Jurij Rodionov and Matej Dodig will square off in the 2^nd round of the Trieste Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 5:00 pm on COURT 4. 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 Jurij Rodionov who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jurij Rodionov is the pick to win this match.
Jurij Rodionov -> 1.77
Matej Dodig -> 1.96

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Prediction and head to head Jurij Rodionov vs. Matej Dodig

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

Jurij Rodionov

Ranked no. 195, Jurij got to the 2^nd round after defeating Giulio Zeppieri 2-6 6-4 ret..

In the 1^st round against Zeppieri, Rodionov had a free pass after Zeppieri retired on a 2-6 6-4 . scoreline.

Rodionov has good match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (294-230). 8-7 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Rodionov has an overall 101-87 record in the last years on clay.

Rodionov’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Noumea Challenger,the Thionville Challenger and the Cherbourg Challenger.

The Austrian has an aggregate 21-17 win-loss record in 2025, 8-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Trieste Challenger

Matej Dodig

Ranked no. 368, Matej reached the 2^nd round after defeating Carlo Alberto Caniato 6-4 3-6 6-3, Pietro Pampanin 6-4 6-0 and Dalibor Svrcina 6-4 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Dodig had a good straight sets win against Svrcina (6-4 6-2). During the match Dodig scored 69 points vs Svrcina’s 55. Dodig was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.

About the serving games, Dodig recorded 2 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Matej Dodig lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Dodig put 59% of his first serves in, winning 57% (21/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (17/26) on the 2nd serve. Matej broke Svrcina 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).

The Croatian’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Bol.

Matej has an overall 15-18 win-loss record in 2025, 15-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Rodionov	Dodig
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	3	7
Tot Games	18	62
Pts	58-59	209-168
Total Points	117	377
Winners	21	69
%Winners	36%	33%

Rodionov played 1 match while Dodig competed in 3 matches. Dodig started his run from the qualifications while Rodionov had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Jurij Rodionov dropped 1 set, while Matej Dodig lost 1 set. Rodionov has played 4 set(s) less than Dodig (3 vs 7). Therefore, Rodionov played 44 games less than Dodig. The Austrian scored 21 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Dodig bagged 69 winners (33%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Rodionov	Dodig
Aces	1	5
Avg per match	1	1.7
1st in	33/62	100/181
%1st in	53%	55%
1st pts	21/33	69/100
%1st pts	64%	69%
2nd pts	14/29	47/81
%2nd pts	48%	58%

Rodionov struck 1 ace . Dodig also blasted 5 aces (1.7 per match). Rodionov won 64% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Dodig won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Rodionov	Dodig
Won	3	15
Converted	3/6	15/29
% Converted	50%	52%
Conceded	7	16
Saved	3	9
% Saved	43%	56%
Times Broken	4	7

The Austrian broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Austrian dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded. Matej broke his opponents 15 times with a 52% conversion rate. Dodig conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.

Rodionov
	R1 Zeppieri	Total
Score	2-6 6-4 ret.
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	58-59	58-59
Total points	117	117
Winners	21	21
%Winners	36%	36%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	33/62	33/62
% 1st in	53%	53%
1st pts	21/33	21/33
% 1st pts	64%	64%
2nd pts	14/29	14/29
% 2nd pts	48%	48%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/6	3/6
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	3/7	3
Saved %	43%	43%
Times Broken	4	4

Dodig
	Q1 Alberto	Q3 Pampanin	R1 Svrcina	Total
Score	6-4 3-6 6-3	6-4 6-0	6-4 6-2
Tot Set	3	2	2	7
Tot Games	28	16	18	62
pts	77-73	63-40	69-55	209-168
Total points	150	103	124	377
Winners	28	20	21	69
%Winners	36%	32%	30%	33%
SERVE
Aces	3	0	2	5
Double Faults	3	4	0	7
1st in	36/73	27/45	37/63	100/181
% 1st in	49%	60%	59%	55%
1st pts	28/36	20/27	21/37	69/100
% 1st pts	78%	74%	57%	69%
2nd pts	20/37	10/18	17/26	47/81
% 2nd pts	54%	56%	65%	58%
Breaks
Won	4	6	5	15
Converted	4/9	6/10	5/10	15/29
Converted %	44%	60%	50%	52%
Conceded	3	5	8	16
Saved	0/3	3/5	6/8	9
Saved %	0%	60%	75%	135%
Times Broken	3	2	2	7

Tennis Scores in Trieste Challenger

• Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Tristan BoyerBoyer (7-6⁵ 6-3) – See score progression
• Maxim MrvaMrva – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (3-6 6-2 6-0) – See score progression
• Sumit NagalNagal – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (6-1 2-6 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Ugo BlanchetBlanchet – Andrea PicchionePicchione (7-6³ 6-2) – See score progression
• Jurij RodionovRodionov – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (2-6 6-4 ret.) – See score progression
• Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Henrique RochaRocha (6-0 6-4) – See score progression
• Matej DodigDodig – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Federico Agustin Gomez/Luis David MartinezAgustin Gomez/Luis David Martinez – Ivan Sabanov/Matej SabanovSabanov/Matej Sabanov (7-6¹ 6-7⁶ 10-5) – See score progression
• Lukas NeumayerNeumayer – Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna – Daniel MichalskiMichalski (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Andrea CollariniCollarini – Matteo GiganteGigante (7-5 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Federico CinaCina – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (6-7⁵ 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Jerome KymKym (4-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera – Arthur GeaGea (6-4 6-7² 6-2) – See score progression
• Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Facundo MenaMena (7-6¹ 6-0) – See score progression
• Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – Kyrian JacquetJacquet (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Lukas KleinKlein – Vilius GaubasGaubas (6-7⁴ 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Matej DodigDodig – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Jurij RodionovRodionov – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (2-6 6-4 ret.) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Sumit NagalNagal – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Lukas KleinKlein – Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Santiago Fa Rodriguez TavernaFa Rodriguez Taverna – Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Ugo BlanchetBlanchet (0-0) – H2H and prediction