Jozef Kovalik and Denis Istomin will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Stockholm Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 12:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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 -> 1.47
Denis Istomin -> 2.68

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Prediction and head to head Jozef Kovalik vs. Denis Istomin

This will be the 2^nd time that Jozef Kovalik and Denis Istomin clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kovalik (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they fought against each other, Kovalik won 6-3 2-1 ret. in the 1^st round in the Phoenix Challenger back in 2019.

Jozef Kovalik

Ranked no. 135, the Slovakian reached the qualifications after beating Danilo Petrovic 7-6² 7-6⁶.

In the qualifications, The Slovakian had a good straight sets win against Petrovic (7-6² 7-6⁶). During the match, Kovalik scored 95 points vs Petrovic’s 82. Kovalik was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kovalik fired 9 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Jozef Kovalik was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 90% (35/39) of his 1st serve and 57% (24/42) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Kovalik broke Petrovic once after converting 17% of his break points (1/6).

Kovalik has a positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (362-252). 4-2 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kovalik has a compiled 17-27 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

The Slovakian’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Istanbul Challenger,the Belgrade Challenger and the Warsaw Challenger.

The Slovakian has an aggregate 30-24 win-loss record in 2021, 4-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Stockholm

Kovalik has never competed in this tournament before.

Stockholm

Kovalik's Record

Denis Istomin

Ranked no. 249, Denis got to the qualifications after beating Jonathan Mridha 2-6 6-3 6-4.

In the qualifications against Mridha, The Uzbek recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Istomin scored 81 points vs Mridha’s 79. The Uzbek was exceptionally aggressive to blast 41 winners.

About the serving games, Istomin recorded 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Denis Istomin was pretty efficient on serve to win 76% (41/54) of his 1st serve and 52% (17/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Denis broke Mridha twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).

Istomin has an overall 16-27 win-loss record in 2021, 6-10 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Stockholm

Istomin's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Both Kovalik and Istomin played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Denis Istomin lost 1 set while Jozef Kovalik hasn’t dropped a set so far. Kovalik has played 1 set(s) less than Istomin (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kovalik played 1 game less than Istomin. The Slovakian scored 35 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Denis blasted 41 winners (51%).

Serve Performance

Kovalik blasted 9 aces . Istomin recorded 3 aces . Kovalik won 90% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Istomin won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Jozef broke his opponent once with a 17% conversion rate. Jozef surrendered his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Denis broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. The Uzbek conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Head 2 Head

• 0Slam
• 0Main
• 9Chall
• 9Minor

• 0Slam
• 2Main
• 12Chall
• 5Minor

Jozef
Kovalik

1:1

Denis
Istomin

Rank

120

High

80

1Hard0

0I.hard1

Rank

740

High

33

Win Loss

Kovalik

LLWWLLLLLL

Istomin

2024 2023 2022

33 - 21

0 - 0

3-5

Hard

0-0

30-15

Clay

0-0

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Kovalik

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Istomin