Jurij Rodionov and Kenny de Schepper will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Lille Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 9:30 pm on CENTER. 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 -> 1.39
Kenny de Schepper -> 2.82
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Prediction and head to head Jurij Rodionov vs. Kenny de Schepper
This will be the 2nd time that Jurij Rodionov and Kenny de Schepper play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Rodionov (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they squared off, Rodionov won 7-5 3-6 6-3 in the 1st round in the Cherbourg Challenger back in 2021.
Jurij Rodionov
| 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, Rodionov reached the 2nd round after beating Li Tu 5-7 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round against Tu, The Austrian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-2 6-2). During the match, Rodionov scored 103 points vs Tu’s 85. Rodionov was exceptionally aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about the service games, Rodionov bagged 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Jurij Rodionov lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Rodionov put 65% of his first serves in, winning 67% (42/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (19/34) on the 2nd serve. The Austrian broke Tu 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Rodionov has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 58% of his matches (216-155). 12-5 on indoor hard courts in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Rodionov has an overall80-48 match record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Biel Challenger where he beat Liam Broady in the final 6-3 ret..
The Austrian has an aggregate 14-7 win-loss record in 2023, 12-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lille Challenger
Rodionov has never competed in this tournament before.
Kenny de Schepper
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-16 | 0-0 | 3-6 | 11-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-29 | 7-4 | 8-14 | 12-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-35 | 6-7 | 18-16 | 17-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 38-24 | 22-8 | 5-5 | 11-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-10 | 6-4 | 9-3 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 348, the French player reached the 2nd round after defeating Jurgen Briand 1-6 6-3 6-2, Cem Ilkel 6-4 6-1 and Mikhail Kukushkin 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Kukushkin (6-2 6-3). During the match de Schepper scored 59 points vs Kukushkin’s 40. Kenny was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, de Schepper managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Kenny de Schepper was pretty efficient on serve to win 78% (28/36) of his 1st serve and 82% (9/11) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. De Schepper broke Kukushkin 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
De Schepper has an overall 11-8 win-loss record in 2023, 10-7 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rodionov | de Schepper |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 28 | 58 |
| Pts | 103-85 | 206-167 |
| Total Points | 188 | 373 |
| Winners | 42 | 102 |
| %Winners | 41% | 50% |
Rodionov played 1 match while de Schepper competed in 3 matches. de Schepper started his run from the qualifications while Rodionov had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Jurij Rodionov surrendered 1 set, while Kenny de Schepper lost 1 set. Rodionov has played 4 set(s) less than de Schepper (3 vs 7). Therefore, Rodionov played 30 games less than de Schepper. Rodionov scored 42 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, De Schepper made 102 winners (50%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rodionov | de Schepper |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 19 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 6.3 |
| 1st in | 63/97 | 137/183 |
| %1st in | 65% | 75% |
| 1st pts | 42/63 | 102/137 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 19/34 | 23/46 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 50% |
Rodionov fired 6 aces . de Schepper recorded 19 aces (6.3 per match). Rodionov won 67% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, de Schepper won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rodionov | de Schepper |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 9 |
| Converted | 5/10 | 9/16 |
| % Converted | 50% | 56% |
| Conceded | 9 | 13 |
| Saved | 7 | 11 |
| % Saved | 78% | 85% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Rodionov broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Jurij conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. Kenny broke his opponents 9 times with a 56% conversion rate. Kenny conceded his serve twice and he saved 85% of the break points that he conceded.
| Rodionov | |||
| R1 Tu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 103-85 | 103-85 | |
| Total points | 188 | 188 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 63/97 | 63/97 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 42/63 | 42/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/34 | 19/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 7/9 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| de Schepper | |||||
| Q1 Briand |
Q3 Ilkel |
R1 Kukushkin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-3 6-2 | 6-4 6-1 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 17 | 17 | 58 | |
| pts | 88-83 | 59-44 | 59-40 | 206-167 | |
| Total points | 171 | 103 | 99 | 373 | |
| Winners | 39 | 35 | 28 | 102 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 59% | 47% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 8 | 5 | 6 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 55/80 | 46/56 | 36/47 | 137/183 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 82% | 77% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 39/55 | 35/46 | 28/36 | 102/137 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 76% | 78% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/25 | 4/10 | 9/11 | 23/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 40% | 82% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 9/16 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 60% | 60% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 1 | 0 | 13 | |
| Saved | 10/12 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 100% | – | 183% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
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