Jozef Kovalik and Duje Ajdukovic will face off in the quarter of the Split Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 4:00 pm on CENTER COURT. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the 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 -> 1.54
Duje Ajdukovic -> 2.48

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Prediction and head to head Jozef Kovalik vs. Duje Ajdukovic

There is no head to head record between Jozef Kovalik and Duje Ajdukovic since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Jozef Kovalik

Ranked no. 124, Kovalik reached the quarter after beating Malek Jaziri 6-4 6-7⁰ 6-0 and Frederico Ferreira Silva 2-6 6-2 7-5.

In the 2^nd round against Ferreira Silva, The Slovakian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-2 7-5). During the match Kovalik scored 101 points vs Ferreira Silva’s 91. The Slovakian was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about the service games, Kovalik struck 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Jozef Kovalik lost the serve 5 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Kovalik put 52% of his first serves in, winning 67% (32/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (21/44) on the 2nd serve. The Slovakian broke Ferreira Silva 6 times after converting 33% of his break points (6/18).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Slovakian has surrendered 2 set in this competition to conquer 54% of the points he played.

Kovalik has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (368-245). 11-8 on clay in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kovalik has a 273-153 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

The Slovakian has a 13-11 win-loss record in 2020, 11-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Split Challenger

Jozef didn’t compete in the Split Challenger in 2019.

Duje Ajdukovic

Ranked no. 462 (career high), Ajdukovic got to the quarter after defeating Joao Menezes 6-4 3-6 6-3 and Martin Klizan 6-0 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, The Croatian had a good straight sets win against Klizan (6-0 6-4). During the match Ajdukovic scored 64 points vs Klizan’s 48. The Croatian was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Talking about serving, Ajdukovic fired 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Duje Ajdukovic was quite efficent on serve to win 72% (21/29) of his 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Duje broke Klizan 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Croatian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Duje’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Antalya and M15 Curtea de Arges.

Ajdukovic has a 16-4 win-loss record in 2020, 16-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Split Challenger

Duje didn’t compete in the Split Challenger in 2019.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Both Kovalik and Ajdukovic played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Jozef Kovalik conceded 2 sets, while Duje Ajdukovic dropper 1 set. Kovalik has played 1 set more than Ajdukovic (6 vs 5). Therefore, Kovalik played 13 games more than Ajdukovic. Jozef scored 73 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Duje recorded 53 winners (33%).

Serve Performance

Kovalik made 13 aces (6.5 per match). Ajdukovic scored 5 aces (2.5 per match). Kovalik won 74% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Ajdukovic won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.

How they played the important points

Kovalik broke his opponents 11 times with a 34% conversion rate. Kovalik surrendered his serve 6 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Duje broke his opponents 9 times with a 41% conversion rate. Ajdukovic conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 76% of the break points that he conceded.

Head 2 Head

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Jozef
Kovalik

0:1

Duje
Ajdukovic

Rank

109

High

80

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Rank

136

High

115

Win Loss

Kovalik

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Ajdukovic

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2024 2023 2022

28 - 14

16 - 18

3-4

Hard

6-7

0-0

I Hard

4-1

25-9

Clay

6-7

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