Jurij Rodionov and Benjamin Hassan will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Biel Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday 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 Jurij Rodionov who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jurij Rodionov is the pick to win this match.
Jurij Rodionov -> 1.27
Benjamin Hassan -> 3.58

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Prediction and head to head Jurij Rodionov vs. Benjamin Hassan

This will be the 2^nd time that Jurij Rodionov and Benjamin Hassan play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Rodionov (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they locked horns, Rodionov won 7-6(5) 6-4 in the 1^st round in the Tulln Challenger back in 2022.

Jurij Rodionov

Ranked no. 131, Rodionov got to the semifinal after defeating Neil Oberleitner 6-3 7-6³, Francesco Forti 6-4 6-4 and Otto Virtanen 7-6⁴ 5-7 6-3.

In the quarter, Rodionov defeated Virtanen (7-6⁴ 5-7 6-3).During the match, Rodionov scored less points (3) than Virtanen. In fact, the world no. 131 won 97 points vs Virtanen’s. That means that Rodionov was more focused during the important points. The Austrian was quite aggressive to blast 53 winners.

Regarding the service games, Rodionov scored 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Jurij Rodionov lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Rodionov put 68% of his first serves in, winning 73% (53/73) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (16/34) on the 2nd serve. Rodionov broke Virtanen 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Rodionov has surrendered 1 set in this competition to conquer 53% of the points he played.

Rodionov has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 58% of his matches (213-155). 9-5 on indoor hard courts in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Rodionov has an overall77-48 match record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.

Rodionov has an aggregate 11-7 win-loss record in 2023, 9-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Biel Challenger

Benjamin Hassan

Ranked no. 325, Hassan got to the semifinal after defeating Alexander Ritschard 7-6³ 4-6 7-6⁶, Thai Kwiatkowski 6-4 7-6⁵ and Norbert Gombos 7-6² 6-2.

In the quarter, Benjamin had a good straight sets win against Gombos (7-6² 6-2). During the match Hassan scored 75 points vs Gombos’s 59. Hassan was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.

About the serving games, Hassan bagged 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Benjamin Hassan lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Hassan put 62% of his first serves in, winning 74% (35/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (13/29) on the 2nd serve. The Lebanese broke Gombos 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Benjamin has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

Hassan’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Al Zahra.

Hassan has a composed 12-7 win-loss record in 2023, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in the Biel Challenger

Benjamin has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Rodionov	Hassan
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	7	7
Tot Games	76	80
Pts	235-210	257-236
Total Points	445	493
Winners	118	115
%Winners	50%	45%

Both Rodionov and Hassan played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Jurij Rodionov lost 1 set, while Benjamin Hassan dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Rodionov and Hassan have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Rodionov played 4 games less than Hassan. Jurij scored 118 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, Hassan scored 115 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Rodionov	Hassan
Aces	25	24
Avg per match	8.3	8
1st in	154/231	149/253
%1st in	67%	59%
1st pts	118/154	115/149
%1st pts	77%	77%
2nd pts	40/77	50/104
%2nd pts	52%	48%

Rodionov blasted 25 aces (8.3 per match). Hassan recorded 24 aces (8 per match). Rodionov won 77% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Hassan won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Rodionov	Hassan
Won	8	8
Converted	8/20	8/16
% Converted	40%	50%
Conceded	13	16
Saved	8	10
% Saved	62%	63%
Times Broken	5	6

Rodionov broke his opponents 8 times with a 40% conversion rate. Rodionov surrendered his serve 5 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded. Benjamin broke his opponents 8 times with a 50% conversion rate. Benjamin conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.

Rodionov
	R1 Oberleitner	R2 Forti	1/4 Virtanen	Total
Score	6-3 7-63	6-4 6-4	7-64 5-7 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	3	7
Tot Games	22	20	34	76
pts	71-57	67-53	97-100	235-210
Total points	128	120	197	445
Winners	35	30	53	118
%Winners	49%	45%	55%	50%
SERVE
Aces	10	8	7	25
Double Faults	4	2	1	7
1st in	46/65	35/59	73/107	154/231
% 1st in	71%	59%	68%	67%
1st pts	35/46	30/35	53/73	118/154
% 1st pts	76%	86%	73%	77%
2nd pts	10/19	14/24	16/34	40/77
% 2nd pts	53%	58%	47%	52%
Breaks
Won	3	2	3	8
Converted	3/6	2/8	3/6	8/20
Converted %	50%	25%	50%	40%
Conceded	5	2	6	13
Saved	3/5	2/2	3/6	8
Saved %	60%	100%	50%	70%
Times Broken	2	0	3	5

Hassan
	R1 Ritschard	R2 Kwiatkowski	1/4 Gombos	Total
Score	7-63 4-6 7-66	6-4 7-65	7-62 6-2
Tot Set	3	2	2	7
Tot Games	36	23	21	80
pts	104-103	78-74	75-59	257-236
Total points	207	152	134	493
Winners	42	38	35	115
%Winners	40%	49%	47%	45%
SERVE
Aces	9	9	6	24
Double Faults	3	4	2	9
1st in	57/101	45/76	47/76	149/253
% 1st in	56%	59%	62%	59%
1st pts	42/57	38/45	35/47	115/149
% 1st pts	74%	84%	74%	77%
2nd pts	21/44	16/31	13/29	50/104
% 2nd pts	48%	52%	45%	48%
Breaks
Won	4	1	3	8
Converted	4/6	1/4	3/6	8/16
Converted %	67%	25%	50%	50%
Conceded	9	3	4	16
Saved	4/9	3/3	3/4	10
Saved %	44%	100%	75%	73%
Times Broken	5	0	1	6

Tennis Scores in Biel Challenger

• Benjamin HassanHassan – Norbert GombosGombos (7-6² 6-2) – See score progression
• Liam BroadyBroady – Gabriel DialloDiallo (3-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Jurij RodionovRodionov – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (7-6⁴ 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
• Marius CopilCopil – Mika BrunoldBrunold (6-3 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Marius CopilCopil – Liam BroadyBroady (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Benjamin HassanHassan – Jurij RodionovRodionov (0-1) – H2H and prediction