Jozef Kovalik and Andrea Arnaboldi will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Forte Village Sardegna Open for the 4th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 11:30 am on FORTE VILLAGE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jozef Kovalik who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jozef Kovalik is the pick to win this match.
Jozef Kovalik -> 1.37
Andrea Arnaboldi -> 3.1
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Prediction and head to head Jozef Kovalik vs. Andrea Arnaboldi
This will be the 4th time that Jozef Kovalik and Andrea Arnaboldi play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Kovalik (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Arnaboldi won 6-3 6-3 in the 1st round in the Marburg Challenger back in 2016.
Jozef Kovalik
Ranked no. 124, Jozef got to the 1st round after defeating Matteo Gigante 6-4 6-0.
In the qualifications, Kovalik had a good straight sets win against Gigante (6-4 6-0). During the match Kovalik scored 56 points vs Gigante’s 31. The Slovakian was quite aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kovalik blasted 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Jozef Kovalik was exceptionally efficent on serve to win 75% (21/28) of his 1st serve and 67% (10/15) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Jozef was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Gigante 5 times.
Kovalik has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (369-246). 12-9 on clay in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kovalik has a 274-154 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Kovalik has a 14-12 win-loss record in 2020, 12-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Sardinia
The Slovakian didn’t play in Sardinia in 2019.
Andrea Arnaboldi
Ranked no. 286, the Italian reached the 1st round after beating Taro Daniel 6-3 2-6 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Italian defeated Daniel (6-3 2-6 6-4).-81) than Daniel. In fact, the world no. 124 won 81 points vs Daniel’s. That means that Arnaboldi was more focused during the important points. Arnaboldi was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Arnaboldi scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Andrea Arnaboldi lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Arnaboldi put 53% of his first serves in, winning 64% (28/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 51% (20/39) on the 2nd serve. Arnaboldi broke Daniel 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
The Italian has a 16-11 win-loss record in 2020, 7-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Sardinia
Arnaboldi didn’t play in Sardinia in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kovalik | Arnaboldi |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 27 |
| Pts | 56-31 | 81-82 |
| Total Points | 87 | 163 |
| Winners | 21 | 28 |
| %Winners | 38% | 35% |
Both Kovalik and Arnaboldi played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Andrea Arnaboldi lost 1 set while Jozef Kovalik hasn’t lost a set so far. Kovalik has played 1 set(s) less than Arnaboldi (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kovalik played 11 games less than Arnaboldi. The Slovakian scored 21 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Arnaboldi made 28 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kovalik | Arnaboldi |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 1 |
| 1st in | 28/43 | 44/83 |
| %1st in | 65% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 21/28 | 28/44 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 10/15 | 20/39 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 51% |
Kovalik fired 2 aces . Arnaboldi scored 1 ace . Kovalik won 75% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Arnaboldi won 64% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kovalik | Arnaboldi |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/5 | 4/11 |
| % Converted | 100% | 36% |
| Conceded | 4 | 8 |
| Saved | 3 | 4 |
| % Saved | 75% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
Kovalik broke his opponent 5 times with a 100% conversion rate. Jozef conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Andrea broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Andrea conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kovalik | |||
| Q1 Gigante |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 56-31 | 56-31 | |
| Total points | 87 | 87 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 28/43 | 28/43 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 21/28 | 21/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/15 | 10/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/5 | 5/5 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Arnaboldi | |||
| Q1 Daniel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 2-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 81-82 | 81-82 | |
| Total points | 163 | 163 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 44/83 | 44/83 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 28/44 | 28/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/39 | 20/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 4/8 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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