Stefan Kozlov and Rafael Jodar will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Cuernavaca Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 3:00 pm on ESTADIO METAXCHANGE. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Stefan Kozlov who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Stefan Kozlov is the pick to win this match.
Stefan Kozlov -> 1.57
Rafael Jodar -> 2.28

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Prediction and head to head Stefan Kozlov vs. Rafael Jodar

There is no head to head record between Stefan Kozlov and Rafael Jodar since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Stefan Kozlov

Ranked no. 404, the American got to the 2^nd round after beating Thiago Agustin Tirante 4-6 6-4 6-2.

In the 1^st round against Agustin Tirante, Stefan recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 6-2). During the match, Kozlov scored 88 points vs Agustin Tirante’s 80. Kozlov was very aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Talking about the service games, Kozlov blasted 2 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Stefan Kozlov lost the serve 4 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Kozlov put 69% of his first serves in, winning 72% (39/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 33% (8/24) on the 2nd serve. Stefan broke Agustin Tirante 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).

Kozlov has good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (248-201). 2-2 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kozlov has a composed 121-105 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

The American has an aggregate 6-4 win-loss record in 2025, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Cuernavaca Challenger

Kozlov has never competed in this tournament before.

Rafael Jodar

Ranked no. 896, the Spaniard reached the 2^nd round after defeating Roberto Cid Subervi 6-3 5-7 6-2.

In the 1^st round, The Spaniard defeated Cid (6-3 5-7 6-2). During the match Jodar scored 96 points vs Cid’s 82. The Spaniard was very aggressive to blast 42 winners.

Talking about serving, Jodar scored 7 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Rafael Jodar lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Jodar put 58% of his first serves in, winning 75% (42/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (17/40) on the 2nd serve. Jodar broke Cid 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).

The Spaniard has a compiled 1-0 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kozlov	Jodar
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	28	29
Pts	88-80	96-82
Total Points	168	178
Winners	39	42
%Winners	44%	44%

Both Kozlov and Jodar played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Stefan Kozlov dropped 1 set, while Rafael Jodar surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Kozlov and Jodar have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Kozlov played 1 game less than Jodar. Kozlov scored 39 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard blasted 42 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kozlov	Jodar
Aces	2	7
Avg per match	2	7
1st in	54/78	56/96
%1st in	69%	58%
1st pts	39/54	42/56
%1st pts	72%	75%
2nd pts	8/24	17/40
%2nd pts	33%	43%

Kozlov scored 2 aces . Jodar managed to score 7 aces . Kozlov won 72% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 33% of the points. On the other side, Jodar won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Kozlov	Jodar
Won	6	6
Converted	6/8	6/10
% Converted	75%	60%
Conceded	5	10
Saved	1	6
% Saved	20%	60%
Times Broken	4	4

Kozlov broke his opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. Stefan dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 20% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Rafael conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.

Kozlov
	R1 Agustin	Total
Score	4-6 6-4 6-2
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	28	28
pts	88-80	88-80
Total points	168	168
Winners	39	39
%Winners	44%	44%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	6	6
1st in	54/78	54/78
% 1st in	69%	69%
1st pts	39/54	39/54
% 1st pts	72%	72%
2nd pts	8/24	8/24
% 2nd pts	33%	33%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/8	6/8
Converted %	75%	75%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	1/5	1
Saved %	20%	20%
Times Broken	4	4

Jodar
	R1 Cid	Total
Score	6-3 5-7 6-2
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	29	29
pts	96-82	96-82
Total points	178	178
Winners	42	42
%Winners	44%	44%
SERVE
Aces	7	7
Double Faults	6	6
1st in	56/96	56/96
% 1st in	58%	58%
1st pts	42/56	42/56
% 1st pts	75%	75%
2nd pts	17/40	17/40
% 2nd pts	43%	43%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/10	6/10
Converted %	60%	60%
Conceded	10	10
Saved	6/10	6
Saved %	60%	60%
Times Broken	4	4

Tennis Scores in Cuernavaca Challenger

• Aidan MayoMayo – Govind NandaNanda (6-3 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPacheco Mendez – Mateus AlvesAlves (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Bernard TomicTomic – Juan Carlos Manuel AguilarCarlos Manuel Aguilar (4-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (3-6 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Rafael JodarJodar – Roberto Cid SuberviCid Subervi (6-3 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
• Elmar EjupovicEjupovic – Hugo GrenierGrenier (6-4 6-7⁹ 6-4) – See score progression
• Dmitry PopkoPopko – Felipe Meligeni AlvesMeligeni Alves (6-3 7-6²) – See score progression
• Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (7-6⁷ 6-7¹⁰ 6-3) – See score progression
• Rodrigo AlujasAlujas – Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano (6-3 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Juan Alejandro HernandezAlejandro Hernandez (6-1 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Robin CatryCatry – Murphy CassoneCassone (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Jurij RodionovRodionov – Tom ParisParis (6-2 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist – Aziz DougazDougaz (7-6⁸ 6-7⁴ 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Mark LajalLajal – Nicolas MejiaMejia (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Stefan KozlovKozlov – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (4-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPacheco Mendez – Mateus AlvesAlves (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Aidan MayoMayo – Govind NandaNanda (6-3 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Elmar EjupovicEjupovic – Hugo GrenierGrenier (6-4 6-7(9) 6-4) – See score progression
• Dmitry PopkoPopko – Felipe Meligeni AlvesMeligeni Alves (6-3 7-6(2)) – See score progression
• Rodrigo AlujasAlujas – Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano (6-3 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Juan Alejandro HernandezAlejandro Hernandez (6-1 7-6(4)) – See score progression
• Jurij RodionovRodionov – Tom ParisParis (6-2 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Robin CatryCatry – Murphy CassoneCassone (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Bernard TomicTomic – Juan Carlos Manuel AguilarCarlos Manuel Aguilar (4-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Bernard TomicTomic – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Stefan KozlovKozlov – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jurij RodionovRodionov – (0-0) – H2H and prediction