Jurij Rodionov and Jakub Paul will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Thionville Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 pm on COURT CENTRAL. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jurij Rodionov who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jurij Rodionov is the pick to win this match.
Jurij Rodionov -> 1.54
Jakub Paul -> 2.35

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Prediction and head to head Jurij Rodionov vs. Jakub Paul

There is no head to head record between Jurij Rodionov and Jakub Paul since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Jurij Rodionov

Ranked no. 209, Rodionov got to the 2^nd round after defeating Vitaliy Sachko 6-2 6-2.

In the 1^st round, The Austrian had a good straight sets win against Sachko (6-2 6-2). During the match, Rodionov scored 67 points vs Sachko’s 46. The Austrian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Regarding the service games, Rodionov scored 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Jurij Rodionov was exceptionally effective on serve to win 79% (27/34) of his 1st serve and 53% (10/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Jurij broke Sachko 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Rodionov has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (281-218). 2-1 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Rodionov has a composed 102-62 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

Rodionov’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Noumea Challenger.

Jurij has a composed 8-5 win-loss record in 2025, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Thionville Challenger

Rodionov has never competed in this tournament before.

Jakub Paul

Ranked no. 343, Jakub got to the 2^nd round after defeating Lucas Marionneau 6-4 6-1, Michael Agwi 7-5 6-7(3) 6-4 and Alexander Blockx 6-1 7-6(5).

In the 1^st round, The Swiss had a good straight sets win against Blockx (6-1 7-6⁵). During the match Paul scored 73 points vs Blockx’s 60. Paul was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about serving, Paul recorded 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Jakub Paul lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Paul put 61% of his first serves in, winning 80% (32/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (11/26) on the 2nd serve. Paul broke Blockx 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).

Paul’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Koblenz Challenger.

Jakub has a compiled 16-6 win-loss record in 2025, 9-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Rodionov	Paul
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	2	7
Tot Games	16	72
Pts	67-46	265-231
Total Points	113	496
Winners	27	108
%Winners	40%	41%

Rodionov played 1 match while Paul competed in 3 matches. Paul started his run from the qualifications while Rodionov had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Jakub Paul dropped 1 set while Jurij Rodionov hasn’t dropped a set so far. Rodionov has played 5 set(s) less than Paul (2 vs 7). Therefore, Rodionov played 56 games less than Paul. The Austrian scored 27 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Paul managed to score 108 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Rodionov	Paul
Aces	5	4
Avg per match	5	1.3
1st in	34/53	155/240
%1st in	64%	65%
1st pts	27/34	108/155
%1st pts	79%	70%
2nd pts	10/19	45/85
%2nd pts	53%	53%

Rodionov struck 5 aces . Paul struck 4 aces (1.3 per match). Rodionov won 79% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Paul won 70% 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	Paul
Won	4	12
Converted	4/9	12/34
% Converted	44%	35%
Conceded	1	17
Saved	1	13
% Saved	100%	76%
Times Broken	0	4

Jurij broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Austrian pretty solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 1 break points. Jakub broke his opponents 12 times with a 35% conversion rate. Jakub conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 76% of the break points that he conceded.

Rodionov
	R1 Sachko	Total
Score	6-2 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	67-46	67-46
Total points	113	113
Winners	27	27
%Winners	40%	40%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	34/53	34/53
% 1st in	64%	64%
1st pts	27/34	27/34
% 1st pts	79%	79%
2nd pts	10/19	10/19
% 2nd pts	53%	53%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/9	4/9
Converted %	44%	44%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	1/1	1
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Paul
	Q1 Marionneau	Q3 Agwi	R1 Blockx	Total
Score	6-4 6-1	7-5 6-73 6-4	6-1 7-65
Tot Set	2	3	2	7
Tot Games	17	35	20	72
pts	72-54	120-117	73-60	265-231
Total points	126	237	133	496
Winners	25	51	32	108
%Winners	35%	43%	44%	41%
SERVE
Aces	1	1	2	4
Double Faults	2	4	1	7
1st in	38/55	77/119	40/66	155/240
% 1st in	69%	65%	61%	65%
1st pts	25/38	51/77	32/40	108/155
% 1st pts	66%	66%	80%	70%
2nd pts	13/17	21/42	11/26	45/85
% 2nd pts	76%	50%	42%	53%
Breaks
Won	4	5	3	12
Converted	4/14	5/10	3/10	12/34
Converted %	29%	50%	30%	35%
Conceded	1	12	4	17
Saved	1/1	9/12	3/4	13
Saved %	100%	75%	75%	250%
Times Broken	0	3	1	4

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