Learner Tien and Jozef Kovalik will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:00 pm on Court 12. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Learner Tien who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Learner Tien is the pick to win this match.
Learner Tien -> 1.29
Jozef Kovalik -> 3.46
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Prediction and head to head Learner Tien vs. Jozef Kovalik
There is no head to head record between Learner Tien and Jozef Kovalik since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Learner Tien
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 63-14 | 53-8 | 0-1 | 10-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-10 | 20-10 | 0-0 | 10-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 12-11 | 8-5 | 3-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 120, Tien reached the qualifications after beating Gregoire Barrere 4-6 7-6(4) 6-1 and Juan Pablo Ficovich 6-4 6-2.
In the qualifications, The American had a good straight sets win against Pablo Ficovich (6-4 6-2). During the match, Tien scored 68 points vs Pablo Ficovich’s 44. The American was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Tien bagged 16 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Learner Tien was extremely effective on serve to win 86% (32/37) of his 1st serve and 57% (8/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Pablo Ficovich 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Learner started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has surrendered 1 set in this event to win 56% of the points he played.
Tien has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 4 years having won 75% of his matches (107-36). 2-1 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Tien has a compiled83-24 record in the last 4 years on hard.
Learner has a compiled 2-1 win-loss record in 2025, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Learner has never competed in this tournament before.
Jozef Kovalik
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 36-25 | 3-5 | 30-15 | 3-4 | 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 |
Ranked no. 128, Kovalik reached the qualifications after defeating Bernard Tomic 6-3 6-1 and August Holmgren 6-7(3) 6-3 7-5.
In the qualifications against Holmgren, The Slovakian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-73 6-3 7-5). During the match Kovalik scored 112 points vs Holmgren’s 108. Kovalik was exceptionally aggressive to blast 52 winners.
Talking about serving, Kovalik recorded 6 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Jozef Kovalik lost the serve 3 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Kovalik put 61% of his first serves in, winning 66% (52/79) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (27/51) on the 2nd serve. Jozef broke Holmgren 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kovalik started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
The Slovakian has a composed 2-0 win-loss record in 2025, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2016 and 2020. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tien | Kovalik |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 48 | 50 |
| Pts | 179-142 | 171-144 |
| Total Points | 321 | 315 |
| Winners | 67 | 77 |
| %Winners | 37% | 45% |
Both Tien and Kovalik played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Learner Tien dropped 1 set, while Jozef Kovalik lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Tien and Kovalik have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Tien played 2 games less than Kovalik. Learner scored 67 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Kovalik made 77 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tien | Kovalik |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 18 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 6 |
| 1st in | 87/149 | 111/175 |
| %1st in | 58% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 67/87 | 77/111 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 32/62 | 36/64 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 56% |
Tien blasted 18 aces (9 per match). Kovalik bagged 12 aces (6 per match). Tien won 77% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Kovalik won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tien | Kovalik |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 9 |
| Converted | 9/16 | 9/12 |
| % Converted | 56% | 75% |
| Conceded | 17 | 12 |
| Saved | 13 | 9 |
| % Saved | 76% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 |
The American broke his opponents 9 times with a 56% conversion rate. Tien conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 76% of the break points that he conceded. The Slovakian broke his opponents 9 times with a 75% conversion rate. Kovalik conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Tien | ||||
| Q1 Barrere |
Q2 Pablo Ficovich |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-64 6-1 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 18 | 48 | |
| pts | 111-98 | 68-44 | 179-142 | |
| Total points | 209 | 112 | 321 | |
| Winners | 35 | 32 | 67 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 47% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 16 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 9 | 2 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 50/98 | 37/51 | 87/149 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 73% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 35/50 | 32/37 | 67/87 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 86% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/48 | 8/14 | 32/62 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 57% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 3/4 | 9/16 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 75% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 4 | 17 | |
| Saved | 9/13 | 4/4 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 69% | 100% | 85% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Kovalik | ||||
| Q1 Tomic |
Q2 Holmgren |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 6-73 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 34 | 50 | |
| pts | 59-36 | 112-108 | 171-144 | |
| Total points | 95 | 220 | 315 | |
| Winners | 25 | 52 | 77 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 46% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 8 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 32/45 | 79/130 | 111/175 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 61% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 25/32 | 52/79 | 77/111 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 66% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/13 | 27/51 | 36/64 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 53% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 5/6 | 9/12 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 83% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 9/12 | 9 | |
| Saved % | – | 75% | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
WWWL
LWW Tennis Scores – Australian Open
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- Cristian GarinGarin – Laslo DjereDjere (6-4 1-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Borna GojoGojo – Vit KoprivaKopriva (2-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Gauthier OnclinOnclin – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (3-6 7-65 6-1) – See score progression
- Clement ChidekhChidekh – Jerome KymKym (6-70 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Learner TienTien – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Henrique RochaRocha – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (6-2 7-63) – See score progression
- Joao FonsecaFonseca – Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Mattia BellucciBellucci (7-67 6-4) – See score progression
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Lukas KleinKlein – Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano (4-6 6-3 7-68) – See score progression
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Adolfo Daniel VallejoDaniel Vallejo (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Alibek KachmazovKachmazov (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Aziz DougazDougaz – Benjamin HassanHassan (3-6 7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Khumoun SultanovSultanov (6-3 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Tristan BoyerBoyer – Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera (5-7 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Valentin RoyerRoyer (7-61 6-3) – See score progression
- Blake EllisEllis – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Mark LajalLajal – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (2-6 7-66 6-4) – See score progression
- Hugo DellienDellien – Maks KasnikowskiKasnikowski (3-6 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – August HolmgrenHolmgren (6-73 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Billy HarrisHarris – Carlos TabernerTaberner (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Hady HabibHabib – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (6-4 7-62) – See score progression
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Zachary SvajdaSvajda (6-75 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Titouan DroguetDroguet (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Brandon HoltHolt (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Matteo GiganteGigante – Lukas NeumayerNeumayer (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Valentin VacherotVacherot (6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Ethan QuinnQuinn (3-6 7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Jaime FariaFaria – Dane SweenySweeny (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Ethan QuinnQuinn (3-6 7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Blake EllisEllis – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Mattia BellucciBellucci (7-6(7) 6-4) – See score progression
- Lukas KleinKlein – Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano (4-6 6-3 7-6(8)) – See score progression
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Alibek KachmazovKachmazov (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Valentin RoyerRoyer (7-6(1) 6-3) – See score progression
- Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Valentin VacherotVacherot (6-4 7-6(3)) – See score progression
- Aziz DougazDougaz – Benjamin HassanHassan (3-6 7-6(5) 6-4) – See score progression
- Borna GojoGojo – Vit KoprivaKopriva (2-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Mark LajalLajal – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (2-6 7-6(6) 6-4) – See score progression
- Jaime FariaFaria – Dane SweenySweeny (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Titouan DroguetDroguet (6-4 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Joao FonsecaFonseca – Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Zachary SvajdaSvajda (6-7(5) 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Billy HarrisHarris – Carlos TabernerTaberner (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christian GarinGarin – Hugo DellienDellien (4-1) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Tristan BoyerBoyer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Billy HarrisHarris (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aziz DougazDougaz – Borna GojoGojo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Blake EllisEllis (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hady HabibHabib – Clement ChidekhChidekh (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Gauthier OnclinOnclin – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Lukas KleinKlein (0-0) – H2H and prediction
