Jozef Kovalik and Mario Vilella Martinez will face off in the qualifications of the Generali Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 12:00 pm on COURT KUECHENMEISTER. 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 Mario Vilella Martinez who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mario Vilella Martinez is the pick to win this match.
Mario Vilella Martinez -> 1.61
Jozef Kovalik -> 2.20
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Prediction and head to head Jozef Kovalik vs. Mario Vilella Martinez
This will be the 2nd time that Jozef Kovalik and Mario Vilella Martinez clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kovalik (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Kovalik won 3-6 6-0 6-4 in the qualifications in Buenos Aires back in 2020.
Jozef Kovalik
Ranked no. 130, the Slovakian reached the qualifications after defeating Leandro Riedi 6-2 6-4.
In the qualifications, Jozef had a good straight sets win against Riedi (6-2 6-4). During the match, Kovalik scored 65 points vs Riedi’s 54. The Slovakian was very aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kovalik scored 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Jozef Kovalik lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Kovalik put 43% of his first serves in, winning 69% (18/26) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (17/34) on the 2nd serve. Jozef broke Riedi 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Kovalik has a good record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (352-247). 17-16 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Kovalik has a composed 269-162 match record in the last years on clay.
Kovalik’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Istanbul Challenger and the Belgrade Challenger.
Jozef has an aggregate 20-19 win-loss record in 2021, 17-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Kitzbuhel
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. See his history.
Mario Vilella Martinez
Ranked no. 158 (career-high), Mario got to the qualifications after defeating Lucas Miedler 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications, Mario had a good straight sets win against Miedler (6-3 6-4). During the match Vilella Martinez scored 59 points vs Miedler’s 42. The Spaniard was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.
About the serving games, Vilella Martinez bagged 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Mario Vilella Martinez was very efficient on serve to win 78% (21/27) of his 1st serve and 68% (15/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Vilella Martinez broke Miedler 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Mario’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Todi Challenger.
The Spaniard has an overall 25-15 win-loss record in 2021, 20-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kovalik | Vilella Martinez |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 19 |
| Pts | 65-54 | 59-42 |
| Total Points | 119 | 101 |
| Winners | 18 | 21 |
| %Winners | 28% | 36% |
Both Kovalik and Vilella Martinez played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kovalik and Vilella Martinez have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kovalik played 1 game less than Vilella Martinez. Kovalik scored 18 winners (28% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard recorded 21 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kovalik | Vilella Martinez |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 4 |
| 1st in | 26/60 | 27/49 |
| %1st in | 43% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 18/26 | 21/27 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 17/34 | 15/22 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 68% |
Kovalik recorded 3 aces . Vilella Martinez blasted 4 aces . Kovalik won 69% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Vilella Martinez won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kovalik | Vilella Martinez |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/13 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 38% | 50% |
| Conceded | 7 | 4 |
| Saved | 5 | 2 |
| % Saved | 71% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Kovalik broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Kovalik surrendered his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Vilella Martinez conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kovalik | |||
| Q1 Riedi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 65-54 | 65-54 | |
| Total points | 119 | 119 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 28% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 26/60 | 26/60 | |
| % 1st in | 43% | 43% | |
| 1st pts | 18/26 | 18/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/34 | 17/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Vilella Martinez | |||
| Q1 Miedler |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 59-42 | 59-42 | |
| Total points | 101 | 101 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 27/49 | 27/49 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 21/27 | 21/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/22 | 15/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 68% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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