Jozef Kovalik and Johan Nikles will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Warsaw Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on KORT 2. In the following paragraphs, 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 -> 1.38
Johan Nikles -> 2.94
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Prediction and head to head Jozef Kovalik vs. Johan Nikles
There is no head to head record between Jozef Kovalik and Johan Nikles since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Jozef Kovalik
Ranked no. 121, Jozef will start his run in the Warsaw Challenger after he played his last match in Kitzbuhel where he lost 6-2 6-2 to Martinez Portero in the quarter on the 29th of July.
The Slovakian has a compiled 23-20 win-loss record in 2021, 20-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Jozef’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Istanbul Challenger and the Belgrade Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Jozef has an overall 401-281 record. He has a positive 297-177 record on clay.
Previously in the Warsaw Challenger
Kovalik has never competed in this tournament before.
Johan Nikles
Ranked no. 409 (career-high), the Swiss got to the 1st round after defeating Lucas Gerch 6-4 7-5 and Jonathan Mridha 6-4 6-73 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Swiss defeated Mridha (6-4 6-73 6-3). During the match Nikles scored 108 points vs Mridha’s 107. Nikles was quite aggressive to blast 40 winners.
About the serving games, Nikles scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Johan Nikles lost the serve 5 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Nikles put 69% of his first serves in, winning 57% (40/70) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (14/31) on the 2nd serve. The Swiss broke Mridha 7 times after converting 50% of his break points (7/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Nikles started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
Nikles’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Majadahonda and M15 Genova.
Nikles has an aggregate 31-17 win-loss record in 2021, 29-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jan ZielinskiZielinski – Tristan LamasineLamasine (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Johan NiklesNikles – Jozef KovalikKovalik (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lukas KleinKlein – Andrey KuznetsovKuznetsov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Evan FurnessFurness – Orlando LuzLuz (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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