Jozef Kovalik and Facundo Bagnis will clash against each other in the quarter of the Cordoba Open for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 6:30 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Facundo Bagnis who should win in 3 sets.
Facundo Bagnis -> 1.85
Jozef Kovalik -> 2.04
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Prediction and head to head Jozef Kovalik vs. Facundo Bagnis
This will be the 3rd time that Jozef Kovalik and Facundo Bagnis play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Bagnis (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Bagnis won 6-3 7-5 in the 1st round in the Poznan Challenger back in 2018.
Jozef Kovalik
Ranked no. 128, Jozef reached the quarter after beating Daniel Elahi Galan 6-2 1-6 6-3 and Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera 4-6 6-2 6-3.
In the 2nd round against Tomas Barrios Vera, The Slovakian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-2 6-3). During the match Kovalik scored 85 points vs Tomas Barrios Vera’s 75. Kovalik was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kovalik scored 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Jozef Kovalik lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kovalik put 65% of his first serves in, winning 65% (33/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the 2nd serve. Kovalik broke Tomas Barrios Vera 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Slovakian has dropped 2 set in this event to conquer 52% of the points he played.
Kovalik has a favorable record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (339-232). 4-2 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Kovalik has a 256-148 record in the last years on clay.
Kovalik’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Istanbul Challenger.
The Slovakian has a 7-4 win-loss record in 2021, 4-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cordoba
Kovalik has never competed in this tournament before.
Facundo Bagnis
Ranked no. 130, Facundo got to the quarter after beating Thiago Agustin Tirante 6-3 4-6 6-4, Andrea Collarini 7-65 6-3, Pedro Sakamoto 6-2 6-4, Nicolas Kicker 6-1 6-4 and Federico Delbonis 6-4 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Facundo had a good straight sets win against Delbonis (6-4 7-5). During the match Bagnis scored 72 points vs Delbonis’s 61. Facundo was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, Bagnis struck 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Facundo Bagnis was very efficient on serve to win 80% (36/45) of his 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Facundo broke Delbonis 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Argentine has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Facundo has a 8-5 win-loss record in 2021, 7-3 on clay (See FULL STATS)
.Previously in Cordoba
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2019 and 2020. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kovalik | Bagnis |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 11 |
| Tot Games | 51 | 108 |
| Pts | 162-149 | 364-292 |
| Total Points | 311 | 656 |
| Winners | 66 | 173 |
| %Winners | 41% | 48% |
Kovalik played 2 matches while Bagnis competed in 5 matches. Bagnis started his run from the qualifications while Kovalik had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Jozef Kovalik lost 2 sets, while Facundo Bagnis conceded 1 set. Kovalik has played 5 set(s) less than Bagnis (6 vs 11). Therefore, Kovalik played 57 games less than Bagnis. Kovalik scored 66 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Argentine managed to score 173 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kovalik | Bagnis |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 21 |
| Avg per match | 3.5 | 4.2 |
| 1st in | 100/148 | 212/323 |
| %1st in | 68% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 66/100 | 173/212 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 23/48 | 61/111 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 55% |
Kovalik bagged 7 aces (3.5 per match). Bagnis struck 21 aces (4.2 per match). Kovalik won 66% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Bagnis won 82% of the points on 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 | Bagnis |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 15 |
| Converted | 10/20 | 15/39 |
| % Converted | 50% | 38% |
| Conceded | 15 | 18 |
| Saved | 8 | 14 |
| % Saved | 53% | 78% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 4 |
Kovalik broke his opponents 10 times with a 50% conversion rate. Kovalik conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 53% of the break points that he conceded. The Argentine broke his opponents 15 times with a 38% conversion rate. Bagnis conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kovalik | ||||
| R1 Elahi Galan Riveros | R2 Tomas Barrios Vera | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 1-6 6-3 | 4-6 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 27 | 51 | |
| pts | 77-74 | 85-75 | 162-149 | |
| Total points | 151 | 160 | 311 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | 66 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 39% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 49/70 | 51/78 | 100/148 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 65% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 33/49 | 33/51 | 66/100 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 65% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/21 | 14/27 | 23/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 52% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 6/12 | 10/20 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 8 | 15 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4/8 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 50% | 54% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Bagnis | |||||||
| Q1 Agustin | Q2 Collarini | Q3 Sakamoto | R1 Kicker | R2 Delbonis | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 4-6 6-4 | 7-65 6-3 | 6-2 6-4 | 6-1 6-4 | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 22 | 18 | 17 | 22 | 108 | |
| pts | 83-78 | 80-65 | 63-44 | 66-44 | 72-61 | 364-292 | |
| Total points | 161 | 145 | 107 | 110 | 133 | 656 | |
| Winners | 40 | 39 | 26 | 32 | 36 | 173 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 49% | 41% | 48% | 50% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 21 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 49/78 | 50/76 | 30/46 | 38/50 | 45/73 | 212/323 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 66% | 65% | 76% | 62% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 40/49 | 39/50 | 26/30 | 32/38 | 36/45 | 173/212 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 78% | 87% | 84% | 80% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/29 | 14/26 | 11/16 | 3/12 | 15/28 | 61/111 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 54% | 69% | 25% | 54% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 3/7 | 3/11 | 4/8 | 3/8 | 15/39 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 43% | 27% | 50% | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 18 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 6/7 | 1/1 | 2/3 | 5/6 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 86% | 100% | 67% | 83% | 168% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
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