Alessandro Giannessi and Jozef Kovalik will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Barcelona Challenger for the 4th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT.
Alessandro Giannessi: results and record
Ranked no. 166, the Italian reached the semifinal after beating Ivan Nedelko 6-1 6-4, Filip Horansky 7-66 6-77 6-4 and Filippo Baldi 5-7 6-0 6-1.
The Italian best result of the current season was getting to the final in the San Benedetto Challenger and the Vicenza Challenger.
Giannessi has a 34-25 win-loss record in 2019, 33-22 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Barcelona Challenger
The Italian lost in the quarter 6-2 6-2 to Roberto Carballes Baena.
Jozef Kovalik: results and record
Ranked no. 208, Jozef reached the semifinal after defeating Gian Marco Moroni 3-6 6-2 6-4, Kimmer Coppejans 2-6 6-3 6-3, Roberto Carballes Baena 5-7 7-5 3-0 ret. and Carlos Taberner 6-1 2-6 7-65.
Jozef’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Szczecin Challenger.
Jozef has a 21-20 win-loss record in 2019, 20-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Barcelona Challenger
The Slovakian didn’t play in the Barcelona Challenger in 2018.
Barcelona Challenger Live score and result Alessandro Giannessi vs. Jozef Kovalik
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Prediction and head to head Alessandro Giannessi vs. Jozef Kovalik
This will be the 4th time that Alessandro Giannessi and Jozef Kovalik face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Giannessi (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on clay.
The last time that they played, Kovalik won 6-3 2-6 6-2 in the 1st round in the Santiago Challenger back in 2018.
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 -> 1.53
Alessandro Giannessi -> 2.37
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Head 2 Head
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- Salvatore CarusoCaruso – Pedro SousaSousa (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi – Filippo BaldiBaldi (5-7 6-0 6-1) – See score progression
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Carlos TabernerTaberner (6-1 2-6 7-65) – See score progression
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Mohamed SafwatSafwat (6-4 6-74 6-4) – See score progression
- Salvatore CarusoCaruso – Pedro SousaSousa (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi (0-0) – See H2H details
- Salvatore CarusoCaruso – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (1-0) – See H2H details
