Jurij Rodionov and Masamichi Imamura will face off in the 2^nd round of the Taipei Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jurij Rodionov who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jurij Rodionov is the pick to win this match.
Jurij Rodionov -> 1.09
Masamichi Imamura -> 5.9

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Prediction and head to head Jurij Rodionov vs. Masamichi Imamura

There is no head to head record between Jurij Rodionov and Masamichi Imamura since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Jurij Rodionov

Ranked no. 161, Rodionov got to the 2^nd round after defeating Ji Sung Nam 2-6 7-6(3) 6-2.

In the 1^st round against Sung Nam, Rodionov recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-6³ 6-2). During the match, Rodionov scored 94 points vs Sung Nam’s 90. Jurij was very aggressive to blast 46 winners.

Talking about the service games, Rodionov bagged 13 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Jurij Rodionov lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Rodionov put 69% of his first serves in, winning 70% (46/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (13/30) on the 2nd serve. Rodionov broke Sung Nam 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).

Rodionov has favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (314-241). 10-5 on indoor hard courts in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Rodionov has a compiled 110-66 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

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

Rodionov has an overall 41-28 win-loss record in 2025, 10-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Taipei Challenger

Rodionov has never competed in this tournament before.

Masamichi Imamura

Ranked no. 569, Masamichi reached the 2^nd

round after defeating Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul 6-3 6-1.

In the 1^st round, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Trongcharoenchaikul (6-3 6-1). During the match Imamura scored 67 points vs Trongcharoenchaikul’s 40. Masamichi was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Talking about serving, Imamura made 2 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Masamichi Imamura was extremely efficient on serve to win 95% (21/22) of his 1st serve and 79% (11/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Imamura broke Trongcharoenchaikul 4 times after converting 29% of his break points (4/14).

The Japanese’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in M25 Taipei and M25 Perth.

The Japanese has an aggregate 23-29 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Rodionov	Imamura
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	29	16
Pts	94-90	67-40
Total Points	184	107
Winners	46	21
%Winners	49%	31%

Both Rodionov and Imamura played 1 match. At the moment, Jurij Rodionov surrendered 1 set while Masamichi Imamura hasn’t lost a set so far. Rodionov has played 1 set more than Imamura (3 vs 2). Therefore, Rodionov played 13 games more than Imamura. The Austrian scored 46 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese managed to score 21 winners (31%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Rodionov	Imamura
Aces	13	2
Avg per match	13	2
1st in	66/96	22/36
%1st in	69%	61%
1st pts	46/66	21/22
%1st pts	70%	95%
2nd pts	13/30	11/14
%2nd pts	43%	79%

Rodionov recorded 13 aces . Imamura bagged 2 aces . Rodionov won 70% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Imamura won 95% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 79% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Rodionov	Imamura
Won	4	4
Converted	4/11	4/14
% Converted	36%	29%
Conceded	7	0
Saved	3	0
% Saved	43%	0%
Times Broken	4	0

Rodionov broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Rodionov dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponent 4 times with a 29% conversion rate. Imamura was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.

Rodionov
	R1 Sung Nam	Total
Score	2-6 7-63 6-2
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	29	29
pts	94-90	94-90
Total points	184	184
Winners	46	46
%Winners	49%	49%
SERVE
Aces	13	13
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	66/96	66/96
% 1st in	69%	69%
1st pts	46/66	46/66
% 1st pts	70%	70%
2nd pts	13/30	13/30
% 2nd pts	43%	43%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/11	4/11
Converted %	36%	36%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	3/7	3
Saved %	43%	43%
Times Broken	4	4

Imamura
	R1 Trongcharoenchaikul	Total
Score	6-3 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	67-40	67-40
Total points	107	107
Winners	21	21
%Winners	31%	31%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	22/36	22/36
% 1st in	61%	61%
1st pts	21/22	21/22
% 1st pts	95%	95%
2nd pts	11/14	11/14
% 2nd pts	79%	79%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/14	4/14
Converted %	29%	29%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0

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