Jozef Kovalik and Matthias Bachinger will face off in the 2nd round of the Bratislava Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 pm on CENTRAL COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jozef Kovalik who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jozef Kovalik is the pick to win this match.
Jozef Kovalik -> 1.32
Matthias Bachinger -> 3.38
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Prediction and head to head Jozef Kovalik vs. Matthias Bachinger
This will be the 2nd time that Jozef Kovalik and Matthias Bachinger square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kovalik (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Kovalik won 6-3 6-1 in the quarter in the Meerbusch Challenger back in 2014.
Jozef Kovalik
Ranked no. 127, Jozef reached the 2nd round after defeating Vit Kopriva 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, Kovalik had a good straight sets win against Kopriva (6-4 6-2). During the match, Kovalik scored 64 points vs Kopriva’s 50. The Slovakian was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kovalik blasted 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Jozef Kovalik was exceptionally effective on serve to win 72% (23/32) of his 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Slovakian broke Kopriva 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Kovalik has a favorable record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (349-241). 14-11 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kovalik has an overall 266-157 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
The Slovakian’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Istanbul Challenger and the Belgrade Challenger.
Kovalik has an overall 17-13 win-loss record in 2021, 14-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bratislava Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2019. See his history.
Matthias Bachinger
Ranked no. 246, Bachinger reached the 2nd round after defeating Quentin Halys 7-63 6-2.
In the 1st round, The German had a good straight sets win against Halys (7-63 6-2). During the match Bachinger scored 76 points vs Halys’s 58. Matthias was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.
About the serving games, Bachinger recorded 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Matthias Bachinger lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Bachinger put 63% of his first serves in, winning 89% (33/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (11/22) on the 2nd serve. Bachinger broke Halys 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
The German’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Biella 4 Challenger.
Bachinger has a composed 17-9 win-loss record in 2021, 4-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kovalik | Bachinger |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 21 |
| Pts | 64-50 | 76-58 |
| Total Points | 114 | 134 |
| Winners | 23 | 33 |
| %Winners | 36% | 43% |
Both Kovalik and Bachinger played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kovalik and Bachinger have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kovalik played 3 games less than Bachinger. The Slovakian scored 23 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The German made 33 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kovalik | Bachinger |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 4 |
| 1st in | 32/60 | 37/59 |
| %1st in | 53% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 23/32 | 33/37 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 89% |
| 2nd pts | 15/28 | 11/22 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 50% |
Kovalik fired 3 aces . Bachinger managed to score 4 aces . Kovalik won 72% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Bachinger won 89% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kovalik | Bachinger |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/10 | 3/6 |
| % Converted | 50% | 50% |
| Conceded | 5 | 2 |
| Saved | 3 | 1 |
| % Saved | 60% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
The Slovakian broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Jozef conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. The German broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. The German conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kovalik | |||
| R1 Kopriva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 64-50 | 64-50 | |
| Total points | 114 | 114 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 32/60 | 32/60 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 23/32 | 23/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/28 | 15/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Bachinger | |||
| R1 Halys |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 76-58 | 76-58 | |
| Total points | 134 | 134 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 37/59 | 37/59 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 33/37 | 33/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 89% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/22 | 11/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Martin KlizanKlizan – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (6-70 6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Federico CoriaCoria (7-65 7-66) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Andrey KuznetsovKuznetsov – Alex MolcanMolcan (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Martin KlizanKlizan – Andrey KuznetsovKuznetsov (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Matthias BachingerBachinger (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Norbert GombosGombos – Filip HoranskyHoransky (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Cem IlkelIlkel – Facundo MenaMena (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
