Jozef Kovalik and Tallon Griekspoor will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Antalya 2 Challenger for the 2nd 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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Prediction and head to head Jozef Kovalik vs. Tallon Griekspoor
This will be the 2nd 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 2nd round after defeating Cem Ilkel 6-3 6-1.
In the 1st 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 2nd round after beating Ernesto Escobedo 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st 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
Points | Kovalik | Griekspoor |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 1 |
Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
Tot Games | 16 | 17 |
Pts | 65-44 | 68-53 |
Total Points | 109 | 121 |
Winners | 24 | 28 |
%Winners | 37% | 41% |
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
Serve | Kovalik | Griekspoor |
---|---|---|
Aces | 3 | 3 |
Avg per match | 3 | 3 |
1st in | 33/59 | 41/61 |
%1st in | 56% | 67% |
1st pts | 24/33 | 28/41 |
%1st pts | 73% | 68% |
2nd pts | 11/26 | 11/20 |
%2nd pts | 42% | 55% |
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
Breaks | Kovalik | Griekspoor |
---|---|---|
Won | 6 | 5 |
Converted | 6/10 | 5/11 |
% Converted | 60% | 45% |
Conceded | 8 | 6 |
Saved | 6 | 5 |
% Saved | 75% | 83% |
Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
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.
Kovalik | |||
R1 Ilkel |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
pts | 65-44 | 65-44 | |
Total points | 109 | 109 | |
Winners | 24 | 24 | |
%Winners | 37% | 37% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 3 | 3 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
1st in | 33/59 | 33/59 | |
% 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
1st pts | 24/33 | 24/33 | |
% 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
2nd pts | 11/26 | 11/26 | |
% 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 6 | 6 | |
Converted | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
Saved | 6/8 | 6 | |
Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Griekspoor | |||
R1 Escobedo |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
pts | 68-53 | 68-53 | |
Total points | 121 | 121 | |
Winners | 28 | 28 | |
%Winners | 41% | 41% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 3 | 3 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
1st in | 41/61 | 41/61 | |
% 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
1st pts | 28/41 | 28/41 | |
% 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
2nd pts | 11/20 | 11/20 | |
% 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 5 | 5 | |
Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Head 2 Head
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
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