Lucas Poullain and Rafael Jodar will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Hersonissos 4 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:30 pm on COURT 20. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Rafael Jodar who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Rafael Jodar is the pick to win this match.
Rafael Jodar -> 1.37
Lucas Poullain -> 2.9

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Prediction and head to head Lucas Poullain vs. Rafael Jodar

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

Lucas Poullain

Ranked no. 358, Poullain reached the 2^nd round after beating Matteo Martineau 6-3 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Lucas had a good straight sets win against Martineau (6-3 6-3). During the match, Poullain scored 64 points vs Martineau’s 53. Poullain was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about the service games, Poullain wasn’t able to score even 1 ace throughout the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Lucas Poullain lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Poullain put 69% of his first serves in, winning 68% (27/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. Poullain broke Martineau 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

Poullain has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 66% of his matches (258-133). 16-10 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Poullain has a composed 119-57 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Poullain’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Saunier,M15 Heraklion and M25 Porto.

The French player has a compiled 36-22 win-loss record in 2025, 16-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Hersonissos 4 Challenger

Rafael Jodar

Ranked no. 395 (career-high), Rafael got to the 2^nd round after defeating Enzo Wallart 6-3 6-3.

In the 1^st round, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Wallart (6-3 6-3). During the match Jodar scored 62 points vs Wallart’s 40. Rafael was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Talking about serving, Jodar struck 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Rafael Jodar lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Jodar put 56% of his first serves in, winning 92% (23/25) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (10/20) on the 2nd serve. Rafael broke Wallart 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Hersonissos 3 Challenger where he overcame Dan Added in the final 6-4 6-2.

The Spaniard has an overall 18-7 win-loss record in 2025, 15-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Poullain	Jodar
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
Pts	64-53	62-40
Total Points	117	102
Winners	27	23
%Winners	42%	37%

Both Poullain and Jodar played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Poullain and Jodar have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (18). Poullain scored 27 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard managed to score 23 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Poullain	Jodar
Aces	0	2
Avg per match	0	2
1st in	40/58	25/45
%1st in	69%	56%
1st pts	27/40	23/25
%1st pts	68%	92%
2nd pts	9/18	10/20
%2nd pts	50%	50%

Poullain didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Jodar managed to score 2 aces . Poullain won 68% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Jodar won 92% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Poullain	Jodar
Won	5	5
Converted	5/11	5/9
% Converted	45%	56%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	3	3
% Saved	60%	60%
Times Broken	2	2

Poullain broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. The French player lost his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.

Poullain
	R1 Martineau	Total
Score	6-3 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	64-53	64-53
Total points	117	117
Winners	27	27
%Winners	42%	42%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	40/58	40/58
% 1st in	69%	69%
1st pts	27/40	27/40
% 1st pts	68%	68%
2nd pts	9/18	9/18
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/11	5/11
Converted %	45%	45%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	3/5	3
Saved %	60%	60%
Times Broken	2	2

Jodar
	R1 Wallart	Total
Score	6-3 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	62-40	62-40
Total points	102	102
Winners	23	23
%Winners	37%	37%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	25/45	25/45
% 1st in	56%	56%
1st pts	23/25	23/25
% 1st pts	92%	92%
2nd pts	10/20	10/20
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/9	5/9
Converted %	56%	56%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	3/5	3
Saved %	60%	60%
Times Broken	2	2

Tennis Scores in Hersonissos 4 Challenger

• Stefanos SakellaridisSakellaridis – Massimo GiuntaGiunta (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Maximus JonesJones – Max WiskandtWiskandt (5-7 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Henry SearleSearle – Arthur ReymondReymond (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Mats RosenkranzRosenkranz – Aristotelis ThanosThanos (4-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Rafael JodarJodar – Enzo WallartWallart (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Jakub PaulPaul – Harry WendelkenWendelken (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Pavlos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Luca CastagnolaCastagnola (3-6 7-6⁶ 6-4) – See score progression
• Dan AddedAdded – Pietro Orlando FellinOrlando Fellin (7-6⁴ 6-4) – See score progression
• Blaise BicknellBicknell – Luca PotenzaPotenza (7-6² 6-1) – See score progression
• Filippo MoroniMoroni – Fabrizio AndaloroAndaloro (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Robin BertrandBertrand – Demetris AzoidesAzoides (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
• Ioannis XilasXilas – Vadym UrsuUrsu (6-3 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Lucas PoullainPoullain – Matteo MartineauMartineau (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Christian LangmoLangmo – Laurent LokoliLokoli (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Stuart ParkerParker – Marek GengelGengel (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Moez EcharguiEchargui – Jay Dylan Hara FriendDylan Hara Friend (4-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Pavlos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Luca CastagnolaCastagnola (3-6 7-6(6) 6-4) – See score progression
• Filippo MoroniMoroni – Fabrizio AndaloroAndaloro (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Stefanos SakellaridisSakellaridis – Massimo GiuntaGiunta (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Dan AddedAdded – Pietro Orlando FellinOrlando Fellin (7-6(4) 6-4) – See score progression
• Henry SearleSearle – Arthur ReymondReymond (6-2 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Moez EcharguiEchargui – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Mats RosenkranzRosenkranz – Christian LangmoLangmo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Dan AddedAdded – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jakub PaulPaul – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Filippo MoroniMoroni – (0-0) – H2H and prediction