Chris Rodesch and Marcello Serafini will play each other in the 1st round of the Hersonissos 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 5:30 pm on COURT 20. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Chris Rodesch who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Chris Rodesch is the pick to win this match.
Chris Rodesch -> 1.096
Marcello Serafini -> 6.15

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Prediction and head to head Chris Rodesch vs. Marcello Serafini

There is no head to head record between Chris Rodesch and Marcello Serafini since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Chris Rodesch

Chris Rodesch
Chris Rodesch

10 - 6win/loss

Hard
4-2
I Hard
6-4
Rank
264
High
263
LWLLWWWWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 10-6 4-2 0-0 6-4 0-0 0-0
2024 45-11 19-2 18-4 8-5 0-0 0-0
2023 17-11 5-1 12-7 0-3 0-0 0-0
2022 15-4 0-0 13-3 2-1 0-0 0-0
2021 4-1 4-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 264, Chris will start his run in the Hersonissos 2 Challenger after he played his last match in the Hersonissos 1 Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-4 to Parker in the 2nd round on the 6th of March.

Chris has a composed 10-6 win-loss record in 2025, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

The Luxembourger’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in M25 Esch/Alzette.

Talking about his overall career, The Luxembourger has an overall 95-36 record. He has a positive 32-6 record on hard.

Previously in the Hersonissos 2 Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2025. See his history.

Hersonissos 2 Challenger
Rodesch's Record

Marcello Serafini

Marcello Serafini

5 - 5win/loss

Hard
4-1
I Hard
1-4
Rank
535
High
377
WWLWWLLLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 5-5 4-1 0-0 1-4 0-0 0-0
2024 31-31 0-0 19-22 6-7 0-0 6-2
2023 33-32 0-2 30-21 2-6 0-0 1-3
2022 34-24 14-6 20-17 0-1 0-0 0-0
2021 29-21 12-6 15-13 2-2 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 535, Marcello reached the 1st round after defeating Ioannis Kountourakis 6-1 6-2 and Bogdan Pavel 6-1 6-1.

In the qualifications, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Pavel (6-1 6-1). During the match Serafini scored 55 points vs Pavel’s 29. Marcello was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Talking about serving, Serafini blasted 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Marcello Serafini lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Serafini put 72% of his first serves in, winning 68% (21/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (7/12) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Pavel 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Italian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to conquer 63% of the points he played.

Serafini has an aggregate 5-5 win-loss record in 2025, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Hersonissos 2 Challenger
Serafini's Record

Tennis Scores in Hersonissos 2 Challenger

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