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

Jurij Rodionov

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
152
High
87
LLLLWLLLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 12-18 1-4 5-8 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. 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

Biel Challenger
Rodionov's Record

Francesco Forti

Francesco Forti

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
447
High
303
LLWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 3-3 0-0 3-3 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.

Biel Challenger
Forti's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

J.Rodionov
F.Forti
1h:17
1h:17
Time on court​
!
5h:11
5h:11
1h:17
1h:17
Last match​
1h:37
1h:37
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
22
22
Games Played​
76
76
2
2
Set played​​
7
7
71
71
Total points​
247
247
71
71
Avg point​
82.3
82.3
35
35
Winners
111
111
35
35
Avg Winners​
37
37
49%
49%
Ratio winners
45%
45%
-- Serve --
10
10
Aces
25
25
10
10
Avg Aces
8.3
8.3
4
4
Double Faults
3
3
4
4
Avg Double Faults
1
1
35/46
35/46
1st won total​
111/154
111/154
!
76%
76%
1st won %
!
72%
72%
10/19
10/19
2nd won total​
43/69
43/69
53%
53%
2nd won %
!
62%
62%
-- Break Points --
3/6
3/6
BP won
8/26
8/26
3/6
3/6
Avg BP won
2.7/8.7
2.7/8.7
50%
50%
Won
31%
31%
5
5
Conceded
9
9
5
5
Avg Conceded
3
3
2
2
Broken
4
4
2
2
Avg Broken
1.3
1.3
3
3
Saved
5
5

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

Tennis Scores in Biel Challenger

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