Giulio Zeppieri and Chris Rodesch will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Helsinki Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 3:30 pm on COURT 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Giulio Zeppieri who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Giulio Zeppieri is the pick to win this match.
Giulio Zeppieri -> 1.57
Chris Rodesch -> 2.22

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Prediction and head to head Giulio Zeppieri vs. Chris Rodesch

There is no head to head record between Giulio Zeppieri and Chris Rodesch since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Giulio Zeppieri

Ranked no. 155, the Italian reached the 2^nd round after defeating Oskari Paldanius 7-6(2) 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Giulio had a good straight sets win against Paldanius (7-6² 6-2). During the match, Zeppieri scored 76 points vs Paldanius’s 57. Zeppieri was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Talking about the service games, Zeppieri blasted 9 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Giulio Zeppieri was pretty effective on serve to win 83% (35/42) of his 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Zeppieri broke Paldanius 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Zeppieri has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 56% of his matches (198-153). 8-3 on indoor hard courts in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Zeppieri has a compiled32-30 match record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Shanghai Challenger where he defeated Yasutaka Uchiyama in the final 7-6(2) 7-5.

Giulio has a compiled 41-24 win-loss record in 2025, 8-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in the Helsinki Challenger

Giulio has never competed in this tournament before.

Chris Rodesch

Ranked no. 182, the Luxembourger reached the 2^nd round after beating Justin Engel 6-4 6-7(3) 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The Luxembourger defeated Engel (6-4 6-7³ 6-4). During the match Rodesch scored 106 points vs Engel’s 101. Rodesch was extremely aggressive to blast 42 winners.

Talking about serving, Rodesch fired 13 aces and he committed only 9 double faults. Chris Rodesch lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Rodesch put 52% of his first serves in, winning 74% (42/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (24/53) on the 2nd serve. The Luxembourger broke Engel 6 times after converting 86% of his break points (6/7).

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Tallahassee Challenger where he defeated Emilio Nava in the final 4-6 6-3 6-4.

Rodesch has a compiled 39-22 win-loss record in 2025, 14-9 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Zeppieri	Rodesch
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	21	33
Pts	76-57	106-101
Total Points	133	207
Winners	35	42
%Winners	46%	40%

Both Zeppieri and Rodesch played 1 match. At the moment, Chris Rodesch lost 1 set while Giulio Zeppieri hasn’t lost a set so far. Zeppieri has played 1 set(s) less than Rodesch (2 vs 3). Therefore, Zeppieri played 12 games less than Rodesch. Giulio scored 35 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Luxembourger bagged 42 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Zeppieri	Rodesch
Aces	9	13
Avg per match	9	13
1st in	42/68	57/110
%1st in	62%	52%
1st pts	35/42	42/57
%1st pts	83%	74%
2nd pts	14/26	24/53
%2nd pts	54%	45%

Zeppieri fired 9 aces . Rodesch scored 13 aces . Zeppieri won 83% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Rodesch won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Zeppieri	Rodesch
Won	3	6
Converted	3/5	6/7
% Converted	60%	86%
Conceded	6	10
Saved	5	6
% Saved	83%	60%
Times Broken	1	4

Zeppieri broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Zeppieri dropped his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Chris broke his opponent 6 times with a 86% conversion rate. Chris conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.

Zeppieri
	R1 Paldanius	Total
Score	7-62 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	21	21
pts	76-57	76-57
Total points	133	133
Winners	35	35
%Winners	46%	46%
SERVE
Aces	9	9
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	42/68	42/68
% 1st in	62%	62%
1st pts	35/42	35/42
% 1st pts	83%	83%
2nd pts	14/26	14/26
% 2nd pts	54%	54%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/5	3/5
Converted %	60%	60%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	5/6	5
Saved %	83%	83%
Times Broken	1	1

Rodesch
	R1 Engel	Total
Score	6-4 6-73 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	33	33
pts	106-101	106-101
Total points	207	207
Winners	42	42
%Winners	40%	40%
SERVE
Aces	13	13
Double Faults	9	9
1st in	57/110	57/110
% 1st in	52%	52%
1st pts	42/57	42/57
% 1st pts	74%	74%
2nd pts	24/53	24/53
% 2nd pts	45%	45%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/7	6/7
Converted %	86%	86%
Conceded	10	10
Saved	6/10	6
Saved %	60%	60%
Times Broken	4	4

Tennis Scores in Helsinki Challenger

• Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Stuart ParkerParker (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Viktor DurasovicDurasovic – Federico CinaCina (7-6⁶ 6-4) – See score progression
• Eero VasaVasa – Luka MikrutMikrut (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Brandon HoltHolt (6-4 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Lukas NeumayerNeumayer (6-4 7-6³) – See score progression
• Sascha Gueymard WayenburgGueymard Wayenburg – Borna GojoGojo (3-6 7-6² 6-4) – See score progression
• Luca NardiNardi – Edas ButvilasButvilas (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Matej DodigDodig – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-3 7-6³) – See score progression
• Patrick KypsonKypson – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (5-7 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Chris RodeschRodesch – Justin EngelEngel (6-4 6-7³ 6-4) – See score progression
• Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Oskari PaldaniusPaldanius (7-6² 6-2) – See score progression
• Marin CilicCilic – Benjamin HassanHassan (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Calvin HemeryHemery – Nerman FaticFatic (6-3 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (6-2 6-7³ 6-4) – See score progression
• Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Lukas NeumayerNeumayer (6-4 7-6(3)) – See score progression
• Matej DodigDodig – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-3 7-6(3)) – See score progression
• Sascha Gueymard WayenburgGueymard Wayenburg – Borna GojoGojo (3-6 7-6(2) 6-4) – See score progression
• Chris RodeschRodesch – Justin EngelEngel (6-4 6-7(3) 6-4) – See score progression
• Patrick KypsonKypson – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (5-7 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Brandon HoltHolt (6-4 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Eero VasaVasa – Luka MikrutMikrut (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Stuart ParkerParker (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Viktor DurasovicDurasovic – Federico CinaCina (7-6(6) 6-4) – See score progression
• Luca NardiNardi – Edas ButvilasButvilas (6-4 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Marin CilicCilic – Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Titouan DroguetDroguet (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Viktor DurasovicDurasovic – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Eero VasaVasa – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Patrick KypsonKypson – Calvin HemeryHemery (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Chris RodeschRodesch – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Gauthier OnclinOnclin – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (0-0) – H2H and prediction