matches. Forti started his run from the qualifications while Rodionov had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Francesco Forti surrendered 1 set while Jurij Rodionov hasn’t dropped a set so far. Rodionov has played 5 set(s) less than Forti (2 vs 7). Therefore, Rodionov played 54 games less than Forti. The Austrian scored 35 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Francesco recorded 111 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rodionov | Forti |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 25 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 8.3 |
| 1st in | 46/65 | 154/223 |
| %1st in | 71% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 35/46 | 111/154 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 10/19 | 43/69 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 62% |
Rodionov recorded 10 aces . Forti recorded 25 aces (8.3 per match). Rodionov won 76% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Forti won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rodionov | Forti |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 8 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 8/26 |
| % Converted | 50% | 31% |
| Conceded | 5 | 9 |
| Saved | 3 | 5 |
| % Saved | 60% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
Rodionov broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Jurij lost his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponents 8 times with a 31% conversion rate. Forti conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.
| Rodionov | |||
| R1 Oberleitner |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 71-57 | 71-57 | |
| Total points | 128 | 128 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 46/65 | 46/65 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 35/46 | 35/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/19 | 10/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Forti | |||||
| Q1 Haerteis |
Q3 Potenza |
R1 Paul |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-4 7-5 | 6-3 7-5 | 7-65 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 21 | 23 | 76 | |
| pts | 100-90 | 67-56 | 80-73 | 247-219 | |
| Total points | 190 | 123 | 153 | 466 | |
| Winners | 43 | 36 | 32 | 111 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 54% | 40% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 12 | 8 | 5 | 25 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 61/94 | 48/61 | 45/68 | 154/223 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 79% | 66% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 43/61 | 36/48 | 32/45 | 111/154 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 75% | 71% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/33 | 7/13 | 16/23 | 43/69 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 54% | 70% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/9 | 2/9 | 8/26 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 33% | 22% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 0/1 | 2/3 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 0% | 67% | 127% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLLWLWW Tennis Scores in Biel Challenger
- Gabriel DialloDiallo – Dylan DietrichDietrich (4-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Mika BrunoldBrunold – Zdenek KolarKolar (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Kirill KivattsevKivattsev – Alexandar LazarovLazarov (6-4 6-75 6-3) – See score progression
- Max Hans RehbergHans Rehberg – Daniel MasurMasur (6-3 6-75 6-3) – See score progression
- Marius CopilCopil – Marek GengelGengel (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Neil OberleitnerOberleitner (6-3 7-63) – See score progression
- Dominic StrickerStricker – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (7-62 7-65) – See score progression
- Norbert GombosGombos – Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle (4-6 6-3 7-61) – See score progression
- Otto VirtanenVirtanen – James McCabeMcCabe (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Francesco FortiForti – Jakub PaulPaul (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Daniel CukiermanCukierman – Alexey VatutinVatutin (6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist – Omar JasikaJasika (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Benjamin HassanHassan – Alexander RitschardRitschard (7-63 4-6 7-66) – See score progression
- Liam BroadyBroady – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski – Aziz DougazDougaz (6-3 3-6 7-68) – See score progression
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Max Hans RehbergHans Rehberg – Daniel MasurMasur (6-3 6-7(5) 6-3) – See score progression
- Mika BrunoldBrunold – Zdenek KolarKolar (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Kirill KivattsevKivattsev – Alexandar LazarovLazarov (6-4 6-7(5) 6-3) – See score progression
- Gabriel DialloDiallo – Dylan DietrichDietrich (4-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Norbert GombosGombos (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Liam BroadyBroady – Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Benjamin HassanHassan – Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Kirill KivattsevKivattsev – Gabriel DialloDiallo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francesco FortiForti – Jurij RodionovRodionov (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Daniel CukiermanCukierman (1-0) – H2H and prediction
