Jurij Rodionov and Valentin Royer will play each other in the 2nd round of the Koblenz Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:00 pm on LOTTO RLP 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 3 sets.
Jurij Rodionov -> 1.66
Valentin Royer -> 2.14
Click here to see the updated quotes and live streaming (only selected countries - USA excluded).
Here where top tennis events are broadcasted or streamed online (ATP, WTA).
At the challenger level, there will be free live streaming on Challenger TV.
Prediction and head to head Jurij Rodionov vs. Valentin Royer
There is no head to head record between Jurij Rodionov and Valentin Royer since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Jurij Rodionov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41-30 | 17-12 | 14-10 | 10-7 | 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. 108, Rodionov got to the 2nd round after beating Dennis Novak 6-1 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Austrian had a good straight sets win against Novak (6-1 6-1). During the match, Rodionov scored 63 points vs Novak’s 40. Rodionov was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Rodionov fired 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Jurij Rodionov lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Rodionov put 69% of his first serves in, winning 71% (22/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (6/14) on the 2nd serve. Rodionov broke Novak 6 times after converting 40% of his break points (6/15).
Rodionov has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 58% of his matches (247-182). 1-1 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Rodionov has a composed90-55 win-loss record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
Jurij has an aggregate 1-1 win-loss record in 2024, 1-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Koblenz Challenger
The Austrian has never competed in this tournament before.
Valentin Royer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 61-31 | 16-8 | 31-11 | 10-10 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 48-30 | 6-5 | 32-13 | 10-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-20 | 24-7 | 22-10 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 51-25 | 8-4 | 30-15 | 13-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-17 | 1-2 | 13-8 | 10-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 250 (career-high), Valentin reached the 2nd round after beating Daniel Michalski 6-73 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round against Michalski, Royer recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-73 6-4 6-2). During the match Royer scored 105 points vs Michalski’s 91. The French player was quite aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about serving, Royer fired 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Valentin Royer lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Royer put 68% of his first serves in, winning 68% (44/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (15/31) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Michalski 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
Valentin’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Oeiras 1 Challenger.
Valentin has a compiled 8-3 win-loss record in 2024, 6-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rodionov | Royer |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 14 | 31 |
| Pts | 63-40 | 105-91 |
| Total Points | 103 | 196 |
| Winners | 22 | 44 |
| %Winners | 35% | 42% |
Both Rodionov and Royer played 1 match. At the moment, Valentin Royer dropped 1 set while Jurij Rodionov hasn’t dropped a set so far. Rodionov has played 1 set(s) less than Royer (2 vs 3). Therefore, Rodionov played 17 games less than Royer. Rodionov scored 22 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The French player scored 44 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rodionov | Royer |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 7 |
| 1st in | 31/45 | 65/96 |
| %1st in | 69% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 22/31 | 44/65 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 6/14 | 15/31 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 48% |
Rodionov blasted 4 aces . Royer made 7 aces . Rodionov won 71% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Royer won 68% of the points behind 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 | Royer |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 6 |
| Converted | 6/15 | 6/12 |
| % Converted | 40% | 50% |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 |
| Saved | 4 | 2 |
| % Saved | 80% | 40% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Jurij broke his opponent 6 times with a 40% conversion rate. Jurij conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded.
| Rodionov | |||
| R1 Novak | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 63-40 | 63-40 | |
| Total points | 103 | 103 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 31/45 | 31/45 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 22/31 | 22/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/14 | 6/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/15 | 6/15 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Royer | |||
| R1 Michalski | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-73 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 105-91 | 105-91 | |
| Total points | 196 | 196 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 65/96 | 65/96 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 44/65 | 44/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/31 | 15/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Tennis Scores in Koblenz Challenger
- Martin DammDamm – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (7-61 5-7 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Alexander BlockxBlockx (6-3 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- David Jorda SanchisJorda Sanchis – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Tristan LamasineLamasine (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Hazem NaowNaow – Oscar OtteOtte (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Valentin RoyerRoyer (0-0) – H2H and prediction