Jozef Kovalik and Luke Saville will fight against each other in the qualifications of Australian Open for the 1st time in their career.
Jozef Kovalik: results and record
Ranked no. 138, Jozef reached the qualifications after defeating Tobias Kamke 6-1 7-64.
Previous match vs. Tobias Kamke
In the qualifications, The Slovakian had a good straight sets win against Kamke (6-1 7-64). During the match Kovalik scored 68 points vs. Kamke’s 56. The Slovakian was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Kovalik blasted 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Jozef Kovalik lost the serve once. Furthermore, Kovalik put 65% of his first serves in, winning 80% (33/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (10/22) on the 2nd serve. Kovalik broke Kamke 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Kovalik winning performance
Kovalik has a negative win-loss record in the last 10 years having won only 43% of his matches (142-190). 1-0 on hard in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Kovalik has a 198-169 record in the last 10 years on hard.
Jozef has a 1-0 win-loss record in 2020, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
Kovalik didn’t play at the Australian Open in 2019.
Luke Saville: results and record
Ranked no. 301, Luke got to the qualifications after defeating Mikael Torpegaard 6-3 6-3.
Previous match vs. Mikael Torpegaard
In the qualifications, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Torpegaard (6-3 6-3). During the match Saville scored 64 points vs. Torpegaard’s 49. Saville was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Saville blasted 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Luke Saville lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Saville put 67% of his first serves in, winning 67% (26/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the 2nd serve. Saville broke Torpegaard 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Saville winning performance
Saville has a negative win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 45% of his matches (510-635). 1-0 on hard in 2020 In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Saville has a 151-155 win-loss record in the last 10 years on hard.
The Australian has a 1-0 win-loss record in 2020, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
The Australian lost in the quarter 6-4 2-6 6-3 6-4 to Alex Bolt.
Australian Open Live score and result Jozef Kovalik vs. Luke Saville
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Kovalik vs Saville – Tournament Performance
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Kovalik | Saville |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 1 |
Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
Tot Games | 20 | 18 |
Pts | 68-56 | 64-49 |
Total Points | 124 | 113 |
Winners | 33 | 26 |
%Winners | 49% | 41% |
Both Kovalik and Saville played 1 matche. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kovalik and Saville have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kovalik played 2 games more than Saville. Kovalik scored 33 winners (49% on total points). On the other side, Saville blasted 26 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Kovalik | Saville |
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Aces | 7 | 2 |
Avg per match | 7 | 2 |
1st in | 41/63 | 39/58 |
%1st in | 65% | 67% |
1st pts | 33/41 | 26/39 |
%1st pts | 80% | 67% |
2nd pts | 10/22 | 12/19 |
%2nd pts | 45% | 63% |
Kovalik blasted 7 aces (7 per match). Saville blasted 2 aces (2 per match). Kovalik won 80% points on his first serve. Unfortunately, he battling with his second serve to win only 45% of the points. On the other side, Saville won 67% points on his first serve. Unfortunately, he having issues with his second serve to win only 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Kovalik | Saville |
---|---|---|
Won | 3 | 4 |
Converted | 3/7 | 4/8 |
% Converted | 43% | 50% |
Conceded | 1 | 3 |
Saved | 0 | 2 |
% Saved | 0% | 67% |
Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
The Slovakian broke his opponent 3 times with 43% conversion rate. Jozef conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Saville broke his opponent 4 times with 50% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
Kovalik | |||
Q1 Kamke |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-1 7-64 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
pts | 68-56 | 68-56 | |
Total points | 124 | 124 | |
Winners | 33 | 33 | |
%Winners | 49% | 49% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 7 | 7 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
1st in | 41/63 | 41/63 | |
% 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
1st pts | 33/41 | 33/41 | |
% 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
2nd pts | 10/22 | 10/22 | |
% 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 3 | 3 | |
Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
Saved | 0 | 0 | |
Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Saville | |||
Q1 Torpegaard |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
pts | 64-49 | 64-49 | |
Total points | 113 | 113 | |
Winners | 26 | 26 | |
%Winners | 41% | 41% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 2 | 2 | |
Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
1st in | 39/58 | 39/58 | |
% 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
1st pts | 26/39 | 26/39 | |
% 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
2nd pts | 12/19 | 12/19 | |
% 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 4 | 4 | |
Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
Saved | 2 | 2 | |
Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Prediction and head to head Jozef Kovalik vs. Luke Saville
There is no head to head record between Jozef Kovalik and Luke Saville since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other at pro level.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jozef Kovalik who should win in 5 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jozef Kovalik is the pick to win this match.
Jozef Kovalik -> 1.50
Luke Saville -> 2.50
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