Jurij Rodionov and Zizou Bergs will fight against each other in the quarter of the Zug Challenger for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and 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 -> 1.84
Jurij Rodionov -> 1.92
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Prediction and head to head Jurij Rodionov vs. Zizou Bergs
This will be the 5th time that Jurij Rodionov and Zizou Bergs fight against each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Bergs (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Bergs won 7-6(8) 4-6 7-6(4) in the 2nd round in Gstaad back in July 2023.
Highlights Zizou Bergs vs Jurij Rodionov – Gstaad 19-July-2023
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. 117, Rodionov reached the quarter after defeating Hamad Medjedovic 6-3 7-5 and Dragos Nicolae Madaras 6-2 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Jurij had a good straight sets win against Nicolae Madaras (6-2 6-4). During the match, Rodionov scored 69 points vs Nicolae Madaras’s 50. The Austrian was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Rodionov bagged 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Jurij Rodionov was pretty effective on serve to win 77% (27/35) of his 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Jurij broke Nicolae Madaras 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Austrian hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to win 56% of the points he played.
Rodionov has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 58% of his matches (236-168). 13-9 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Rodionov has a compiled85-64 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
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..
The Austrian has an overall 34-20 win-loss record in 2023, 13-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zug Challenger
Jurij has never competed in this tournament before.
Zizou Bergs
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-16 | 3-4 | 17-5 | 7-4 | 6-3 | 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 |
| 2020 | 21-9 | 14-6 | 1-2 | 6-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 158, Bergs got to the quarter after defeating Maximilian Neuchrist 6-4 6-4 and Otto Virtanen 2-6 7-67 6-3.
In the 2nd round against Virtanen, The Belgian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-67 6-3). During the match Bergs scored 99 points vs Virtanen’s 94. Bergs was quite aggressive to blast 42 winners.
About the serving games, Bergs recorded 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Zizou Bergs lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Bergs put 67% of his first serves in, winning 78% (42/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (12/27) on the 2nd serve. Zizou broke Virtanen 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Bergs has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Tallahassee Challenger where he beat Tung-Lin Wu in the final 7-5 6-2.
The Belgian has an overall 26-19 win-loss record in 2023, 16-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rodionov | Bergs |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 39 | 50 |
| Pts | 134-106 | 168-147 |
| Total Points | 240 | 315 |
| Winners | 55 | 73 |
| %Winners | 41% | 43% |
Both Rodionov and Bergs played 2 matches. At the moment, Zizou Bergs lost 1 set while Jurij Rodionov hasn’t conceded a set so far. Rodionov has played 1 set(s) less than Bergs (4 vs 5). Therefore, Rodionov played 11 games less than Bergs. Jurij scored 55 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Zizou blasted 73 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rodionov | Bergs |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 4 |
| 1st in | 69/116 | 92/141 |
| %1st in | 59% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 55/69 | 73/92 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 27/47 | 26/49 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 53% |
Rodionov fired 8 aces (4 per match). Bergs made 8 aces (4 per match). Rodionov won 80% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Bergs won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rodionov | Bergs |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 5 |
| Converted | 7/15 | 5/14 |
| % Converted | 47% | 36% |
| Conceded | 4 | 7 |
| Saved | 3 | 4 |
| % Saved | 75% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Jurij broke his opponents 7 times with a 47% conversion rate. Jurij lost his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Belgian broke his opponents 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. Zizou conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Rodionov | ||||
| R1 Medjedovic |
R2 Nicolae |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 18 | 39 | |
| pts | 65-56 | 69-50 | 134-106 | |
| Total points | 121 | 119 | 240 | |
| Winners | 28 | 27 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 39% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 34/60 | 35/56 | 69/116 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 63% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 28/34 | 27/35 | 55/69 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 77% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/26 | 12/21 | 27/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 4/11 | 7/15 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 36% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | – | 75% | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Bergs | ||||
| R1 Neuchrist |
R2 Virtanen |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 2-6 7-67 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 30 | 50 | |
| pts | 69-53 | 99-94 | 168-147 | |
| Total points | 122 | 193 | 315 | |
| Winners | 31 | 42 | 73 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 42% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 38/60 | 54/81 | 92/141 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 67% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 31/38 | 42/54 | 73/92 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 78% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/22 | 12/27 | 26/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 44% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 3/10 | 5/14 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 30% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 40% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
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