Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Jurij Rodionov will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Cherbourg Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 4:30 pm on JEAN JAURES. 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 -> 1.8
Pierre-Hugues Herbert -> 1.93
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Prediction and head to head Pierre-Hugues Herbert vs. Jurij Rodionov
This will be the 2nd time that Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Jurij Rodionov square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Herbert (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Herbert won 6-1 6-2 in the qualifications in Vienna back in 2018.
Pierre-Hugues Herbert
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19-11 | 0-2 | 7-5 | 12-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 33-31 | 3-5 | 8-11 | 19-12 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-22 | 2-4 | 5-4 | 16-11 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-15 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 10-7 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-21 | 4-7 | 4-6 | 9-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 180, Pierre-Hugues got to the semifinal after defeating Clement Chidekh 2-6 6-3 6-3, Arthur Bouquier 6-3 3-6 6-3 and Emil Ruusuvuori 7-6(5) 6-1.
In the quarter, Pierre-Hugues had a good straight sets win against Ruusuvuori (7-65 6-1). During the match, Herbert scored 70 points vs Ruusuvuori’s 58. Herbert was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Herbert made 12 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Pierre-Hugues Herbert lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Herbert put 65% of his first serves in, winning 80% (32/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (10/22) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Ruusuvuori 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Herbert has dropped 2 set in this tournament to conquer 52% of the points he played.
Herbert has winning match record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (243-203). 10-4 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Herbert has a compiled 118-75 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
The French player best result of the year was getting to the final in the Quimper Challenger.
Pierre-Hugues has a composed 10-6 win-loss record in 2025, 10-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cherbourg Challenger
Jurij Rodionov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14-12 | 6-6 | 1-3 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 27-32 | 10-10 | 6-12 | 11-7 | 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 |
Ranked no. 209, Rodionov got to the semifinal after beating Jakub Paul 6-2 6-3, Loann Massard 6-3 6-1 and Matteo Martineau 6-3 6-3.
In the quarter, Rodionov had a good straight sets win against Martineau (6-3 6-3). During the match Rodionov scored 54 points vs Martineau’s 41. Rodionov was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
About the serving games, Rodionov scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Jurij Rodionov was extremely effective on serve to win 81% (25/31) of his 1st serve and 68% (13/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Austrian broke Martineau 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Austrian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 60% of the points he played.
The Austrian’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Noumea Challenger and the Thionville Challenger.
Jurij has an overall 13-6 win-loss record in 2025, 7-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Herbert | Rodionov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 73 | 51 |
| Pts | 236-219 | 168-110 |
| Total Points | 455 | 278 |
| Winners | 113 | 70 |
| %Winners | 48% | 42% |
Both Herbert and Rodionov played 3 matches. At the moment, Pierre-Hugues Herbert conceded 2 sets while Jurij Rodionov hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Herbert has played 2 sets more than Rodionov (8 vs 6). Therefore, Herbert played 22 games more than Rodionov. Herbert scored 113 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, The Austrian bagged 70 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Herbert | Rodionov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 29 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 9.7 | 1 |
| 1st in | 139/234 | 89/135 |
| %1st in | 59% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 113/139 | 70/89 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 45/95 | 29/46 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 63% |
Herbert scored 29 aces (9.7 per match). Rodionov fired 3 aces (1 per match). Herbert won 81% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Rodionov won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Herbert | Rodionov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 13 |
| Converted | 8/25 | 13/20 |
| % Converted | 32% | 65% |
| Conceded | 19 | 6 |
| Saved | 15 | 4 |
| % Saved | 79% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 |
The French player broke his opponents 8 times with a 32% conversion rate. Pierre-Hugues dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded. Rodionov broke his opponents 13 times with a 65% conversion rate. Jurij conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Herbert | |||||
| R1 Chidekh |
R2 Bouquier |
1/4 Ruusuvuori |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-3 6-3 | 6-3 3-6 6-3 | 7-65 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 27 | 20 | 73 | |
| pts | 86-86 | 80-75 | 70-58 | 236-219 | |
| Total points | 172 | 155 | 128 | 455 | |
| Winners | 42 | 39 | 32 | 113 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | 46% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 8 | 9 | 12 | 29 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 | |
| 1st in | 55/93 | 44/79 | 40/62 | 139/234 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 56% | 65% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 42/55 | 39/44 | 32/40 | 113/139 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 89% | 80% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/38 | 19/35 | 10/22 | 45/95 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 54% | 45% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 2/9 | 3/9 | 8/25 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 22% | 33% | 32% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 5 | 2 | 19 | |
| Saved | 10/12 | 4/5 | 1/2 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 80% | 50% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Rodionov | |||||
| R1 Paul |
R2 Massard |
1/4 Martineau |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 6-3 6-1 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 16 | 18 | 51 | |
| pts | 60-42 | 54-27 | 54-41 | 168-110 | |
| Total points | 102 | 81 | 95 | 278 | |
| Winners | 21 | 24 | 25 | 70 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 44% | 46% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 27/43 | 31/42 | 31/50 | 89/135 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 74% | 62% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 21/27 | 24/31 | 25/31 | 70/89 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 77% | 81% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/16 | 5/11 | 13/19 | 29/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 45% | 68% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 6/8 | 3/4 | 13/20 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 75% | 75% | 65% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 3/5 | 1/1 | 4 | |
| Saved % | – | 60% | 100% | 53% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
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