H2H, PREDICTION Jozef Kovalik vs Evan Furness | Oeiras 2 Challenger odds, preview, pick

PREVIEW. Oeiras 2 Challenger. Kovalik and Furness will face off in the 2nd round of the Oeiras 2 Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match

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Prediction and head to head Jozef Kovalik vs. Evan Furness

Jozef Kovalik and Evan Furness will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Oeiras 2 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on COURT 3. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jozef Kovalik who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Jozef Kovalik is the pick to win this match.
Jozef Kovalik -> 1.42
Evan Furness -> 2.875

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Prediction and head to head Jozef Kovalik vs. Evan Furness

This will be the 2nd time that Jozef Kovalik and Evan Furness fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kovalik (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Kovalik won 6-2 7-5 in the 2nd round in the Warsaw Challenger back in 2021.

Jozef Kovalik

Jozef Kovalik
Jozef Kovalik

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Rank
120
High
80
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 34-23 3-5 30-15 1-2 0-1 0-0
2023 23-34 1-3 21-28 1-2 0-1 0-0
2022 33-23 3-6 29-13 1-3 0-1 0-0
2021 31-27 0-1 26-20 5-5 0-1 0-0
2020 17-16 2-3 15-12 0-1 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 181, the Slovakian reached the 2nd round after defeating Ergi Kirkin 6-2 6-3.

In the 1st round, The Slovakian had a good straight sets win against Kirkin (6-2 6-3). During the match, Kovalik scored 58 points vs Kirkin’s 34. Jozef was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Talking about the service games, Kovalik made 4 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults. Overall, Jozef Kovalik was quite efficient on serve to win 73% (22/30) of his 1st serve and 65% (11/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Slovakian broke Kirkin 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).

Kovalik has a winning record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (321-238). 4-2 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kovalik has a compiled 246-152 match record in the last years on clay.

Kovalik has a compiled 6-7 win-loss record in 2022, 4-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Oeiras 2 Challenger

Jozef has never competed in this tournament before.

Kovalik
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Evan Furness

Evan Furness
Evan Furness

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Rank
766
High
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 15-21 3-3 9-14 3-4 0-0 0-0
2023 13-15 0-3 5-5 8-7 0-0 0-0
2022 37-31 2-3 16-12 19-15 0-1 0-0
2021 46-27 14-1 26-20 5-4 0-0 1-2
2020 37-10 34-7 0-0 3-3 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 289, Evan reached the 2nd round after beating Pedro Araujo 7-67 6-3.

In the 1st round, Evan had a good straight sets win against Araujo (7-67 6-3). During the match Furness scored 80 points vs Araujo’s 71. Furness was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.

About the serving games, Furness scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Evan Furness lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Furness put 74% of his first serves in, winning 68% (36/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (8/19) on the 2nd serve. Furness broke Araujo 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

The French player has an aggregate 18-11 win-loss record in 2022, 4-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Oeiras 2 Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2021. See his history.

Furness
Oeiras 2 Challenger
Furness's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

J.Kovalik
E.Furness
1h:05
1h:05
Time on court​
!
1h:51
1h:51
1h:05
1h:05
Last match​
1h:51
1h:51
1
1
Match played
1
1
17
17
Games Played​
22
22
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
58
58
Total points​
80
80
58
58
Avg point​
80
80
22
22
Winners
36
36
22
22
Avg Winners​
36
36
38%
38%
Ratio winners
45%
45%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
1
1
4
4
Avg Aces
1
1
0
0
Double Faults
2
2
0
0
Avg Double Faults
2
2
22/30
22/30
1st won total​
36/53
36/53
!
73%
73%
1st won %
68%
68%
11/17
11/17
2nd won total​
8/19
8/19
!
65%
65%
2nd won %
42%
42%
-- Break Points --
5/7
5/7
BP won
4/8
4/8
5/7
5/7
Avg BP won
4/8
4/8
!
71%
71%
Won
50%
50%
4
4
Conceded
6
6
4
4
Avg Conceded
6
6
2
2
Broken
3
3
2
2
Avg Broken
3
3
2
2
Saved
3
3
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Kovalik Furness
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 17 22
Pts 58-34 80-71
Total Points 92 151
Winners 22 36
%Winners 38% 45%

Both Kovalik and Furness played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kovalik and Furness have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kovalik played 5 games less than Furness. The Slovakian scored 22 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Evan scored 36 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve Kovalik Furness
Aces 4 1
Avg per match 4 1
1st in 30/47 53/72
%1st in 64% 74%
1st pts 22/30 36/53
%1st pts 73% 68%
2nd pts 11/17 8/19
%2nd pts 65% 42%

Kovalik made 4 aces . Furness made 1 ace . Kovalik won 73% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Furness won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 42% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Kovalik Furness
Won 5 4
Converted 5/7 4/8
% Converted 71% 50%
Conceded 4 6
Saved 2 3
% Saved 50% 50%
Times Broken 2 3

The Slovakian broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. The Slovakian lost his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Evan conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Kovalik
R1
Kirkin		 Total
Score 6-2 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 17 17
pts 58-34 58-34
Total points 92 92
Winners 22 22
%Winners 38% 38%
SERVE
Aces 4 4
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 30/47 30/47
% 1st in 64% 64%
1st pts 22/30 22/30
% 1st pts 73% 73%
2nd pts 11/17 11/17
% 2nd pts 65% 65%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/7 5/7
Converted % 71% 71%
Conceded 4 4
Saved 2/4 2
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 2 2
Furness
R1
Araujo		 Total
Score 7-67 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 22 22
pts 80-71 80-71
Total points 151 151
Winners 36 36
%Winners 45% 45%
SERVE
Aces 1 1
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 53/72 53/72
% 1st in 74% 74%
1st pts 36/53 36/53
% 1st pts 68% 68%
2nd pts 8/19 8/19
% 2nd pts 42% 42%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/8 4/8
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 6 6
Saved 3/6 3
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 3 3

Head 2 Head

Jozef Kovalik
  • 0Slam
  • 0Main
  • 9Chall
  • 9Minor
Evan Furness
  • 0Slam
  • 0Main
  • 1Chall
  • 8Minor

Jozef
Kovalik

3:0

Evan
Furness

Rank

120

High

80

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Rank

766

High

197

Win Loss
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2024 2023 2022
33 - 21
15 - 21
3-5
Hard
3-3
0-0
I Hard
3-4
30-15
Clay
9-14

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