Jozef Kovalik and Franco Agamenone will square off in the 2nd round of the Como Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:00 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jozef Kovalik is the pick to win this match.
Jozef Kovalik -> 1.58
Franco Agamenone -> 2.38
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Prediction and head to head Jozef Kovalik vs. Franco Agamenone
There is no head to head record between Jozef Kovalik and Franco Agamenone since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Jozef Kovalik
Ranked no. 118, Jozef reached the 2nd round after defeating Julian Lenz 7-5 6-2.
In the 1st round, Jozef had a good straight sets win against Lenz (7-5 6-2). During the match, Kovalik scored 69 points vs Lenz’s 52. Jozef was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kovalik made 5 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Jozef Kovalik was quite effective on serve to win 71% (22/31) of his 1st serve and 55% (17/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Jozef broke Lenz 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Kovalik has a favorable record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (359-249). 24-18 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kovalik has a composed 276-164 record in the last years on clay.
Kovalik’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Istanbul Challenger,the Belgrade Challenger and the Warsaw Challenger.
Kovalik has a compiled 27-21 win-loss record in 2021, 24-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Como Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2015. See his history.
Franco Agamenone
Ranked no. 291 (career-high), the Argentine reached the 2nd round after beating Gabriele Piraino 6-2 6-2 and Nuno Borges 6-3 6-1.
In the 1st round, Agamenone had a good straight sets win against Borges (6-3 6-1). During the match Agamenone scored 58 points vs Borges’s 37. Franco was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Agamenone made 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Franco Agamenone lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Agamenone put 74% of his first serves in, winning 76% (26/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (6/12) on the 2nd serve. Franco broke Borges 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
His best result of the current year was conquering the title in the Prague 3 Challenger where he beat Ryan Peniston in the final 6-3 6-1.
Franco has a composed 70-18 win-loss record in 2021, 49-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kovalik | Agamenone |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 32 |
| Pts | 69-52 | 125-82 |
| Total Points | 121 | 207 |
| Winners | 22 | 50 |
| %Winners | 32% | 40% |
Kovalik played 1 match while Agamenone competed in 2 matches. Agamenone started his run from the qualifications while Kovalik had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Kovalik has played 2 set(s) less than Agamenone (2 vs 4). Therefore, Kovalik played 12 games less than Agamenone. The Slovakian scored 22 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, The Argentine blasted 50 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kovalik | Agamenone |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 31/62 | 68/101 |
| %1st in | 50% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 22/31 | 50/68 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 17/31 | 16/33 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 48% |
Kovalik managed to score 5 aces . Agamenone fired 3 aces (1.5 per match). Kovalik won 71% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Agamenone won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kovalik | Agamenone |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 10 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 10/21 |
| % Converted | 56% | 48% |
| Conceded | 5 | 9 |
| Saved | 3 | 7 |
| % Saved | 60% | 78% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Kovalik broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Jozef lost his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Franco broke his opponents 10 times with a 48% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kovalik | |||
| R1 Lenz |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 69-52 | 69-52 | |
| Total points | 121 | 121 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 31/62 | 31/62 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 22/31 | 22/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/31 | 17/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Agamenone | |||||
| Q1 Piraino |
Q3 Vavassori |
R1 Borges |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-1 6-4 | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 17 | 16 | 49 | |
| pts | 67-45 | – | 58-37 | 125-82 | |
| Total points | 112 | 0 | 95 | 207 | |
| Winners | 24 | 26 | 50 | ||
| %Winners | 36% | NAN% | 45% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1st in | 34/55 | / | 34/46 | 68/101 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | – | 74% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 24/34 | / | 26/34 | 50/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | – | 76% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/21 | / | 6/12 | 16/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | – | 50% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | ||
| Converted | 5/11 | / | 5/10 | 10/21 | |
| Converted % | 45% | – | 50% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 5 | 9 | ||
| Saved | 3/4 | 0/ | 4/5 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 75% | – | 80% | 155% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
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