Vit Kopriva and Jozef Kovalik will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Parma Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 3:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jozef Kovalik who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jozef Kovalik is the pick to win this match.
Jozef Kovalik -> 1.66
Vit Kopriva -> 2.17
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Prediction and head to head Vit Kopriva vs. Jozef Kovalik
This will be the 3rd time that Vit Kopriva and Jozef Kovalik face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Kopriva and Kovalik (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Kopriva won 2-6 7-6(4) 6-4 in the 1st round in the Prostejov Challenger back in 2021.
Vit Kopriva
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-23 | 13-9 | 13-12 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-27 | 1-4 | 34-21 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-28 | 7-5 | 30-18 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-26 | 1-3 | 32-21 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 24-15 | 0-0 | 17-11 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 154, Vit got to the semifinal after defeating Oriol Roca Batalla 7-67 6-1, Zdenek Kolar 6-3 2-6 6-3 and Roberto Carballes Baena 7-5 6-0.
In the quarter, Vit had a good straight sets win against Carballes Baena (7-5 6-0). During the match, Kopriva scored 62 points vs Carballes Baena’s 38. Kopriva was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kopriva scored just 1 ace in the course of the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Vit Kopriva was extremely efficient on serve to win 77% (23/30) of his 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Vit broke Carballes Baena 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Vit has conceded 1 set in this event to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Kopriva has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 60% of his matches (269-181). 28-17 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kopriva has an overall199-128 record in the last 7 years on clay.
The Czech’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Prostejov Challenger.
Kopriva has a composed 36-23 win-loss record in 2022, 28-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Parma Challenger
The Czech has never competed in this tournament before.
Jozef Kovalik
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34-22 | 3-5 | 30-14 | 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 |
Ranked no. 156, the Slovakian got to the semifinal after beating Andrea Pellegrino 6-1 6-3, Flavio Cobolli 5-7 6-3 6-2 and Andrea Vavassori 6-3 7-65.
In the quarter, Kovalik had a good straight sets win against Vavassori (6-3 7-65). During the match Kovalik scored 81 points vs Vavassori’s 68. Jozef was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.
About the serving games, Kovalik managed to score 7 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Jozef Kovalik lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kovalik put 71% of his first serves in, winning 70% (37/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (13/22) on the 2nd serve. Kovalik broke Vavassori 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Jozef has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Kovalik’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Tulln Challenger.
Kovalik has an aggregate 31-19 win-loss record in 2022, 28-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kopriva | Kovalik |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 64 | 67 |
| Pts | 224-178 | 261-205 |
| Total Points | 402 | 466 |
| Winners | 80 | 111 |
| %Winners | 36% | 43% |
Both Kopriva and Kovalik played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Vit Kopriva dropped 1 set, while Jozef Kovalik conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Kopriva and Kovalik have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Kopriva played 3 games less than Kovalik. Vit scored 80 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The Slovakian made 111 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kopriva | Kovalik |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 1.7 | 4.3 |
| 1st in | 115/202 | 154/236 |
| %1st in | 57% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 80/115 | 111/154 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 52/87 | 43/82 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 52% |
Kopriva blasted 5 aces (1.7 per match). Kovalik made 13 aces (4.3 per match). Kopriva won 70% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Kovalik won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kopriva | Kovalik |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 13 |
| Converted | 13/27 | 13/31 |
| % Converted | 48% | 42% |
| Conceded | 13 | 25 |
| Saved | 7 | 19 |
| % Saved | 54% | 76% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 |
The Czech broke his opponents 13 times with a 48% conversion rate. The Czech surrendered his serve 6 times and he saved 54% of the break points that he conceded. Kovalik broke his opponents 13 times with a 42% conversion rate. Kovalik conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 76% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kopriva | |||||
| R1 Roca Batalla |
R2 Kolar |
1/4 Carballes Baena |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-67 6-1 | 6-3 2-6 6-3 | 7-5 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 26 | 18 | 64 | |
| pts | 72-57 | 90-83 | 62-38 | 224-178 | |
| Total points | 129 | 173 | 100 | 402 | |
| Winners | 26 | 31 | 23 | 80 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 34% | 37% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 36/66 | 49/88 | 30/48 | 115/202 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 56% | 63% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 26/36 | 31/49 | 23/30 | 80/115 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 63% | 77% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/30 | 20/39 | 11/18 | 52/87 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 51% | 61% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 5/14 | 5/8 | 13/27 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 36% | 63% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 9 | 1 | 13 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 5/9 | 0/1 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 56% | 0% | 41% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |
| Kovalik | |||||
| R1 Pellegrino |
R2 Cobolli |
1/4 Vavassori |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 5-7 6-3 6-2 | 6-3 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 29 | 22 | 67 | |
| pts | 68-42 | 112-95 | 81-68 | 261-205 | |
| Total points | 110 | 207 | 149 | 466 | |
| Winners | 25 | 49 | 37 | 111 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 44% | 46% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 29/41 | 72/120 | 53/75 | 154/236 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 60% | 71% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 25/29 | 49/72 | 37/53 | 111/154 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 68% | 70% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/12 | 24/48 | 13/22 | 43/82 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | 59% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/9 | 3/9 | 13/31 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 56% | 33% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 17 | 6 | 25 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 14/17 | 4/6 | 19 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 82% | 67% | 66% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWLLLLLLL Tennis Scores in Parma Challenger
- Gianluca MagerMager – Dusan LajovicLajovic (7-63 6-3) – See score progression
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (7-5 6-0) – See score progression
- Timofey SkatovSkatov – Mate ValkuszValkusz (1-6 7-5 4-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Andrea VavassoriVavassori (6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Tomislav Brkic/Nikola CacicBrkic/Nikola Cacic – Vlad Victor Cornea/Zdenek KolarVictor Cornea/Zdenek Kolar (6-72 7-5 10-7) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Jozef KovalikKovalik (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Timofey SkatovSkatov – Gianluca MagerMager (0-1) – H2H and prediction
