Pablo Carreno-Busta and Jozef Kovalik will square off in the 1st round of the Australian Open for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 4:30 pm (est) on Court 13. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pablo Carreno-Busta who should win in 3 sets.
Pablo Carreno-Busta -> 1.12
Jozef Kovalik -> 6.00
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Pablo Carreno-Busta
Ranked no. 30, the Spaniard will start his run at the Australian Open after he played his last match in Adelaide where he lost 6-3 6-3 to Lloyd in the quarter the 16th of January.
Carreno-Busta has a 1-1 win-loss record in 2020, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Carreno-Busta has an overall 303-205 record. He has positive 84-57 record on hard.
Last year at the Australian Open
Pablo lost in the 4th round 6-78 4-6 7-64 6-4 7-68 to Kei Nishikori.
Jozef Kovalik
Ranked no. 139, Kovalik got to the 1st round after beating Tobias Kamke 6-1 7-64 and Luke Saville 6-77 7-63 6-4.
Kovalik has a negative record in the last 10 years having won 43% of his matches (152-200). 2-1 on hard in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kovalik has a 199-170 record in the last 10 years on hard.
Kovalik has a 2-1 win-loss record in 2020, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
The Slovakian didn’t play at the Australian Open in 2019.
Tennis Scores at the Australian Open
- Guido PellaPella – John-Patrick SmithSmith (6-3 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Richard BerankisBerankis – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-4 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (7-65 6-2 2-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-3 6-77 6-1 7-63) – See score progression
- Sam QuerreyQuerrey – Borna CoricCoric (6-3 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Gregoire BarrereBarrere – Mohamed SafwatSafwat (6-78 7-61 6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Roger FedererFederer – Steve JohnsonJohnson (6-3 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Salvatore CarusoCaruso (6-0 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero (4-6 6-2 6-0 6-4) – See score progression
- Daniel EvansEvans – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (3-6 4-6 6-1 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber – Marcos GironGiron (7-5 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Laslo DjereDjere (6-4 3-6 6-2 7-61) – See score progression
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Andrew HarrisHarris (6-3 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Feliciano LopezLopez – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (2-2) – See H2H details
- Ivo KarlovicKarlovic – Vasek PospisilPospisil (1-4) – See H2H details
- Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (0-0) – See H2H details
- Rafael NadalNadal – Hugo DellienDellien (0-0) – See H2H details
- Pablo AndujarAndujar – Michael MmohMmoh (0-0) – See H2H details
- Pablo CuevasCuevas – Gilles SimonSimon (0-2) – See H2H details
- John IsnerIsner – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (0-0) – See H2H details
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Yen-Hsun LuLu (3-0) – See H2H details
- Marin CilicCilic – Corentin MoutetMoutet (0-0) – See H2H details
- Ernests GulbisGulbis – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-1) – See H2H details
- Yuichi SugitaSugita – Elliot BenchetritBenchetrit (0-0) – See H2H details
- Leonardo MayerMayer – Tommy PaulPaul (0-0) – See H2H details
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Dominic ThiemThiem (0-7) – See H2H details
- Tatsuma ItoIto – Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran (0-0) – See H2H details
- Daniel EvansEvans – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (0-2) – See H2H details
- Guido PellaPella – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (0-0) – See H2H details
- John MillmanMillman – Ugo HumbertHumbert (0-0) – See H2H details
- Richard BerankisBerankis – Sam QuerreyQuerrey (0-2) – See H2H details
- David GoffinGoffin – Jeremy ChardyChardy (1-1) – See H2H details
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Aljaz BedeneBedene (2-0) – See H2H details
- Federico DelbonisDelbonis – Joao SousaSousa (3-3) – See H2H details
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Milos RaonicRaonic (0-0) – See H2H details
- Benoit PairePaire – Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe (0-0) – See H2H details
- Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (0-0) – See H2H details
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (0-1) – See H2H details
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (2-1) – See H2H details
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Soon-Woo KwonKwon (0-0) – See H2H details
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Cameron NorrieNorrie (1-0) – See H2H details
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Mikael YmerYmer (0-0) – See H2H details
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Lloyd HarrisHarris (0-0) – See H2H details
- Alex BoltBolt – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (0-0) – See H2H details
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Alexander ZverevZverev (0-0) – See H2H details
- Kyle EdmundEdmund – Dusan LajovicLajovic (3-0) – See H2H details
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Alexander BublikBublik (0-1) – See H2H details
- Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (1-0) – See H2H details
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (1-1) – See H2H details
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Andrey RublevRublev (0-0) – See H2H details
- Christian GarinGarin – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (0-0) – See H2H details
- Quentin HalysHalys – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (0-0) – See H2H details
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (0-0) – See H2H details
- Mario Vilella MartinezVilella Martinez – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-0) – See H2H details
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Peter GojowczykGojowczyk (0-0) – See H2H details
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Dennis NovakNovak (0-0) – See H2H details
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Fabio FogniniFognini (1-1) – See H2H details
- Ilya IvashkaIvashka – Kevin AndersonAnderson (0-1) – See H2H details
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (0-0) – See H2H details
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (0-0) – See H2H details
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber (2-0) – See H2H details
- Casper RuudRuud – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (0-0) – See H2H details
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Jo-Wilfried TsongaTsonga (0-0) – See H2H details
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (0-0) – See H2H details
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Andreas SeppiSeppi (0-0) – See H2H details
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Norbert GombosGombos (0-0) – See H2H details
- Hugo GastonGaston – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (0-0) – See H2H details
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Max PurcellPurcell (0-0) – See H2H details