Jozef Kovalik and Evan Furness will play each other in the 2nd round of the Warsaw Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on CENTRE. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jozef Kovalik is the pick to win this match.
Jozef Kovalik -> 1.67
Evan Furness -> 2.2
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Prediction and head to head Jozef Kovalik vs. Evan Furness
There is no head to head record between Jozef Kovalik and Evan Furness since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Jozef Kovalik
Ranked no. 121, Kovalik got to the 2nd round after beating Johan Nikles 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Jozef had a good straight sets win against Nikles (6-3 6-4). During the match, Kovalik scored 62 points vs Nikles’s 48. Kovalik was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kovalik wasn’t able to score even 1 ace and he committed only 4 double faults. Jozef Kovalik lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Kovalik put 62% of his first serves in, winning 78% (29/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 30% (7/23) on the 2nd serve. Jozef broke Nikles 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Kovalik has a winning record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (356-248). 21-17 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kovalik has a compiled 273-163 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
The Slovakian’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Istanbul Challenger and the Belgrade Challenger.
The Slovakian has a composed 24-20 win-loss record in 2021, 21-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Warsaw Challenger
The Slovakian has never competed in this tournament before.
Evan Furness
Ranked no. 295, the French player reached the 2nd round after defeating Orlando Luz 6-4 2-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, Furness defeated Luz (6-4 2-6 6-3).-93) than Luz. In fact, the world no. 121 won 93 points vs Luz’s. That means that Furness was more focused during the important points. Furness was very aggressive to blast 43 winners.
About the serving games, Furness couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 7 double faults. Evan Furness lost the serve 4 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Furness put 60% of his first serves in, winning 63% (43/68) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (20/45) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Luz 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
The French player best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Manacor and M25 Vale do Lobo.
Furness has an aggregate 43-19 win-loss record in 2021, 24-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kovalik | Furness |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 27 |
| Pts | 62-48 | 93-96 |
| Total Points | 110 | 189 |
| Winners | 29 | 43 |
| %Winners | 47% | 46% |
Both Kovalik and Furness played 1 match. At the moment, Evan Furness lost 1 set while Jozef Kovalik hasn’t conceded a set so far. Kovalik has played 1 set(s) less than Furness (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kovalik played 8 games less than Furness. Kovalik scored 29 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Evan managed to score 43 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kovalik | Furness |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 0 |
| 1st in | 37/60 | 68/113 |
| %1st in | 62% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 29/37 | 43/68 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 7/23 | 20/45 |
| %2nd pts | 30% | 44% |
Kovalik didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Furness also didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Kovalik won 78% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 30% of the points. On the other side, Furness won 63% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kovalik | Furness |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/6 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 83% | 50% |
| Conceded | 8 | 12 |
| Saved | 5 | 8 |
| % Saved | 63% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
Jozef broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. Kovalik dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Furness broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Evan conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kovalik | |||
| R1 Nikles |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 62-48 | 62-48 | |
| Total points | 110 | 110 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 37/60 | 37/60 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 29/37 | 29/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/23 | 7/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 30% | 30% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Furness | |||
| R1 Luz |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 2-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 93-96 | 93-96 | |
| Total points | 189 | 189 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 68/113 | 68/113 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 43/68 | 43/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/45 | 20/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 8/12 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
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