Jurij Rodionov and Rei Sakamoto will square off in the 1st round of the Kobe Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 4:00 pm on COURT C. 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 -> 1.46
Rei Sakamoto -> 2.56
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Prediction and head to head Jurij Rodionov vs. Rei Sakamoto
This will be the 2nd time that Jurij Rodionov and Rei Sakamoto clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Sakamoto (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played each other, Sakamoto won 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in the Yokkaichi Challenger back in 2023.
Jurij Rodionov
23 - 30win/loss
197
87
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-30 | 10-9 | 6-12 | 7-6 | 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. 197, Jurij will start his run in the Kobe Challenger after he played his last match in the Matsuyama Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-3 to Isomura in the 1st round on the 5th of November.
The Austrian has a composed 23-30 win-loss record in 2024, 7-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Koblenz Challenger where he beat Brandon Nakashima in the final 6-7(7) 6-1 6-2.
Talking about his overall career, Jurij has an overall 269-211 record. He has a positive 96-60 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2023. See his history.
Rei Sakamoto
13 - 14win/loss
799
778
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-14 | 5-10 | 6-3 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 7-11 | 1-4 | 5-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 5-6 | 5-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 799, the Japanese got to the 1st
round after defeating Dane Sweeny 6-4 6-2 and Yan Bai 6-3 6-3.In the qualifications, Rei had a good straight sets win against Bai (6-3 6-3). During the match Sakamoto scored 68 points vs Bai’s 53. Rei was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
About the serving games, Sakamoto bagged 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Rei Sakamoto was pretty efficient on serve to win 74% (25/34) of his 1st serve and 59% (17/29) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Sakamoto broke Bai 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Japanese started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to conquer 57% of the points he played.
Sakamoto’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in M15 Cervia and M25 La Nucia.
The Japanese has a composed 13-14 win-loss record in 2024, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Kobe Challenger
- Li TuTu – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (6-1 3-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tung-Lin WuWu – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (7-64 4-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Sho ShimabukuroSho – Chak Lam Coleman WongChak (7-6(5) 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Hiroki MoriyaMoriya – Alex BoltBolt (2-4) – H2H and prediction
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Constant LestienneLestienne – Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Kaichi UchidaUchida – Taro DanielDaniel (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Benjamin HassanHassan – Omar JasikaJasika (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Kasidit SamrejSamrej – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Elias YmerYmer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Ryuki MatsudaMatsuda (0-0) – H2H and prediction