Zizou Bergs and Jurij Rodionov will play each other in the semifinal of the Surbiton Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 6:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Zizou Bergs who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Zizou Bergs is the pick to win this match.
Zizou Bergs -> 1.75
Jurij Rodionov -> 2.02
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Prediction and head to head Zizou Bergs vs. Jurij Rodionov
This will be the 2nd time that Zizou Bergs and Jurij Rodionov play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Bergs (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on grass.
The last time that they squared off, Bergs won 5-7 7-5 6-2 in the 1st round in the Ilkley Challenger back in 2022.
Zizou Bergs
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23-17 | 12-7 | 2-5 | 5-1 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 47-29 | 9-9 | 17-7 | 15-9 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-27 | 8-7 | 16-7 | 9-10 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-30 | 7-5 | 7-7 | 17-16 | 8-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 38-21 | 2-5 | 15-10 | 21-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 131, the Belgian got to the semifinal after beating Mark Whitehouse 7-64 6-2, Luke Saville 6-2 7-64 and Constant Lestienne 7-62 6-3.
In the quarter, Zizou had a good straight sets win against Lestienne (7-62 6-3). During the match, Bergs scored 79 points vs Lestienne’s 68. The Belgian was pretty aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about the service games, Bergs made 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Zizou Bergs conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Bergs put 66% of his first serves in, winning 81% (39/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (12/25) on the 2nd serve. Zizou broke Lestienne once after converting 17% of his break points (1/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Bergs hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Bergs has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 63% of his matches (234-139). 3-0 on grass in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Bergs has a composed11-2 match record in the last 8 years on grass.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Tallahassee Challenger where he defeated Tung-Lin Wu in the final 7-5 6-2.
The Belgian has an aggregate 18-15 win-loss record in 2023, 3-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Surbiton Challenger
Zizou has never competed in this tournament before.
Jurij Rodionov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21-18 | 6-6 | 8-8 | 7-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 134, Jurij got to the semifinal after defeating Otto Virtanen 6-4 6-2, Christopher Eubanks 6-2 6-4 and Gabriel Diallo 6-4 6-4.
In the quarter, The Austrian had a good straight sets win against Diallo (6-4 6-4). During the match Rodionov scored 61 points vs Diallo’s 42. Jurij was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Rodionov managed to score 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Jurij Rodionov was very efficient on serve to win 100% (32/32) of his 1st serve and 62% (8/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Jurij broke Diallo twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Austrian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 59% of the points he played.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Biel Challenger where he overcame Liam Broady in the final 6-3 ret..
Rodionov has a composed 26-15 win-loss record in 2023, 3-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Surbiton Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2019 and 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bergs | Rodionov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 64 | 56 |
| Pts | 213-175 | 180-126 |
| Total Points | 388 | 306 |
| Winners | 111 | 77 |
| %Winners | 52% | 43% |
Both Bergs and Rodionov played 3 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Bergs and Rodionov have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Bergs played 8 games more than Rodionov. The Belgian scored 111 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, The Austrian scored 77 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bergs | Rodionov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 21 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 4.3 |
| 1st in | 136/189 | 87/141 |
| %1st in | 72% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 111/136 | 77/87 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 89% |
| 2nd pts | 31/53 | 37/54 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 69% |
Bergs bagged 21 aces (7 per match). Rodionov fired 13 aces (4.3 per match). Bergs won 82% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Rodionov won 89% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 69% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bergs | Rodionov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 8 |
| Converted | 5/19 | 8/18 |
| % Converted | 26% | 44% |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 |
| Saved | 3 | 2 |
| % Saved | 100% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Bergs broke his opponents 5 times with a 26% conversion rate. Bergs extremely effective on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 3 break points. Rodionov broke his opponents 8 times with a 44% conversion rate. Rodionov was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Bergs | |||||
| R1 Whitehouse |
R2 Saville |
1/4 Lestienne |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-2 | 6-2 7-64 | 7-62 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | 22 | 64 | |
| pts | 61-51 | 73-56 | 79-68 | 213-175 | |
| Total points | 112 | 129 | 147 | 388 | |
| Winners | 34 | 38 | 39 | 111 | |
| %Winners | 56% | 52% | 49% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 40/60 | 48/56 | 48/73 | 136/189 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 86% | 66% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 34/40 | 38/48 | 39/48 | 111/136 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 79% | 81% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/20 | 7/8 | 12/25 | 31/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 88% | 48% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 2/10 | 1/6 | 5/19 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 20% | 17% | 26% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 100% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rodionov | |||||
| R1 Virtanen |
R2 Eubanks |
1/4 Diallo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 6-2 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | 20 | 56 | |
| pts | 60-39 | 59-45 | 61-42 | 180-126 | |
| Total points | 99 | 104 | 103 | 306 | |
| Winners | 22 | 23 | 32 | 77 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 39% | 52% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 26/44 | 29/52 | 32/45 | 87/141 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 56% | 71% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 22/26 | 23/29 | 32/32 | 77/87 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 79% | 100% | 89% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/18 | 14/23 | 8/13 | 37/54 | |
| % 2nd pts | 83% | 61% | 62% | 69% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/8 | 2/4 | 8/18 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 38% | 50% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | – | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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