Jozef Kovalik and Frederico Ferreira Silva will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Split Challenger for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
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 -> 1.666
Frederico Ferreira Silva -> 2.16
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Prediction and head to head Jozef Kovalik vs. Frederico Ferreira Silva
This will be the 2nd time that Jozef Kovalik and Frederico Ferreira Silva square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kovalik (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
Jozef Kovalik
Ranked no. 124, Jozef got to the 2nd round after beating Malek Jaziri 6-4 6-70 6-0.
In the 1st round, The Slovakian defeated Jaziri (6-4 6-70 6-0). During the match Kovalik scored 102 points vs Jaziri’s 83. Jozef was quite aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kovalik fired 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Jozef Kovalik was extremely efficent on serve to win 82% (41/50) of his 1st serve and 51% (18/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Slovakian broke Jaziri 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).
Kovalik has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (367-245). 10-8 on clay in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kovalik has a 272-153 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Kovalik has a 12-11 win-loss record in 2020, 10-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Split Challenger
Jozef didn’t play in the Split Challenger in 2019.
Frederico Ferreira Silva
Ranked no. 196, Frederico reached the 2nd round after beating Ulises Blanch 7-64 6-4.
In the 1st round, Ferreira Silva had a good straight sets win against Blanch (7-64 6-4). During the match Ferreira Silva scored 76 points vs Blanch’s 66. The Portuguese was pretty aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about serving, Ferreira Silva managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Frederico Ferreira Silva conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 5 break points. Furthermore, Ferreira Silva put 69% of his first serves in, winning 84% (42/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (11/22) on the 2nd serve. Ferreira Silva broke Blanch once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).
Ferreira Silva has a 11-9 win-loss record in 2020, 7-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Split Challenger
Ferreira Silva didn’t compete in the Split Challenger in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kovalik | Ferreira Silva |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 23 |
| Pts | 102-83 | 76-66 |
| Total Points | 185 | 142 |
| Winners | 41 | 42 |
| %Winners | 40% | 55% |
Both Kovalik and Ferreira Silva played 1 match. At the moment, Jozef Kovalik conceded 1 set while Frederico Ferreira Silva hasn’t lost a set so far. Kovalik has played 1 set more than Ferreira Silva (3 vs 2). Therefore, Kovalik played 6 games more than Ferreira Silva. The Slovakian scored 41 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Portuguese recorded 42 winners (55%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kovalik | Ferreira Silva |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 6 |
| 1st in | 50/85 | 50/72 |
| %1st in | 59% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 41/50 | 42/50 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 18/35 | 11/22 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 50% |
Kovalik fired 6 aces . Ferreira Silva managed to score 6 aces . Kovalik won 82% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Ferreira Silva won 84% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kovalik | Ferreira Silva |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 1 |
| Converted | 5/14 | 1/4 |
| % Converted | 36% | 25% |
| Conceded | 3 | 5 |
| Saved | 2 | 5 |
| % Saved | 67% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Jozef broke his opponent 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. Jozef surrendered his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Frederico broke his opponent once with a 25% conversion rate. Frederico was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 5 break points.
| Kovalik | |||
| R1 Jaziri |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-70 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 102-83 | 102-83 | |
| Total points | 185 | 185 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 50/85 | 50/85 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 41/50 | 41/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/35 | 18/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/14 | 5/14 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Ferreira Silva | |||
| R1 Blanch |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 76-66 | 76-66 | |
| Total points | 142 | 142 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 55% | 55% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 50/72 | 50/72 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 42/50 | 42/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/22 | 11/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/4 | 1/4 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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