Jurij Rodionov and Alexander Blockx will square off in the final of the Kobe Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 1:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Blockx who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alexander Blockx is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Blockx -> 1.64
Jurij Rodionov -> 2.15

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Prediction and head to head Jurij Rodionov vs. Alexander Blockx

There is no head to head record between Jurij Rodionov and Alexander Blockx since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Jurij Rodionov

Ranked no. 197, Jurij got to the final after beating Rei Sakamoto 6-3 6-2, Bu Yunchaokete 7-6(3) 7-5, Sho Shimabukuro 6-7(5) 6-1 7-6(3) and Mattia Bellucci 7-5 6-3.

In the semifinal, Jurij had a good straight sets win against Bellucci (7-5 6-3). During the match, Rodionov scored 79 points vs Bellucci’s 68. Rodionov was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about the service games, Rodionov recorded 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Jurij Rodionov lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Rodionov put 63% of his first serves in, winning 66% (31/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (13/28) on the 2nd serve. Rodionov broke Bellucci 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Rodionov has dropped 1 set in this tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Rodionov has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 56% of his matches (273-211). 11-6 on indoor hard courts in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Rodionov has an overall100-60 win-loss record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Koblenz Challenger where he overcame Brandon Nakashima in the final 6-7(7) 6-1 6-2.

The Austrian has an aggregate 27-30 win-loss record in 2024, 11-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Kobe Challenger

Alexander Blockx

Ranked no. 249, the Belgian reached the final after beating Kasidit Samrej 7-6(3) 6-2, Constant Lestienne 6-4 6-4, Yosuke Watanuki 6-2 3-6 7-6(6) and Taro Daniel 6-1 7-6(2).

In the semifinal, The Belgian had a good straight sets win against Daniel (6-1 7-6²). During the match Blockx scored 64 points vs Daniel’s 45. The Belgian was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about serving, Blockx managed to score 10 aces and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Alexander Blockx was very effective on serve to win 88% (30/34) of his 1st serve and 65% (11/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Blockx broke Daniel 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Belgian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Alexander’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Nottingham Challenger,the Hamburg Challenger,the Cordenons Challenger,M25 Koksijde,the Orleans Challenger,the Matsuyama Challenger and the Kobe Challenger.

Blockx has a composed 30-23 win-loss record in 2024, 16-10 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Kobe Challenger

Alexander has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Rodionov	Blockx
Match played	4	4
Tot Set	9	9
Tot Games	96	91
Pts	347-295	313-271
Total Points	642	584
Winners	135	134
%Winners	39%	43%

Both Rodionov and Blockx played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Jurij Rodionov lost 1 set, while Alexander Blockx lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Rodionov and Blockx have played the same amount of sets 9. However, Rodionov played 5 games more than Blockx. Jurij scored 135 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Blockx struck 134 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Rodionov	Blockx
Aces	21	26
Avg per match	5.3	6.5
1st in	194/327	180/287
%1st in	59%	63%
1st pts	135/194	134/180
%1st pts	70%	74%
2nd pts	71/133	62/107
%2nd pts	53%	58%

Rodionov struck 21 aces (5.3 per match). Blockx fired 26 aces (6.5 per match). Rodionov won 70% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Blockx won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Rodionov	Blockx
Won	18	11
Converted	18/33	11/27
% Converted	55%	41%
Conceded	29	19
Saved	19	16
% Saved	66%	84%
Times Broken	10	3

Jurij broke his opponents 18 times with a 55% conversion rate. Jurij dropped his serve 10 times and he saved 66% of the break points that he conceded. Alexander broke his opponents 11 times with a 41% conversion rate. Alexander conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 84% of the break points that he conceded.

Rodionov
	R1 Sakamoto	R2 Yunchaokete	1/4 Shimabukuro	1/2 Bellucci	Total
Score	6-3 6-2	7-63 7-5	6-75 6-1 7-63	7-5 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	3	2	9
Tot Games	17	25	33	21	96
pts	61-42	86-77	121-108	79-68	347-295
Total points	103	163	229	147	642
Winners	26	40	38	31	135
%Winners	43%	47%	31%	39%	39%
SERVE
Aces	1	9	6	5	21
Double Faults	6	3	4	3	16
1st in	31/55	49/82	67/115	47/75	194/327
% 1st in	56%	60%	58%	63%	59%
1st pts	26/31	40/49	38/67	31/47	135/194
% 1st pts	84%	82%	57%	66%	70%
2nd pts	15/24	16/33	27/48	13/28	71/133
% 2nd pts	63%	48%	56%	46%	53%
Breaks
Won	3	2	8	5	18
Converted	3/4	2/4	8/12	5/13	18/33
Converted %	75%	50%	67%	38%	55%
Conceded	3	4	12	10	29
Saved	3/3	3/4	6/12	7/10	19
Saved %	100%	75%	50%	70%	74%
Times Broken	0	1	6	3	10

Blockx
	R1 Samrej	R2 Lestienne	1/4 Watanuki	1/2 Daniel	Total
Score	7-63 6-2	6-4 6-4	6-2 3-6 7-66	6-1 7-62
Tot Set	2	2	3	2	9
Tot Games	21	20	30	20	91
pts	92-79	64-51	93-96	64-45	313-271
Total points	171	115	189	109	584
Winners	35	23	46	30	134
%Winners	38%	36%	49%	47%	43%
SERVE
Aces	6	0	10	10	26
Double Faults	3	2	1	0	6
1st in	48/79	31/55	67/102	34/51	180/287
% 1st in	61%	56%	66%	67%	63%
1st pts	35/48	23/31	46/67	30/34	134/180
% 1st pts	73%	74%	69%	88%	74%
2nd pts	16/31	15/24	20/35	11/17	62/107
% 2nd pts	52%	63%	57%	65%	58%
Breaks
Won	3	3	2	3	11
Converted	3/15	3/3	2/3	3/6	11/27
Converted %	20%	100%	67%	50%	41%
Conceded	8	3	8	0	19
Saved	7/8	2/3	7/8	0/0	16
Saved %	88%	67%	88%	–	61%
Times Broken	1	1	1	0	3

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