Jozef Kovalik and Tallon Griekspoor will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Antalya 2 Challenger for the 2^nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:30 pm 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 -> 1.72
Tallon Griekspoor -> 2.12

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

Jozef Kovalik

Ranked no. 126, Kovalik got to the 2^nd round after defeating Cem Ilkel 6-3 6-1.

In the 1^st round, Kovalik had a good straight sets win against Ilkel (6-3 6-1). During the match Kovalik scored 65 points vs Ilkel’s 44. The Slovakian was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kovalik fired 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Jozef Kovalik lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Kovalik put 56% of his first serves in, winning 73% (24/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (11/26) on the 2nd serve. Jozef broke Ilkel 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).

Kovalik has a good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (336-231). 1-1 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Kovalik has a 253-147 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

The Slovakian’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Istanbul Challenger.

The Slovakian has a 4-3 win-loss record in 2021, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Antalya 2 Challenger

The Slovakian didn’t play in the Antalya 2 Challenger in 2020.

Tallon Griekspoor

Ranked no. 155, Tallon got to the 2^nd round after beating Ernesto Escobedo 6-3 6-2.

In the 1^st round, The Dutch had a good straight sets win against Escobedo (6-3 6-2). During the match Griekspoor scored 68 points vs Escobedo’s 53. Griekspoor was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Talking about serving, Griekspoor bagged 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Tallon Griekspoor lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Griekspoor put 67% of his first serves in, winning 68% (28/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the 2nd serve. Tallon broke Escobedo 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

Griekspoor has a 3-3 win-loss record in 2021, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Both Kovalik and Griekspoor played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kovalik and Griekspoor have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kovalik played 1 game less than Griekspoor. The Slovakian scored 24 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Dutch managed to score 28 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Kovalik bagged 3 aces . Griekspoor fired 3 aces . Kovalik won 73% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Griekspoor won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

The Slovakian broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Slovakian dropped his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Tallon broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Dutch conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.

Head 2 Head

• 0Slam
• 0Main
• 8Chall
• 9Minor

• 0Slam
• 2Main
• 11Chall
• 7Minor

Jozef
Kovalik

1:1

Tallon
Griekspoor

Rank

109

High

80

1Clay1

Rank

27

High

21

Win Loss

Kovalik

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Griekspoor

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2024 2023 2022

30 - 14

19 - 16

3-4

Hard

5-6

0-0

I Hard

3-1

27-9

Clay

7-6

0-1

Grass

4-3

Tennis Scores in Antalya 2 Challenger

• Alessandro GiannessiAlessandro – Mohamed SafwatMohamed (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Alejandro TabiloAlejandro – Daniel Elahi GalanDaniel (2-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression

• Jozef KovalikKovalik – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Dmitry PopkoPopko – Facundo BagnisBagnis (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Akira SantillanSantillan – Leonardo MayerMayer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Carlos TabernerTaberner – Emilio GomezGomez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (0-1) – H2H and prediction

Kovalik

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