Jurij Rodionov and Arthur Bouquier will square off in the semifinal of the Thionville Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 5:30 pm on COURT CENTRAL. 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.

As per the initial odds, Jurij Rodionov is the pick to win this match.
Jurij Rodionov -> 1.61
Arthur Bouquier -> 2.2

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Prediction and head to head Jurij Rodionov vs. Arthur Bouquier

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

Jurij Rodionov

Ranked no. 209, the Austrian got to the semifinal after defeating Vitaliy Sachko 6-2 6-2, Jakub Paul 6-3 6-1 and Jan Choinski 6-2 6-4.

In the quarter, Jurij had a good straight sets win against Choinski (6-2 6-4). During the match, Rodionov scored 66 points vs Choinski’s 49. The Austrian was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about the service games, Rodionov scored 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Jurij Rodionov was pretty efficient on serve to win 72% (26/36) of his 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Jurij broke Choinski 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Rodionov hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to win 59% of the points he played.

Rodionov has positive record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (283-218). 4-1 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Rodionov has a composed 104-62 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

The Austrian’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Noumea Challenger.

Jurij has a compiled 10-5 win-loss record in 2025, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Thionville Challenger

The Austrian has never competed in this tournament before.

Arthur Bouquier

Ranked no. 225, Arthur reached the semifinal after beating Florian Broska 6-3 6-4, Titouan Droguet 6-4 6-3 and Luca Van Assche w/o.

In the quarter, Arthur defeated Van Assche (w/o). During the match Bouquier and Van Assche scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 209 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Bouquier was not very aggressive do strike just winners.

Talking about serving, Bouquier wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Arthur Bouquier conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 0% of his first serves in, win 0% (/) of the points behind his 1st serve and 0% (/) on the 2nd serve.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Arthur hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Lille Challenger where he beat Lucas Pouille in the final 6-3 3-5 ret..

Bouquier has a compiled 12-3 win-loss record in 2025, 12-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Rodionov	Bouquier
Match played	3	2
Tot Set	6	4
Tot Games	50	38
Pts	195-134	128-108
Total Points	329	236
Winners	75	58
%Winners	38%	45%

Rodionov played 3 matches while Bouquier competed in 2 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Rodionov has played 2 sets more than Bouquier (6 vs 4). Therefore, Rodionov played 12 games more than Bouquier. Jurij scored 75 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Arthur struck 58 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Rodionov	Bouquier
Aces	14	18
Avg per match	4.7	9
1st in	97/153	68/120
%1st in	63%	57%
1st pts	75/97	58/68
%1st pts	77%	85%
2nd pts	32/56	28/52
%2nd pts	57%	54%

Rodionov made 14 aces (4.7 per match). Bouquier made 18 aces (9 per match). Rodionov won 77% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Bouquier won 85% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Rodionov	Bouquier
Won	12	5
Converted	12/27	5/10
% Converted	44%	50%
Conceded	3	6
Saved	2	6
% Saved	67%	100%
Times Broken	1	0

The Austrian broke his opponents 12 times with a 44% conversion rate. Jurij surrendered his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Arthur broke his opponents 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Bouquier was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 6 break points.

Rodionov
	R1 Sachko	R2 Paul	1/4 Choinski	Total
Score	6-2 6-2	6-3 6-1	6-2 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	16	16	18	50
pts	67-46	62-39	66-49	195-134
Total points	113	101	115	329
Winners	27	22	26	75
%Winners	40%	35%	39%	38%
SERVE
Aces	5	3	6	14
Double Faults	2	2	4	8
1st in	34/53	27/45	36/55	97/153
% 1st in	64%	60%	65%	63%
1st pts	27/34	22/27	26/36	75/97
% 1st pts	79%	81%	72%	77%
2nd pts	10/19	11/18	11/19	32/56
% 2nd pts	53%	61%	58%	57%
Breaks
Won	4	4	4	12
Converted	4/9	4/9	4/9	12/27
Converted %	44%	44%	44%	44%
Conceded	1	1	1	3
Saved	1/1	1/1	0/1	2
Saved %	100%	100%	0%	67%
Times Broken	0	0	1	1

Bouquier
	R1 Broska	R2 Droguet	1/4 Van	Total
Score	6-3 6-4	6-4 6-3	w/o
Tot Set	2	2	–	4
Tot Games	19	19	–	38
pts	60-48	68-60	–	128-108
Total points	108	128	–	236
Winners	31	27	–	58
%Winners	52%	40%	–	45%
SERVE
Aces	13	5	–	18
Double Faults	3	6	–	9
1st in	35/57	33/63	–	68/120
% 1st in	61%	52%	–	57%
1st pts	31/35	27/33	–	58/68
% 1st pts	89%	82%	–	85%
2nd pts	12/22	16/30	–	28/52
% 2nd pts	55%	53%	–	54%
Breaks
Won	2	3	–	5
Converted	2/3	3/7	–	5/10
Converted %	67%	43%	–	50%
Conceded	1	5	–	6
Saved	1/1	5/5	–	6
Saved %	100%	100%	–	67%
Times Broken	0	0	–	0

Tennis Scores in Thionville Challenger

• Arthur BouquierBouquier – Luca Van AsscheVan Assche (w/o) – See score progression
• Alibek KachmazovKachmazov – Liam DraxlDraxl (7-6⁶ 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
• Borna CoricCoric – Aziz DougazDougaz (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Jurij RodionovRodionov – Jan ChoinskiChoinski (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Kaito Uesugi/David Vega HernandezUesugi/David Vega Hernandez – Patrik Niklas-Salminen/Emil RuusuvuoriNiklas-Salminen/Emil Ruusuvuori (7-5 2-6 10-8) – See score progression
• Ivan Liutarevich/Mick VeldheerLiutarevich/Mick Veldheer – Ivan Sabanov/Matej SabanovSabanov/Matej Sabanov (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Jakub Paul/David PelPaul/David Pel – Lukas Pokorny/Denis YevseyevPokorny/Denis Yevseyev (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Arthur BouquierBouquier – Luca Van AsscheVan Assche (w/o) – See score progression
• Jurij RodionovRodionov – Jan ChoinskiChoinski (6-2 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Borna CoricCoric – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Arthur BouquierBouquier – Jurij RodionovRodionov (0-0) – H2H and prediction