Jozef Kovalik and Illya Marchenko will face off in the qualifications of the Sofia Open for the 2nd 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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Prediction and head to head Jozef Kovalik vs. Illya Marchenko

This will be the 2nd 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 1st round the 26th 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 1st round the 2nd of November.

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

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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.

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