Patrick Kypson and Rafael Jodar will square off in the semifinal of the Lincoln Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 2:30 pm on STADIUM. In the following lines 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 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Rafael Jodar is the pick to win this match.
Rafael Jodar -> 1.53
Patrick Kypson -> 2.39

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Prediction and head to head Patrick Kypson vs. Rafael Jodar

There is no head to head record between Patrick Kypson and Rafael Jodar since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Patrick Kypson

Patrick Kypson

35 - 14win/loss

Hard
19-8
I Hard
9-4
Clay
7-1
Grass
0-1
Rank
117
High
117
WWWWWLWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 45-15 19-8 7-1 19-5 0-1 0-0
2024 26-27 8-11 4-7 12-6 2-3 0-0
2023 38-21 10-11 17-6 11-4 0-0 0-0
2022 26-14 13-7 2-2 11-5 0-0 0-0
2021 24-11 4-2 20-9 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 169, the American reached the semifinal after defeating Mats Rosenkranz 6-2 6-4, Samir Banerjee 6-4 7-6(5) and Dhakshineswar Suresh 7-6(4) 6-0.

In the quarter, The American had a good straight sets win against Suresh (7-64 6-0). During the match, Kypson scored 74 points vs Suresh’s 55. The American was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about the service games, Kypson struck 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Patrick Kypson lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Kypson put 66% of his first serves in, winning 69% (29/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 73% (16/22) on the 2nd serve. Patrick broke Suresh 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Patrick hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to win 56% of the points he played.

Kypson has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (237-137). 9-3 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Kypson has a compiled 48-24 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the season was winning the title the Bogota Challenger where he overcame Pedro Sakamoto in the final 6-1 6-3 and the Little Rock Challenger where he defeated Michael Zheng in the final 6-1 1-6 7-5.

Patrick has a compiled 35-13 win-loss record in 2025, 9-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Lincoln Challenger

Kypson has never competed in this tournament before.

Lincoln Challenger
Kypson's Record

Rafael Jodar

Rafael Jodar

32 - 11win/loss

Hard
23-9
I Hard
6-1
Clay
3-1
Rank
168
High
166
WWWWWLWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 39-12 23-9 3-1 13-2 0-0 0-0
2024 6-5 0-1 6-4 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 1-3 1-1 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 1-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 283 (career-high), Jodar got to the semifinal after defeating Cannon Kingsley 6-3 7-5, Max Wiskandt 6-4 6-1 and Brandon Holt 6-0 7-5.

In the quarter, Jodar had a good straight sets win against Holt (6-0 7-5). During the match Jodar scored 68 points vs Holt’s 42. Jodar was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Talking about serving, Jodar bagged 5 aces and he was very steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Rafael Jodar was pretty efficient on serve to win 79% (23/29) of his 1st serve and 74% (14/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Rafael broke Holt 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Jodar hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 61% of the points he played.

His best result of the current 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 31-11 win-loss record in 2025, 5-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Lincoln Challenger
Jodar's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

P.Kypson
R.Jodar
4h:31
4h:31
Time on court​
3h:43
3h:43
1h:28
1h:28
Last match​
1h:06
1h:06
3
3
Match played
3
3
60
60
Games Played​
56
56
6
6
Set played​​
6
6
222
222
Total points​
197
197
74
74
Avg point​
65.7
65.7
102
102
Winners
72
72
34
34
Avg Winners​
24
24
46%
46%
Ratio winners
37%
37%
-- Serve --
17
17
Aces
8
8
5.7
5.7
Avg Aces
2.7
2.7
6
6
Double Faults
0
0
2
2
Avg Double Faults
0
0
102/130
102/130
1st won total​
72/98
72/98
!
78%
78%
1st won %
!
73%
73%
25/52
25/52
2nd won total​
41/54
41/54
48%
48%
2nd won %
!
76%
76%
-- Break Points --
10/24
10/24
BP won
12/24
12/24
3.3/8
3.3/8
Avg BP won
4/8
4/8
42%
42%
Won
50%
50%
12
12
Conceded
8
8
4
4
Avg Conceded
2.7
2.7
3
3
Broken
2
2
1
1
Avg Broken
!
0.7
0.7
9
9
Saved
6
6

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Kypson Jodar
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 6 6
Tot Games 60 56
Pts 222-177 197-128
Total Points 399 325
Winners 102 72
%Winners 46% 37%

Both Kypson and Jodar played 3 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kypson and Jodar have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Kypson played 4 games more than Jodar. Kypson scored 102 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Jodar fired 72 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve Kypson Jodar
Aces 17 8
Avg per match 5.7 2.7
1st in 130/182 98/152
%1st in 71% 64%
1st pts 102/130 72/98
%1st pts 78% 73%
2nd pts 25/52 41/54
%2nd pts 48% 76%

Kypson bagged 17 aces (5.7 per match). Jodar scored 8 aces (2.7 per match). Kypson won 78% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Jodar won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 76% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Kypson Jodar
Won 10 12
Converted 10/24 12/24
% Converted 42% 50%
Conceded 12 8
Saved 9 6
% Saved 75% 75%
Times Broken 3 2

Kypson broke his opponents 10 times with a 42% conversion rate. Kypson lost his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponents 12 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Kypson
R1
Rosenkranz
R2
Banerjee
1/4
Suresh
Total
Score 6-2 6-4 6-4 7-65 7-64 6-0
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 18 23 19 60
pts 68-49 80-73 74-55 222-177
Total points 117 153 129 399
Winners 31 42 29 102
%Winners 46% 53% 39% 46%
SERVE
Aces 8 4 5 17
Double Faults 4 1 1 6
1st in 37/50 51/68 42/64 130/182
% 1st in 74% 75% 66% 71%
1st pts 31/37 42/51 29/42 102/130
% 1st pts 84% 82% 69% 78%
2nd pts 4/13 5/17 16/22 25/52
% 2nd pts 31% 29% 73% 48%
Breaks
Won 4 2 4 10
Converted 4/8 2/8 4/8 10/24
Converted % 50% 25% 50% 42%
Conceded 5 1 6 12
Saved 4/5 0/1 5/6 9
Saved % 80% 0% 83% 54%
Times Broken 1 1 1 3
Jodar
R1
Kingsley
R2
Wiskandt
1/4
Holt
Total
Score 6-3 7-5 6-4 6-1 6-0 7-5
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 21 17 18 56
pts 68-50 61-36 68-42 197-128
Total points 118 97 110 325
Winners 30 19 23 72
%Winners 44% 31% 34% 37%
SERVE
Aces 2 1 5 8
Double Faults 0 0 0 0
1st in 41/58 28/46 29/48 98/152
% 1st in 71% 61% 60% 64%
1st pts 30/41 19/28 23/29 72/98
% 1st pts 73% 68% 79% 73%
2nd pts 13/17 14/18 14/19 41/54
% 2nd pts 76% 78% 74% 76%
Breaks
Won 3 5 4 12
Converted 3/9 5/8 4/7 12/24
Converted % 33% 63% 57% 50%
Conceded 4 4 0 8
Saved 3/4 3/4 0/0 6
Saved % 75% 75% 50%
Times Broken 1 1 0 2

Tennis Scores in Lincoln Challenger

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