Arthur Fery and Matej Dodig will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Lyon Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on COURT 5. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Arthur Fery who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Arthur Fery is the pick to win this match.
Arthur Fery -> 1.37
Matej Dodig -> 2.8

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Prediction and head to head Arthur Fery vs. Matej Dodig

There is no head to head record between Arthur Fery and Matej Dodig since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Arthur Fery

Ranked no. 204, Fery reached the 2^nd round after defeating Luka Pavlovic 6-1 7-5.

In the 1^st round, The Brit had a good straight sets win against Pavlovic (6-1 7-5). During the match, Fery scored 66 points vs Pavlovic’s 49. Fery was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Talking about the service games, Fery recorded 2 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Arthur Fery lost the serve once. Furthermore, Fery put 61% of his first serves in, winning 83% (25/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (9/19) on the 2nd serve. Fery broke Pavlovic 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Fery has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 65% of his matches (136-74). 20-5 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Fery has a composed58-23 match record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the season was conquering the title the Barranquilla Challenger where he defeated Bernard Tomic in the final w/o.

Arthur has a composed 38-10 win-loss record in 2025, 20-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Lyon Challenger

The Brit has never competed in this tournament before.

Matej Dodig

Ranked no. 242 (career-high), the Croatian reached the 2^nd round after beating Jakub Paul 7-5 6-1, Dan Added 7-6(4) 6-3 and Tristan Schoolkate 7-5 3-6 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Dodig defeated Schoolkate (7-5 3-6 6-4). During the match Dodig scored 97 points vs Schoolkate’s 91. Dodig was pretty aggressive to blast 49 winners.

Talking about serving, Dodig made 11 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Matej Dodig lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Dodig put 63% of his first serves in, winning 83% (49/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (16/35) on the 2nd serve. Dodig broke Schoolkate twice after converting 20% of his break points (2/10).

His best result of the year was conquering the title the Trieste Challenger where he overcame Thiago Agustin Tirante in the final 6-3 6-4.

The Croatian has a compiled 35-30 win-loss record in 2025, 11-8 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Fery	Dodig
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	2	7
Tot Games	19	72
Pts	66-49	241-209
Total Points	115	450
Winners	25	120
%Winners	38%	50%

Fery played 1 match while Dodig competed in 3 matches. Dodig started his run from the qualifications while Fery had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Matej Dodig dropped 1 set while Arthur Fery hasn’t conceded a set so far. Fery has played 5 set(s) less than Dodig (2 vs 7). Therefore, Fery played 53 games less than Dodig. The Brit scored 25 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Matej made 120 winners (50%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Fery	Dodig
Aces	2	25
Avg per match	2	8.3
1st in	30/49	152/241
%1st in	61%	63%
1st pts	25/30	120/152
%1st pts	83%	79%
2nd pts	9/19	42/89
%2nd pts	47%	47%

Fery scored 2 aces . Dodig bagged 25 aces (8.3 per match). Fery won 83% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Dodig won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Fery	Dodig
Won	5	8
Converted	5/9	8/20
% Converted	56%	40%
Conceded	1	18
Saved	0	14
% Saved	0%	78%
Times Broken	1	4

Arthur broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Arthur surrendered his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. The Croatian broke his opponents 8 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Croatian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.

Fery
	R1 Pavlovic	Total
Score	6-1 7-5
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	66-49	66-49
Total points	115	115
Winners	25	25
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	30/49	30/49
% 1st in	61%	61%
1st pts	25/30	25/30
% 1st pts	83%	83%
2nd pts	9/19	9/19
% 2nd pts	47%	47%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/9	5/9
Converted %	56%	56%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	0/1	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	1	1

Dodig
	Q1 Paul	Q3 Added	R1 Schoolkate	Total
Score	7-5 6-1	7-64 6-3	7-5 3-6 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	3	7
Tot Games	19	22	31	72
pts	68-52	76-66	97-91	241-209
Total points	120	142	188	450
Winners	31	40	49	120
%Winners	46%	53%	51%	50%
SERVE
Aces	3	11	11	25
Double Faults	10	1	4	15
1st in	42/69	51/78	59/94	152/241
% 1st in	61%	65%	63%	63%
1st pts	31/42	40/51	49/59	120/152
% 1st pts	74%	78%	83%	79%
2nd pts	11/27	15/27	16/35	42/89
% 2nd pts	41%	56%	46%	47%
Breaks
Won	5	1	2	8
Converted	5/6	1/4	2/10	8/20
Converted %	83%	25%	20%	40%
Conceded	7	5	6	18
Saved	5/7	5/5	4/6	14
Saved %	71%	100%	67%	238%
Times Broken	2	0	2	4

Tennis Scores in Lyon Challenger

• Mark LajalLajal – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (3-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Matej DodigDodig – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (7-5 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Szymon Kielan/Szymon WalkowKielan/Szymon Walkow – Mario Mansilla Diez/Bruno Pujol NavarroMansilla Diez/Bruno Pujol Navarro (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli – Sascha Gueymard WayenburgGueymard Wayenburg (6-2 1-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Dan AddedAdded – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (6-4 7-6³) – See score progression
• Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Billy HarrisHarris (7-6² 7-5) – See score progression
• Liam BroadyBroady – Francesco PassaroPassaro (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Kyrian JacquetJacquet – Titouan DroguetDroguet (6-7⁴ 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (6-7⁵ 7-6¹ 6-4) – See score progression
• Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Jan KumstatKumstat (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Viktor DurasovicDurasovic – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (6-4 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Arjun Kadhe/N. Vijay Sundar PrashanthKadhe/N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth – Alexander Donski/Denys MolchanovDonski/Denys Molchanov (7-5 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Tomasz BerkietaBerkieta – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Arthur FeryFery – Luka PavlovicPavlovic (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Tom ParisParis – Benjamin HassanHassan (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Gauthier OnclinOnclin (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Laslo DjereDjere – Ugo BlanchetBlanchet (6-4 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
• Vit KoprivaKopriva – Arthur GeaGea (6-2 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Liam BroadyBroady – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Laslo DjereDjere – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli – Vit KoprivaKopriva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Kyrian JacquetJacquet – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (0-1) – H2H and prediction