Arthur Rinderknech and Jozef Kovalik will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Stockholm Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 2:30 pm on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Arthur Rinderknech who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Arthur Rinderknech is the pick to win this match.
Arthur Rinderknech -> 1.173
Jozef Kovalik -> 5.3

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Prediction and head to head Arthur Rinderknech vs. Jozef Kovalik

This will be the 3rd time that Arthur Rinderknech and Jozef Kovalik play each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they locked horns, Rinderknech won 7-5 6-4 in the semifinal in the Istanbul Challenger back in January 2021.

Arthur Rinderknech

Ranked no. 60 (career-high), Arthur got to the 2nd round after beating Alexander Bublik 6-1 2-0 ret..

In the 1st round, Rinderknech had a good straight sets win against Bublik (6-1 2-0 ret.). During the match, Rinderknech scored 34 points vs Bublik’s 16. The French player was quite aggressive to blast 8 winners.

Regarding the service games, Rinderknech managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Arthur Rinderknech was extremely efficient on serve to win 80% (8/10) of his 1st serve and 73% (8/11) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The French player broke Bublik 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

Rinderknech has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 66% of his matches (188-96). 25-13 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Rinderknech has an aggregate58-31 record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the season was winning the title in the Istanbul Challenger where he beat Benjamin Bonzi in the final 4-6 7-6(1) 7-6(3).

Rinderknech has an aggregate 52-28 win-loss record in 2021, 25-13 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Stockholm

Rinderknech has never competed in this tournament before.

Stockholm
Rinderknech's Record

Jozef Kovalik

Ranked no. 135, Kovalik reached the 2nd round after defeating Danilo Petrovic 7-62 7-66 and Peter Gojowczyk 6-75 6-4 7-5.

In the 1st round against Gojowczyk, The Slovakian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 6-4 7-5). During the match Kovalik scored 123 points vs Gojowczyk’s 122. Jozef was pretty aggressive to blast 57 winners.

Talking about serving, Kovalik bagged 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Jozef Kovalik lost the serve twice and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Kovalik put 60% of his first serves in, winning 71% (57/80) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (26/54) on the 2nd serve. Jozef broke Gojowczyk 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

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

Kovalik has a compiled 31-25 win-loss record in 2021, 5-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Stockholm
Kovalik's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

A.Rinderknech
J.Kovalik
0h:35
0h:35
Time on court​
!
6h:35
6h:35
!
0h:35
0h:35
Last match​
!
2h:50
2h:50
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
9
9
Games Played​
83
83
3
3
Set played​​
7
7
34
34
Total points​
286
286
34
34
Avg point​
95.3
95.3
8
8
Winners
128
128
8
8
Avg Winners​
42.7
42.7
24%
24%
Ratio winners
45%
45%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
22
22
2
2
Avg Aces
7.3
7.3
2
2
Double Faults
12
12
2
2
Avg Double Faults
4
4
8/10
8/10
1st won total​
128/169
128/169
!
80%
80%
1st won %
!
76%
76%
8/11
8/11
2nd won total​
63/127
63/127
!
73%
73%
2nd won %
50%
50%
-- Break Points --
4/5
4/5
BP won
5/18
5/18
4/5
4/5
Avg BP won
1.7/6
1.7/6
!
80%
80%
Won
!
28%
28%
0
0
Conceded
19
19
0
0
Avg Conceded
6.3
6.3
0
0
Broken
5
5
!
0
0
Avg Broken
1.7
1.7
0
0
Saved
14
14
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Rinderknech Kovalik
Match played 1 2
Tot Set 3 5
Tot Games 9 61
Pts 34-16 218-204
Total Points 50 422
Winners 8 92
%Winners 24% 42%

Rinderknech played 1 match while Kovalik competed in 2 matches. Kovalik started his run from the qualifications while Rinderknech had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Jozef Kovalik dropped 1 set while Arthur Rinderknech hasn’t dropped a set so far. Rinderknech has played 2 set(s) less than Kovalik (3 vs 5). Therefore, Rinderknech played 52 games less than Kovalik. Arthur scored 8 winners (24% of the total points). On the other side, Kovalik made 92 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve Rinderknech Kovalik
Aces 2 16
Avg per match 2 8
1st in 10/21 119/215
%1st in 48% 55%
1st pts 8/10 92/119
%1st pts 80% 77%
2nd pts 8/11 50/96
%2nd pts 73% 52%

Rinderknech made 2 aces . Kovalik bagged 16 aces (8 per match). Rinderknech won 80% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 73% of the points. On the other side, Kovalik won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Rinderknech Kovalik
Won 4 5
Converted 4/5 5/16
% Converted 80% 31%
Conceded 0 15
Saved 0 12
% Saved NAN% 80%
Times Broken 0 3

Arthur broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Arthur very solid his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. Jozef broke his opponents 5 times with a 31% conversion rate. The Slovakian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.

Rinderknech
R1
Bublik		 Total
Score 6-1 2-0 ret.
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 9 9
pts 34-16 34-16
Total points 50 50
Winners 8 8
%Winners 24% 24%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 10/21 10/21
% 1st in 48% 48%
1st pts 8/10 8/10
% 1st pts 80% 80%
2nd pts 8/11 8/11
% 2nd pts 73% 73%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/5 4/5
Converted % 80% 80%
Conceded 0 0
Saved 0/0 0
Saved % – 0%
Times Broken 0 0
Kovalik
Q1
Petrovic		 Q3
Istomin		 R1
Gojowczyk		 Total
Score 7-62 7-66 6-4 7-5 6-75 6-4 7-5
Tot Set 2 2 3 7
Tot Games 26 22 35 83
pts 95-82 – 123-122 218-204
Total points 177 0 245 422
Winners 35 57 92
%Winners 37% NAN% 46% 42%
SERVE
Aces 9 0 7 16
Double Faults 5 3 8
1st in 39/81 / 80/134 119/215
% 1st in 48% – 60% 55%
1st pts 35/39 / 57/80 92/119
% 1st pts 90% – 71% 77%
2nd pts 24/42 / 26/54 50/96
% 2nd pts 57% – 48% 52%
Breaks
Won 1 4 5
Converted 1/6 / 4/10 5/16
Converted % 17% – 40% 31%
Conceded 4 11 15
Saved 3/4 0/ 9/11 12
Saved % 75% – 82% 157%
Times Broken 1 2 3

Tennis Scores in Stockholm

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