Jurij Rodionov and Elias Ymer will face off in the quarter of the Seoul Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday 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 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jurij Rodionov is the pick to win this match.
Jurij Rodionov -> 1.65
Elias Ymer -> 2.08

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Prediction and head to head Jurij Rodionov vs. Elias Ymer

There is no head to head record between Jurij Rodionov and Elias Ymer since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Jurij Rodionov

Ranked no. 156, Jurij reached the quarter after defeating Philip Sekulic 7-6(4) 6-4 and Yuta Shimizu 2-6 7-5 6-4.

In the 2^nd round against Shimizu, Jurij recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-5 6-4). During the match, Rodionov scored 102 points vs Shimizu’s 95. Rodionov was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Regarding the service games, Rodionov managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Jurij Rodionov lost the serve 6 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Rodionov put 47% of his first serves in, winning 71% (29/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (21/47) on the 2nd serve. Jurij broke Shimizu 6 times after converting 40% of his break points (6/15).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Jurij has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Rodionov has winning record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (313-240). 17-11 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Rodionov has an overall 80-61 match record in the last years on hard.

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

Rodionov has an aggregate 40-27 win-loss record in 2025, 17-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Seoul Challenger

Elias Ymer

Ranked no. 204, the Swede got to the quarter after defeating Renta Tokuda 5-7 6-1 6-0 and Kokoro Isomura 6-2 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, Elias had a good straight sets win against Isomura (6-2 6-3). During the match Ymer scored 68 points vs Isomura’s 47. Elias was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about serving, Ymer scored 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Elias Ymer was quite effective on serve to win 74% (26/35) of his 1st serve and 64% (9/14) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Elias broke Isomura 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Elias has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.

Elias’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Chennai Challenger.

Elias has a compiled 29-27 win-loss record in 2025, 10-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Seoul Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Rodionov	Ymer
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	5
Tot Games	53	42
Pts	176-158	150-107
Total Points	334	257
Winners	57	59
%Winners	32%	39%

Both Rodionov and Ymer played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Jurij Rodionov dropped 1 set, while Elias Ymer dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Rodionov and Ymer have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Rodionov played 11 games more than Ymer. The Austrian scored 57 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, The Swede bagged 59 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Rodionov	Ymer
Aces	12	15
Avg per match	6	7.5
1st in	81/160	79/121
%1st in	51%	65%
1st pts	57/81	59/79
%1st pts	70%	75%
2nd pts	38/79	23/42
%2nd pts	48%	55%

Rodionov struck 12 aces (6 per match). Ymer struck 15 aces (7.5 per match). Rodionov won 70% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Ymer won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Rodionov	Ymer
Won	10	11
Converted	10/20	11/23
% Converted	50%	48%
Conceded	17	7
Saved	8	3
% Saved	47%	43%
Times Broken	9	4

Rodionov broke his opponents 10 times with a 50% conversion rate. Rodionov conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 47% of the break points that he conceded. The Swede broke his opponents 11 times with a 48% conversion rate. Elias conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded.

Rodionov
	R1 Sekulic	R2 Shimizu	Total
Score	7-64 6-4	2-6 7-5 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	23	30	53
pts	74-63	102-95	176-158
Total points	137	197	334
Winners	28	29	57
%Winners	38%	28%	32%
SERVE
Aces	8	4	12
Double Faults	4	8	12
1st in	40/72	41/88	81/160
% 1st in	56%	47%	51%
1st pts	28/40	29/41	57/81
% 1st pts	70%	71%	70%
2nd pts	17/32	21/47	38/79
% 2nd pts	53%	45%	48%
Breaks
Won	4	6	10
Converted	4/5	6/15	10/20
Converted %	80%	40%	50%
Conceded	6	11	17
Saved	3/6	5/11	8
Saved %	50%	45%	48%
Times Broken	3	6	9

Ymer
	R1 Tokuda	R2 Isomura	Total
Score	5-7 6-1 6-0	6-2 6-3
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	25	17	42
pts	82-60	68-47	150-107
Total points	142	115	257
Winners	33	26	59
%Winners	40%	38%	39%
SERVE
Aces	9	6	15
Double Faults	6	1	7
1st in	44/72	35/49	79/121
% 1st in	61%	71%	65%
1st pts	33/44	26/35	59/79
% 1st pts	75%	74%	75%
2nd pts	14/28	9/14	23/42
% 2nd pts	50%	64%	55%
Breaks
Won	7	4	11
Converted	7/14	4/9	11/23
Converted %	50%	44%	48%
Conceded	4	3	7
Saved	1/4	2/3	3
Saved %	25%	67%	46%
Times Broken	3	1	4

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