Rafael Jodar and Saba Purtseladze will square off in the 2nd round of the Charlottesville Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Rafael Jodar is the pick to win this match.
Rafael Jodar -> 1.075
Saba Purtseladze -> 6.35
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Prediction and head to head Rafael Jodar vs. Saba Purtseladze
This will be the 2nd time that Rafael Jodar and Saba Purtseladze play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Jodar (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they squared off, Jodar won 6-4 7-5 in the 1st round in the Sioux Falls Challenger back in October 2025.
Rafael Jodar
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 51-17 | 26-11 | 20-4 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 41-13 | 23-9 | 3-1 | 15-3 | 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. 207 (career-high), Rafael reached the 2nd round after defeating Murphy Cassone 6-4 7-5.
In the 1st round, Jodar had a good straight sets win against Cassone (6-4 7-5). During the match, Jodar scored 84 points vs Cassone’s 70. The Spaniard was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Jodar struck 7 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Rafael Jodar was very efficient on serve to win 74% (32/43) of his 1st serve and 55% (17/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Rafael broke Cassone 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Jodar has a solid record in the last 4 years having won 67% of his matches (43-21). 9-2 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Jodar has a compiled9-2 record in the last 4 years on indoor hard courts.
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 and the Lincoln Challenger where he overcame Martin Damm in the final 6-7(3) 6-3 6-3.
Rafael has a composed 35-12 win-loss record in 2025, 9-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Charlottesville Challenger
Rafael has never competed in this tournament before.
Saba Purtseladze
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 25-26 | 16-8 | 9-18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 53-28 | 52-18 | 0-3 | 1-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 35-34 | 25-20 | 9-11 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 47-37 | 44-27 | 1-7 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-35 | 34-26 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 299, Saba reached the 2nd round after defeating Max Wiskandt 7-5 7-6(4).
In the 1st round, Saba had a good straight sets win against Wiskandt (7-5 7-64). During the match Purtseladze scored 80 points vs Wiskandt’s 76. The Georgean was quite aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Talking about serving, Purtseladze fired 11 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Saba Purtseladze conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 9 break points. Furthermore, Purtseladze put 63% of his first serves in, winning 82% (46/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (16/33) on the 2nd serve. Saba was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Wiskandt once.
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Tbilisi Challenger where he defeated Federico Cina in the final 7-6(5) 6-4.
Saba has an aggregate 51-23 win-loss record in 2025, 1-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Jodar | Purtseladze |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 25 |
| Pts | 84-70 | 80-76 |
| Total Points | 154 | 156 |
| Winners | 32 | 46 |
| %Winners | 38% | 58% |
Both Jodar and Purtseladze played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Jodar and Purtseladze have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Jodar played 3 games less than Purtseladze. Jodar scored 32 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Georgean recorded 46 winners (58%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Jodar | Purtseladze |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 11 |
| 1st in | 43/74 | 56/89 |
| %1st in | 58% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 32/43 | 46/56 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 17/31 | 16/33 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 48% |
Jodar managed to score 7 aces . Purtseladze made 11 aces . Jodar won 74% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Purtseladze won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Jodar | Purtseladze |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 1 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 1/1 |
| % Converted | 60% | 100% |
| Conceded | 8 | 9 |
| Saved | 7 | 9 |
| % Saved | 88% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Rafael broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Rafael lost his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded. Saba broke his opponent once with a 100% conversion rate. The Georgean was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 9 break points.
| Jodar | |||
| R1 Cassone |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 84-70 | 84-70 | |
| Total points | 154 | 154 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 43/74 | 43/74 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 32/43 | 32/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/31 | 17/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Purtseladze | |||
| R1 Wiskandt |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 80-76 | 80-76 | |
| Total points | 156 | 156 | |
| Winners | 46 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 58% | 58% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 56/89 | 56/89 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 46/56 | 46/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/33 | 16/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/1 | 1/1 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 9/9 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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