Justin Engel and Rafael Jodar will face off in the 1st round of the Villena Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 11:00 am on PISTA CARLOS ALCARAZ. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Rafael Jodar who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Rafael Jodar is the pick to win this match.
Rafael Jodar -> 1.86
Justin Engel -> 1.86
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Prediction and head to head Justin Engel vs. Rafael Jodar
There is no head to head record between Justin Engel and Rafael Jodar since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Justin Engel
33 - 13win/loss
395
393
LWLLWLWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-17 | 4-3 | 32-12 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 11-12 | 0-0 | 11-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 529, the German got to the 1st round after beating Raul Brancaccio 6-1 6-4.
Engel has a winning win-loss record in the last 4 years having won 58% of his matches (48-35). 1-0 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Engel has an overall1-0 match record in the last 4 years on hard.
The German’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Villach,M15 Uslar,M15 Trier and M15 Cap d’Agde.
Engel has an overall 33-13 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Villena Challenger
Engel has never competed in this tournament before.
Rafael Jodar
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 865 (career-high), will start his run in the Villena Challenger after he won the title in U.S. Open (juniors) after beating 2-6 6-2 7-6(1) Budkov in the final.
The Spaniard has an aggregate 6-4 win-loss record in 2024, 0-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on hard.
Jodar’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Denia.
In terms of his career, The Spaniard has an overall 8-8 record. He has a flat 1-1 record on hard.
Head 2 Head
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