Arina Rodionova and Storm Hunter will square off in the 2nd round of the Chennai Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 2:00 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Storm Hunter who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Storm Hunter is the pick to win this match.
Storm Hunter -> 1.68
Arina Rodionova -> 2.18

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Prediction and head to head Arina Rodionova vs. Storm Hunter

This will be the 4th time that Arina Rodionova and Storm Hunter face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Rodionova (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Sanders won 6-2 6-3 in the 2nd round in the Launceston.

Arina Rodionova

Arina Rodionova

28 - 24win/loss

Hard
18-12
I Hard
1-1
Clay
7-9
Grass
2-2
Rank
208
High
97
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 29-25 19-13 7-9 1-1 2-2 0-0
2024 29-32 18-21 0-2 3-3 2-4 6-2
2023 78-27 40-16 4-4 22-3 8-3 4-1
2022 18-12 12-6 2-4 0-0 4-2 0-0
2021 17-24 4-13 2-5 2-3 9-3 0-0
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Ranked no. 250, Arina reached the 2nd round after beating Diya Ramesh Ramesh 6-0 6-1, Mei Yamaguchi 2-6 6-4 6-2 and Nina Stojanovic 6-3 5-5 ret..

In the 1st round against Stojanovic, Rodionova had a free pass after Stojanovic retired on a 6-3 5-5 . scoreline.

Rodionova has favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of her matches (317-250). 18-12 on hard in 2025. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Rodionova has a composed 193-150 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Her best result of the current year was conquering the title the W75 Luan where she overcame Lanlana Tararudee in the final 6-3 1-6 6-3.

The Australian has a composed 28-24 win-loss record in 2025, 18-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Chennai

The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.

Chennai
Rodionova's Record

Storm Hunter

Storm Hunter

2 - 6win/loss

Hard
2-3
I Hard
0-0
Clay
0-3
Rank
510
High
114
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 2-7 2-4 0-3 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 14-5 14-5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 25-15 12-10 9-4 1-0 3-1 0-0
2022 26-19 17-12 2-3 3-1 4-3 0-0
2021 27-15 10-7 11-5 2-1 4-2 0-0
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Ranked no. 630, Sanders got to the 2nd round after beating Mai Hontama 6-7(0) 6-2 6-4.

In the 1st round against Hontama, Storm recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-70 6-2 6-4). During the match Sanders scored 106 points vs Hontama’s 96. Storm was quite aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Talking about serving, Sanders struck 4 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Storm Hunter lost the serve 5 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Sanders put 64% of her first serves in, winning 63% (35/56) of the points behind her 1st serve and 52% (16/31) on the 2nd serve. Sanders broke Hontama 8 times after converting 57% of her break points (8/14).

Sanders has a compiled 2-6 win-loss record in 2025, 2-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Chennai
Sanders's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

A.Rodionova
S.Sanders
!
4h:28
4h:28
Time on court​
1h:35
1h:35
1h:27
1h:27
Last match​
1h:35
1h:35
!
3
3
Match played
1
1
58
58
Games Played​
31
31
8
8
Set played​​
3
3
194
194
Total points​
106
106
64.7
64.7
Avg point​
106
106
75
75
Winners
35
35
25
25
Avg Winners​
35
35
39%
39%
Ratio winners
33%
33%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
4
4
1.3
1.3
Avg Aces
4
4
11
11
Double Faults
4
4
3.7
3.7
Avg Double Faults
4
4
75/112
75/112
1st won total​
35/56
35/56
67%
67%
1st won %
63%
63%
30/66
30/66
2nd won total​
16/31
16/31
45%
45%
2nd won %
52%
52%
-- Break Points --
15/29
15/29
BP won
8/14
8/14
5/9.7
5/9.7
Avg BP won
8/14
8/14
!
52%
52%
Won
!
57%
57%
18
18
Conceded
7
7
6
6
Avg Conceded
7
7
8
8
Broken
5
5
2.7
2.7
Avg Broken
!
5
5
10
10
Saved
2
2
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Rodionova Sanders
Match played 2 1
Tot Set 5 3
Tot Games 32 31
Pts 110-74 106-96
Total Points 184 202
Winners 36 35
%Winners 33% 33%

Rodionova played 2 matches while Sanders competed in 1 match. Rodionova started her run from the qualifications while Sanders had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Storm Hunter dropped 1 set while Arina Rodionova hasn’t lost a set so far. Rodionova has played 2 sets more than Sanders (5 vs 3). Therefore, Rodionova played 1 game more than Sanders. The Australian scored 36 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Storm scored 35 winners (33%).

Serve Performance

Serve Rodionova Sanders
Aces 2 4
Avg per match 1 4
1st in 52/89 56/87
%1st in 58% 64%
1st pts 36/52 35/56
%1st pts 69% 63%
2nd pts 17/37 16/31
%2nd pts 46% 52%

Rodionova managed to score 2 aces (1 per match). Sanders blasted 4 aces . Rodionova won 69% points on her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Sanders won 63% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Rodionova Sanders
Won 12 8
Converted 12/20 8/14
% Converted 60% 57%
Conceded 7 7
Saved 3 2
% Saved 43% 29%
Times Broken 4 5

Arina broke her opponents 12 times with a 60% conversion rate. Rodionova lost her serve 4 times and she saved 43% of the break points that she conceded. Storm broke her opponent 8 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Australian conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 29% of the break points that she conceded.

Rodionova
Q1
Ramesh		 Q3
Yamaguchi		 R1
Stojanovic		 Total
Score 6-0 6-1 2-6 6-4 6-2 6-3 5-5 ret.
Tot Set 2 3 2 7
Tot Games 13 26 19 58
pts 50-22 – 60-52 110-74
Total points 72 0 112 184
Winners 11 25 36
%Winners 22% 0% 42% 33%
SERVE
Aces 0 0 2 2
Double Faults 2 3 5
1st in 17/35 / 35/54 52/89
% 1st in 49% 0% 65% 58%
1st pts 11/17 / 25/35 36/52
% 1st pts 65% 0% 71% 69%
2nd pts 10/18 / 7/19 17/37
% 2nd pts 56% 0% 37% 46%
Breaks
Won 7 5 12
Converted 7/10 / 5/10 12/20
Converted % 70% 0% 50% 60%
Conceded 2 5 7
Saved 1/2 0/ 2/5 3
Saved % 50% – 40% 30%
Times Broken 1 3 4
Sanders
R1
Hontama		 Total
Score 6-70 6-2 6-4
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 31 31
pts 106-96 106-96
Total points 202 202
Winners 35 35
%Winners 33% 33%
SERVE
Aces 4 4
Double Faults 4 4
1st in 56/87 56/87
% 1st in 64% 64%
1st pts 35/56 35/56
% 1st pts 63% 63%
2nd pts 16/31 16/31
% 2nd pts 52% 52%
Breaks
Won 8 8
Converted 8/14 8/14
Converted % 57% 57%
Conceded 7 7
Saved 2/7 2
Saved % 29% 10%
Times Broken 5 5

Tennis Scores in Chennai

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