Jurij Rodionov and Yuta Shimizu will face off in the 2^nd round of the Seoul Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on COURT 2. 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 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jurij Rodionov is the pick to win this match.
Jurij Rodionov -> 1.39
Yuta Shimizu -> 2.83

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Prediction and head to head Jurij Rodionov vs. Yuta Shimizu

This will be the 2^nd time that Jurij Rodionov and Yuta Shimizu clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Rodionov (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Rodionov won 6-1 2-6 6-1 in the 2^nd round in the Kobe Challenger back in 2023.

Jurij Rodionov

Ranked no. 156, the Austrian got to the 2^nd round after beating Philip Sekulic 7-6(4) 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Rodionov had a good straight sets win against Sekulic (7-6⁴ 6-4). During the match, Rodionov scored 74 points vs Sekulic’s 63. Rodionov was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Regarding the service games, Rodionov struck 8 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Jurij Rodionov lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Rodionov put 56% of his first serves in, winning 70% (28/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (17/32) on the 2nd serve. Rodionov broke Sekulic 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

Rodionov has favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (312-240). 16-11 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Rodionov has a composed 79-61 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

His best result of the year was winning the title the Bonn Challenger where he defeated Timofey Skatov in the final 3-6 6-2 6-4.

Jurij has an aggregate 39-27 win-loss record in 2025, 16-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Seoul Challenger

Yuta Shimizu

Ranked no. 241, the Japanese reached the 2^nd round after defeating Masamichi Imamura 7-5 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Imamura (7-5 6-4). During the match Shimizu scored 78 points vs Imamura’s 69. Yuta was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.

About the serving games, Shimizu scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Yuta Shimizu lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Shimizu put 63% of his first serves in, winning 70% (32/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 33% (9/27) on the 2nd serve. Shimizu broke Imamura 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).

Yuta has an aggregate 19-21 win-loss record in 2025, 16-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Seoul Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Rodionov	Shimizu
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	23	22
Pts	74-63	78-69
Total Points	137	147
Winners	28	32
%Winners	38%	41%

Both Rodionov and Shimizu played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Rodionov and Shimizu have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Rodionov played 1 game more than Shimizu. The Austrian scored 28 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Shimizu made 32 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Rodionov	Shimizu
Aces	8	1
Avg per match	8	1
1st in	40/72	46/73
%1st in	56%	63%
1st pts	28/40	32/46
%1st pts	70%	70%
2nd pts	17/32	9/27
%2nd pts	53%	33%

Rodionov managed to score 8 aces . Shimizu scored 1 ace . Rodionov won 70% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Shimizu won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 33% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Rodionov	Shimizu
Won	4	6
Converted	4/5	6/10
% Converted	80%	60%
Conceded	6	7
Saved	3	3
% Saved	50%	43%
Times Broken	3	4

The Austrian broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. The Austrian dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Yuta broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Yuta conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded.

Rodionov
	R1 Sekulic	Total
Score	7-64 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	23	23
pts	74-63	74-63
Total points	137	137
Winners	28	28
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	8	8
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	40/72	40/72
% 1st in	56%	56%
1st pts	28/40	28/40
% 1st pts	70%	70%
2nd pts	17/32	17/32
% 2nd pts	53%	53%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/5	4/5
Converted %	80%	80%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	3/6	3
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	3	3

Shimizu
	R1 Imamura	Total
Score	7-5 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	22	22
pts	78-69	78-69
Total points	147	147
Winners	32	32
%Winners	41%	41%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	46/73	46/73
% 1st in	63%	63%
1st pts	32/46	32/46
% 1st pts	70%	70%
2nd pts	9/27	9/27
% 2nd pts	33%	33%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/10	6/10
Converted %	60%	60%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	3/7	3
Saved %	43%	43%
Times Broken	4	4

Tennis Scores in Seoul Challenger

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• Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (6-1 4-6 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Kasidit SamrejSamrej – Oliver CrawfordCrawford (6-4 3-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (6-4 7-6³) – Stats, scores, rankings

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