Rafael Jodar and Daniel Masur will square off in the quarter of the Columbus Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:30 pm on COURT 3. 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 Rafael Jodar who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Rafael Jodar is the pick to win this match.
Rafael Jodar -> 1.26
Daniel Masur -> 3.55

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Prediction and head to head Rafael Jodar vs. Daniel Masur

There is no head to head record between Rafael Jodar and Daniel Masur since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Rafael Jodar

Ranked no. 325 (career-high), Jodar got to the quarter after defeating Nicolas Mejia 6-3 6-2 and Alex Rybakov 6-3 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Jodar had a good straight sets win against Rybakov (6-3 6-4). During the match, Jodar scored 70 points vs Rybakov’s 53. The Spaniard was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about the service games, Jodar scored just 1 ace in the course of the match and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults. Overall, Rafael Jodar was exceptionally effective on serve to win 81% (29/36) of his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Rafael broke Rybakov 3 times after converting 25% of his break points (3/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Jodar hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to conquer 59% of the points he played.

Jodar has a solid win-loss record in the last 4 years having won 65% of his matches (33-18). 2-0 on indoor hard courts in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Jodar has a compiled2-0 win-loss record in the last 4 years on indoor hard courts.

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

Rafael has an overall 25-9 win-loss record in 2025, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Columbus Challenger

Jodar has never competed in this tournament before.

Daniel Masur

Ranked no. 536, Daniel got to the quarter after beating Karl Poling 6-1 6-3, Tristan Mccormick 6-4 6-2, Preston Stearns 6-4 6-7(4) 7-6(5) and Andres Martin 3-6 7-5 6-3.

In the 2^nd round against Martin, Daniel recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-5 6-3).During the match Masur scored less points (1) than Martin. In fact, the world no. 325 won 95 points vs Martin’s. That means that Masur was more focused during the important points. Daniel was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.

About the serving games, Masur struck 10 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Daniel Masur lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Masur put 56% of his first serves in, winning 69% (34/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 51% (20/39) on the 2nd serve. Daniel broke Martin 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Masur started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Daniel’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in M25 Cervia.

Masur has a composed 18-21 win-loss record in 2025, 5-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Jodar	Masur
Match played	2	4
Tot Set	4	10
Tot Games	36	100
Pts	134-93	337-292
Total Points	227	629
Winners	48	135
%Winners	36%	40%

Jodar played 2 matches while Masur competed in 4 matches. Masur started his run from the qualifications while Jodar had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Daniel Masur dropped 2 sets while Rafael Jodar hasn’t dropped a set so far. Jodar has played 6 set(s) less than Masur (4 vs 10). Therefore, Jodar played 64 games less than Masur. Rafael scored 48 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Daniel struck 135 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Jodar	Masur
Aces	3	37
Avg per match	1.5	9.3
1st in	61/105	168/283
%1st in	58%	59%
1st pts	48/61	135/168
%1st pts	79%	80%
2nd pts	27/44	64/115
%2nd pts	61%	56%

Jodar managed to score 3 aces (1.5 per match). Masur scored 37 aces (9.3 per match). Jodar won 79% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Masur won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Jodar	Masur
Won	8	14
Converted	8/23	14/40
% Converted	35%	35%
Conceded	6	13
Saved	4	8
% Saved	67%	62%
Times Broken	2	5

Jodar broke his opponents 8 times with a 35% conversion rate. Rafael conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Masur broke his opponents 14 times with a 35% conversion rate. Masur conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded.

Jodar
	R1 Mejia	R2 Rybakov	Total
Score	6-3 6-2	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	17	19	36
pts	64-40	70-53	134-93
Total points	104	123	227
Winners	19	29	48
%Winners	30%	41%	36%
SERVE
Aces	2	1	3
Double Faults	3	0	3
1st in	25/49	36/56	61/105
% 1st in	51%	64%	58%
1st pts	19/25	29/36	48/61
% 1st pts	76%	81%	79%
2nd pts	15/24	12/20	27/44
% 2nd pts	63%	60%	61%
Breaks
Won	5	3	8
Converted	5/11	3/12	8/23
Converted %	45%	25%	35%
Conceded	4	2	6
Saved	3/4	1/2	4
Saved %	75%	50%	63%
Times Broken	1	1	2

Masur
	Q1 Poling	Q3 Mccormick	R1 Stearns	R2 Martin	Total
Score	6-1 6-3	6-4 6-2	6-4 6-74 7-65	3-6 7-5 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	3	3	10
Tot Games	16	18	36	30	100
pts	64-41	58-41	120-114	95-96	337-292
Total points	105	99	234	191	629
Winners	22	23	56	34	135
%Winners	34%	40%	47%	36%	40%
SERVE
Aces	5	11	11	10	37
Double Faults	0	1	3	4	8
1st in	23/40	25/44	71/111	49/88	168/283
% 1st in	58%	57%	64%	56%	59%
1st pts	22/23	23/25	56/71	34/49	135/168
% 1st pts	96%	92%	79%	69%	80%
2nd pts	10/17	13/19	21/40	20/39	64/115
% 2nd pts	59%	68%	53%	51%	56%
Breaks
Won	4	3	3	4	14
Converted	4/9	3/9	3/14	4/8	14/40
Converted %	44%	33%	21%	50%	35%
Conceded	0	0	5	8	13
Saved	0/0	0/0	3/5	5/8	8
Saved %	–	–	60%	63%	62%
Times Broken	0	0	2	3	5

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