Rafael Jodar and Saba Purtseladze will square off in the 2^nd round of the Charlottesville Challenger for the 2^nd 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.

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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 2^nd 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 1^st round in the Sioux Falls Challenger back in October 2025.

Rafael Jodar

Ranked no. 207 (career-high), Rafael reached the 2^nd round after defeating Murphy Cassone 6-4 7-5.

In the 1^st 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

Ranked no. 299, Saba reached the 2^nd round after defeating Max Wiskandt 7-5 7-6(4).

In the 1^st 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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