Jozef Kovalik surprises Jaume Antoni Munar Clar 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in Kitzbuhel on Monday. Kovalik will face off with Jiri Vesely in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 55 minutes. This run will match his best achievement in this competition. Here you can see his history at this event.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Slovakian scored 76 points vs. Antoni Munar Clar’s 64.
Kovalik
Jozef was sharp when converting 80% of the break points that he procured (4/5).
Antoni Munar Clar
On the other side, the Spaniard was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 10% – 2/21). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Kovalik and Antoni Munar Clar is 2-2.
Draw and next match H2H: Jozef Kovalik vs. Jiri Vesely – stats
Kovalik will take on Vesely in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Jozef Kovalik and Jiri Vesely face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Vesely (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
Live score progression and stats
Kovalik started the set strong after breaking Jaume Antoni Munar Clar in the 1st game (1-0). That break was the key for the Slovakian to win the set (6-4) as there were no other breaks.
Kovalik was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1st game (0-0 15-40). On the other side, the Spaniard was unable to convert any of his 11 break points. He had 11 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-2 30-40), the 6th (2-3 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (3-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 71 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Kovalik won just 3 points more than the Spaniard (37-34). The Slovakian conceded 17 points on serve (29-17). On the other side, Antoni Munar Clar conceded 8 points on serve (17-8).
Vesely commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Jaume Antoni Munar Clar in the 2nd game (2-0). However, Jozef found the way to come back to break Antoni Munar Clar 3 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).
Antoni Munar Clar had no answers in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-4
to 6-4.The Slovakian converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 0-40 and 15-40), the 7th (2-4 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 0-40). Moreover, on the other side, the Spaniard converted 22% of his break points (2/9). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 3rd (2-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 8th (4-3 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 67 points. The Slovakian was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than Jaume (38-29). Kovalik lost 16 points on serve (20-16). In addition, on the other side, Jaume conceded 18 points on serve (13-18).
Tennis Scores in Kitzbuhel
- Gianluca MagerMager – Dennis NovakNovak (6-4 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Mario Vilella MartinezVilella Martinez – Lukas NeumayerNeumayer (6-74 7-5 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Alexander ErlerErler – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (7-5 1-6 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Federico DelbonisDelbonis (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Laslo DjereDjere (4-6 6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-3 7-67) – Stats and score progression
- Mikael YmerYmer – Pablo CuevasCuevas (6-3 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Jiri VeselyVesely – Ernests GulbisGulbis (6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (3-6 6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Lucas PouillePouille (6-3 6-74 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Jiri VeselyVesely (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Carlos TabernerTaberner (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Gianluca MagerMager – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Casper RuudRuud – Mario Vilella MartinezVilella Martinez (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Mikael YmerYmer – Alexander ErlerErler (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (0-0) – H2H details and stats