Facundo Bagnis and Jozef Kovalik will fight against each other in the quarter of the Belgrade Challenger for the 4th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 pm on COURT 2. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Facundo Bagnis who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Facundo Bagnis is the pick to win this match.
Facundo Bagnis -> 1.72
Jozef Kovalik -> 2.12
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Prediction and head to head Facundo Bagnis vs. Jozef Kovalik
This will be the 4th time that Facundo Bagnis and Jozef Kovalik fight against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Bagnis (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Bagnis won 6-1 6-2 in the quarter in Cordoba back in February 2021.
Highlights Facundo Bagnis vs Jozef Kovalik – Cordoba 26-February-2021
Facundo Bagnis
Ranked no. 103, Bagnis reached the quarter after defeating Jurij Rodionov 2-6 6-1 6-2 and Hamad Medjedovic 6-2 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Bagnis had a good straight sets win against Medjedovic (6-2 6-2). During the match Bagnis scored 64 points vs Medjedovic’s 45. The Argentine was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Bagnis scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 3 double faults. Facundo Bagnis lost the serve once. Furthermore, Bagnis put 61% of his first serves in, winning 71% (22/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (10/20) on the 2nd serve. Facundo broke Medjedovic 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Argentine started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has surrendered 1 set in this competition to win 56% of the points he played.
Bagnis has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (347-235). 15-7 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Bagnis has a 329-202 match record in the last years on clay.
The Argentine’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in Santiago.
Facundo has a 16-9 win-loss record in 2021, 15-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Belgrade Challenger
The Argentine has never competed in this tournament before.
Jozef Kovalik
Ranked no. 128, Jozef got to the quarter after beating Francisco Cerundolo 7-66 6-1 and Federico Gaio 6-0 7-64.
In the 2nd round, Jozef had a good straight sets win against Gaio (6-0 7-64). During the match Kovalik scored 67 points vs Gaio’s 46. The Slovakian was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Kovalik was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Jozef Kovalik was pretty effective on serve to win 75% (24/32) of his 1st serve and 74% (14/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Slovakian broke Gaio 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kovalik started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to conquer 56% of the points he played.
The Slovakian’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Istanbul Challenger.
Kovalik has a 13-9 win-loss record in 2021, 10-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bagnis | Kovalik |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 39 | 39 |
| Pts | 148-114 | 139-108 |
| Total Points | 262 | 247 |
| Winners | 57 | 50 |
| %Winners | 39% | 36% |
Both Bagnis and Kovalik played 2 matches. At the moment, Facundo Bagnis lost 1 set while Jozef Kovalik hasn’t dropped a set so far. Bagnis has played 1 set more than Kovalik (5 vs 4). However, it is interesting to notice that they played the same amount of games (39). Bagnis scored 57 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Kovalik struck 50 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bagnis | Kovalik |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 2.5 | 0 |
| 1st in | 80/129 | 77/116 |
| %1st in | 62% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 57/80 | 50/77 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 25/49 | 27/39 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 69% |
Bagnis made 5 aces (2.5 per match). Kovalik didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Bagnis won 71% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Kovalik won 65% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 69% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bagnis | Kovalik |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 9 |
| Converted | 9/19 | 9/13 |
| % Converted | 47% | 69% |
| Conceded | 5 | 6 |
| Saved | 2 | 3 |
| % Saved | 40% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
The Argentine broke his opponents 9 times with a 47% conversion rate. Bagnis dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. Jozef broke his opponents 9 times with a 69% conversion rate. Jozef conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Bagnis | ||||
| R1 Rodionov |
R2 Medjedovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-1 6-2 | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 16 | 39 | |
| pts | 84-69 | 64-45 | 148-114 | |
| Total points | 153 | 109 | 262 | |
| Winners | 35 | 22 | 57 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 34% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 49/78 | 31/51 | 80/129 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 61% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 35/49 | 22/31 | 57/80 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/29 | 10/20 | 25/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 50% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 5/8 | 9/19 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 63% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 0/1 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 0% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Kovalik | ||||
| R1 Cerundolo |
R2 Gaio |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 6-1 | 6-0 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 19 | 39 | |
| pts | 72-62 | 67-46 | 139-108 | |
| Total points | 134 | 113 | 247 | |
| Winners | 26 | 24 | 50 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 45/65 | 32/51 | 77/116 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 63% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 26/45 | 24/32 | 50/77 | |
| % 1st pts | 58% | 75% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/20 | 14/19 | 27/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 74% | 69% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 4/7 | 9/13 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 57% | 69% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 0/1 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 0% | 30% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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