Jozef Kovalik and Illya Marchenko will face off in the qualifications of the Sofia Open for the 2^nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 5:00 pm on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Illya Marchenko who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Illya Marchenko is the pick to win this match.
Illya Marchenko -> 1.7
Jozef Kovalik -> 2.15

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This will be the 2^nd time that Jozef Kovalik and Illya Marchenko play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Marchenko (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.

Jozef Kovalik

Ranked no. 126, Kovalik will start his run in Sofia after he played his last match in the Marbella Challenger where he lost 6-3 7-5 to Clarke in the 1^st round the 26^th of October.

Jozef has a 15-14 win-loss record in 2020, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

This will be the first match of the year on indoor hard courts.

Talking about his overall career, The Slovakian has an overall 376-259 record. He has negative 14-27 record on indoor hard courts.

Last year in Sofia

Jozef didn’t compete in Sofia in 2019.

Illya Marchenko

Ranked no. 216, the Ukrainian will start his run in Sofia after he played his last match in the Eckental Challenger where he lost 6-3 1-6 6-1 to Moeller in the 1^st round the 2^nd of November.

The Ukrainian has a 13-11 win-loss record in 2020, 13-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

The Ukrainian’s best result of the year was reaching the semi-finals in the Bergamo Challenger.

In terms of his career, Illya has an overall 487-349 record. He has positive 173-95 record on indoor hard courts.

Head 2 Head

• 0Slam
• 0Main
• 9Chall
• 9Minor

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• 0Main
• 10Chall
• 2Minor

Jozef
Kovalik

1:2

Illya
Marchenko

Rank

594

High

80

1Hard0

0I.hard2

Rank

641

High

49

Win Loss

Kovalik

LLWWLWWWLW

Marchenko

WWWLLWW

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14 - 22

5 - 2

2-5

Hard

5-2

11-14

Clay

0-0

1-1

Grass

0-0

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Kovalik

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Marchenko