Jozef Kovalik and Lucas Miedler will clash against each other in the quarter of the Warsaw Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 12:30 pm on CENTRE. Here the head to head stats and relative 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
Lucas Miedler -> 3.04
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Prediction and head to head Jozef Kovalik vs. Lucas Miedler
This will be the 2nd time that Jozef Kovalik and Lucas Miedler 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 each other, Kovalik won 7-6(6) 6-4 in the qualifications in Kitzbuhel back in 2015.
Jozef Kovalik
Ranked no. 121, Kovalik reached the quarter after defeating Johan Nikles 6-3 6-4 and Evan Furness 6-2 7-5.
In the 2nd round, The Slovakian had a good straight sets win against Furness (6-2 7-5). During the match, Kovalik scored 77 points vs Furness’s 63. Kovalik was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kovalik managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Jozef Kovalik was quite effective on serve to win 72% (26/36) of his 1st serve and 61% (14/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Jozef broke Furness 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Jozef started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Kovalik has a winning record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (357-248). 22-17 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kovalik has a composed 274-163 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Jozef’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Istanbul Challenger and the Belgrade Challenger.
Kovalik has a compiled 25-20 win-loss record in 2021, 22-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Warsaw Challenger
The Slovakian has never competed in this tournament before.
Lucas Miedler
Ranked no. 327, Miedler got to the quarter after beating Duje Ajdukovic 6-3 3-6 6-1 and Szymon Kielan 7-5 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Lucas had a good straight sets win against Kielan (7-5 6-4). During the match Miedler scored 77 points vs Kielan’s 65. Miedler was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Miedler wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Lucas Miedler lost the serve 3 times. Furthermore, Miedler put 76% of his first serves in, winning 67% (35/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (7/16) on the 2nd serve. Lucas broke Kielan 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Miedler started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Lucas’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Sharm El Sheikh.
The Austrian has an aggregate 24-18 win-loss record in 2021, 12-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kovalik | Miedler |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 39 | 47 |
| Pts | 139-111 | 172-146 |
| Total Points | 250 | 318 |
| Winners | 55 | 67 |
| %Winners | 40% | 39% |
Both Kovalik and Miedler played 2 matches. At the moment, Lucas Miedler lost 1 set while Jozef Kovalik hasn’t dropped a set so far. Kovalik has played 1 set(s) less than Miedler (4 vs 5). Therefore, Kovalik played 8 games less than Miedler. The Slovakian scored 55 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Lucas scored 67 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kovalik | Miedler |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 2 |
| 1st in | 73/119 | 109/156 |
| %1st in | 61% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 55/73 | 67/109 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 61% |
| 2nd pts | 21/46 | 25/47 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 53% |
Kovalik recorded 4 aces (2 per match). Miedler bagged 4 aces (2 per match). Kovalik won 75% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Miedler won 61% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kovalik | Miedler |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 12 |
| Converted | 9/18 | 12/25 |
| % Converted | 50% | 48% |
| Conceded | 10 | 12 |
| Saved | 6 | 5 |
| % Saved | 60% | 42% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 7 |
The Slovakian broke his opponents 9 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Slovakian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Miedler broke his opponents 12 times with a 48% conversion rate. Miedler conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 42% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kovalik | ||||
| R1 Nikles |
R2 Furness |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 20 | 39 | |
| pts | 62-48 | 77-63 | 139-111 | |
| Total points | 110 | 140 | 250 | |
| Winners | 29 | 26 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 34% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 37/60 | 36/59 | 73/119 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 29/37 | 26/36 | 55/73 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 72% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/23 | 14/23 | 21/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 30% | 61% | 46% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 4/12 | 9/18 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 33% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 2 | 10 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 1/2 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 50% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Miedler | ||||
| R1 Ajdukovic |
R2 Kielan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-6 6-1 | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 22 | 47 | |
| pts | 95-81 | 77-65 | 172-146 | |
| Total points | 176 | 142 | 318 | |
| Winners | 32 | 35 | 67 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 45% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 57/88 | 52/68 | 109/156 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 76% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 32/57 | 35/52 | 67/109 | |
| % 1st pts | 56% | 67% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/31 | 7/16 | 25/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 44% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 7 | 5 | 12 | |
| Converted | 7/12 | 5/13 | 12/25 | |
| Converted % | 58% | 38% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 3 | 12 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 0/3 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 0% | 28% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
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