Karen Khachanov and Jozef Kovalik will play each other in the 2nd round of the French Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:00 pm on Court 9. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Karen Khachanov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Karen Khachanov is the pick to win this match.
Karen Khachanov -> 1.075
Jozef Kovalik -> 8.2
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Prediction and head to head Karen Khachanov vs. Jozef Kovalik
There is no head to head record between Karen Khachanov and Jozef Kovalik since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Karen Khachanov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-18 | 13-10 | 8-4 | 2-1 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-18 | 18-10 | 10-5 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-25 | 17-11 | 9-7 | 6-5 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-24 | 17-9 | 5-6 | 8-6 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-15 | 12-6 | 4-3 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 18, Khachanov got to the 2nd round after defeating Sumit Nagal 6-2 6-0 7-65.
In the 1st round, Karen had a good straight sets win against Nagal (6-2 6-0 7-65). During the match, Khachanov scored 107 points vs Nagal’s 80. The Russian was extremely aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Regarding the service games, Khachanov made 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Karen Khachanov lost the serve once and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Khachanov put 64% of his first serves in, winning 76% (48/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (18/36) on the 2nd serve. Khachanov broke Nagal 6 times after converting 46% of his break points (6/13).
Khachanov has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (356-225). 8-3 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Khachanov has an overall 96-62 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the current year was winning the title in Doha where he defeated Jakub Mensik in the final 7-6(12) 6-4.
Khachanov has a composed 20-9 win-loss record in 2024, 8-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Jozef Kovalik
23 - 11win/loss
123
80
LWWLLLLLLL | 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. 145, the Slovakian reached the 2nd round after beating Benoit Paire 6-1 6-4, Benjamin Bonzi 6-3 6-2 and Marcos Giron 7-63 6-4 3-6 7-65.
In the 1st round, Kovalik had a good straight sets win against Giron (7-63 6-4 3-6 7-65). During the match Kovalik and Giron scored the same amount of points (151). However, the world no. 18 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. The Slovakian was pretty aggressive to blast 62 winners.
About the serving games, Kovalik bagged 4 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Jozef Kovalik lost the serve 5 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Kovalik put 58% of his first serves in, winning 71% (62/87) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (29/62) on the 2nd serve. The Slovakian broke Giron 5 times after converting 29% of his break points (5/17).
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Zadar Challenger where he beat Adrian Andreev in the final 6-4 6-2 and the Split Challenger where he overcame Zsombor Piros in the final 6-4 5-7 7-5.
Kovalik has a compiled 23-11 win-loss record in 2024, 20-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2017, 2018 and 2019. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Khachanov | Kovalik |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 79 |
| Pts | 107-80 | 262-228 |
| Total Points | 187 | 490 |
| Winners | 48 | 108 |
| %Winners | 45% | 41% |
Khachanov played 1 match while Kovalik competed in 3 matches. Kovalik started his run from the qualifications while Khachanov had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Jozef Kovalik dropped 1 set while Karen Khachanov hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Khachanov has played 5 set(s) less than Kovalik (3 vs 8). Therefore, Khachanov played 52 games less than Kovalik. Karen scored 48 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Jozef managed to score 108 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Khachanov | Kovalik |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 4 |
| 1st in | 63/99 | 138/237 |
| %1st in | 64% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 48/63 | 108/138 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 18/36 | 49/99 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 49% |
Khachanov scored 8 aces . Kovalik recorded 12 aces (4 per match). Khachanov won 76% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Kovalik won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Khachanov | Kovalik |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 13 |
| Converted | 6/13 | 13/31 |
| % Converted | 46% | 42% |
| Conceded | 9 | 16 |
| Saved | 8 | 10 |
| % Saved | 89% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 6 |
Khachanov broke his opponent 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. Khachanov lost his serve once and he saved 89% of the break points that he conceded. Jozef broke his opponents 13 times with a 42% conversion rate. Kovalik conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Khachanov | |||
| R1 Nagal |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-0 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 107-80 | 107-80 | |
| Total points | 187 | 187 | |
| Winners | 48 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 63/99 | 63/99 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 48/63 | 48/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/36 | 18/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 6/13 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 8/9 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 89% | 89% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Kovalik | ||||||
| Q1 Paire |
Q2 Bonzi |
Q3 Andres |
R1 Giron |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | 6-3 6-2 | 4-6 7-62 6-4 | 7-63 6-4 3-6 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | 33 | 45 | 112 | |
| pts | 56-37 | 55-40 | – | 151-151 | 262-228 | |
| Total points | 93 | 95 | 0 | 302 | 490 | |
| Winners | 24 | 22 | 62 | 108 | ||
| %Winners | 43% | 40% | 0% | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | ||
| 1st in | 28/41 | 23/47 | / | 87/149 | 138/237 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 49% | 0% | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 24/28 | 22/23 | / | 62/87 | 108/138 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 96% | 0% | 71% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/13 | 14/24 | / | 29/62 | 49/99 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 58% | 0% | 47% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | ||
| Converted | 5/9 | 3/5 | / | 5/17 | 13/31 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 60% | 0% | 29% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 0 | 15 | 16 | ||
| Saved | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/ | 10/15 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 0% | – | – | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | ||
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