Marco Cecchinato and Jozef Kovalik will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 5th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12 pm on Court 2. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marco Cecchinato who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marco Cecchinato is the pick to win this match.
Marco Cecchinato -> 1.727
Jozef Kovalik -> 2.11
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Prediction and head to head Marco Cecchinato vs. Jozef Kovalik
This will be the 5th time that Marco Cecchinato and Jozef Kovalik square off. The head to head is 3-1 for Kovalik (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Kovalik won 6-2 6-4 in the 2nd round in the Braunschweig Challenger back in 2017.
Marco Cecchinato
Ranked no. 108, the Italian reached the 2nd round after defeating Egor Gerasimov 6-2 5-7 6-3 and Bradley Klahn 6-1 6-4.
In the qualifications, Marco had a good straight sets win against Klahn (6-1 6-4). During the match Cecchinato scored 63 points vs Klahn’s 41. Cecchinato was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Cecchinato scored 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Marco Cecchinato was quite efficent on serve to win 91% (29/32) 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. Marco broke Klahn 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Italian has dropped 1 set in this competition to win 57% of the points he played.
Cecchinato has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (336-229). 9-7 on clay in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Cecchinato has a 299-159 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.
The Italian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Punta Del Este Challenger.
The Italian has a 10-11 win-loss record in 2020, 9-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Rome
Cecchinato lost in the 2nd round to Philipp Kohlschreiber.
Jozef Kovalik
Ranked no. 123, Kovalik got to the 2nd round after beating Evgeny Donskoy 7-5 6-4 and Aljaz Bedene 7-65 6-3.
In the qualifications, Kovalik had a good straight sets win against Bedene (7-65 6-3). During the match Kovalik scored 87 points vs Bedene’s 78. The Slovakian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Kovalik struck 3 aces and he committed only 9 double faults. Jozef Kovalik lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kovalik put 54% of his first serves in, winning 80% (35/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (16/37) on the 2nd serve. The Slovakian broke Bedene 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kovalik hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
The Slovakian has a 11-9 win-loss record in 2020, 9-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Rome
The Slovakian lost in the 3rd round to Stefano Napolitano.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cecchinato | Kovalik |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 46 | 44 |
| Pts | 173-132 | 167-144 |
| Total Points | 305 | 311 |
| Winners | 70 | 61 |
| %Winners | 40% | 37% |
Both Cecchinato and Kovalik played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Marco Cecchinato surrendered 1 set while Jozef Kovalik hasn’t lost a set so far. Cecchinato has played 1 set more than Kovalik (5 vs 4). Therefore, Cecchinato played 2 games more than Kovalik. Marco scored 70 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Slovakian blasted 61 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cecchinato | Kovalik |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 5.5 | 2 |
| 1st in | 92/146 | 73/137 |
| %1st in | 63% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 70/92 | 61/73 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 33/54 | 31/64 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 48% |
Cecchinato managed to score 11 aces (5.5 per match). Kovalik bagged 4 aces (2 per match). Cecchinato won 76% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Kovalik won 84% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cecchinato | Kovalik |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 6 |
| Converted | 7/16 | 6/21 |
| % Converted | 44% | 29% |
| Conceded | 10 | 7 |
| Saved | 8 | 4 |
| % Saved | 80% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
Cecchinato broke his opponents 7 times with a 44% conversion rate. Cecchinato surrendered his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Kovalik broke his opponents 6 times with a 29% conversion rate. Jozef conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cecchinato | ||||
| Q1 Gerasimov |
Q2 Klahn |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 5-7 6-3 | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 17 | 46 | |
| pts | 110-91 | 63-41 | 173-132 | |
| Total points | 201 | 104 | 305 | |
| Winners | 41 | 29 | 70 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 46% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 60/100 | 32/46 | 92/146 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 70% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 41/60 | 29/32 | 70/92 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 91% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/40 | 8/14 | 33/54 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 57% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 3/7 | 7/16 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 43% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 0 | 10 | |
| Saved | 8/10 | 0/0 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 80% | – | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Kovalik | ||||
| Q1 Donskoy |
Q2 Bedene |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | 7-65 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | 44 | |
| pts | 80-66 | 87-78 | 167-144 | |
| Total points | 146 | 165 | 311 | |
| Winners | 26 | 35 | 61 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 40% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 9 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 29/56 | 44/81 | 73/137 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 54% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 26/29 | 35/44 | 61/73 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 80% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/27 | 16/37 | 31/64 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 43% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/14 | 3/7 | 6/21 | |
| Converted % | 21% | 43% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 3/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 60% | 55% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLWWWWWLL Tennis Scores in Rome
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- Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Hugo DellienDellien (7-67 3-6 6-0) – See score progression
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Taro DanielDaniel (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Mikael YmerYmer – Marc PolmansPolmans (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Federico CoriaCoria – Steven DiezDiez (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Tommy RobredoRobredo (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Aljaz BedeneBedene (7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Bradley KlahnKlahn (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Joao SousaSousa – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- Andrej MartinMartin – Jeremy ChardyChardy (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Leonardo MayerMayer (7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Gilles SimonSimon (7-5 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Yuichi SugitaSugita (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
- Facundo BagnisBagnis – James DuckworthDuckworth (7-64 6-1) – See score progression
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Matteo ViolaViola (4-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Roberto MarcoraMarcora (6-72 6-3 2-1 ret.) – See score progression
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- Daniel EvansEvans – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Guido PellaPella – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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- Facundo BagnisBagnis – Mikael YmerYmer (0-1) – H2H and prediction
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- Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Joao SousaSousa (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (1-1) – H2H and prediction
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- Borna CoricCoric – Christian GarinGarin (1-1) – H2H and prediction
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- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Corentin MoutetMoutet (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (0-0) – H2H and prediction
