Henri Laaksonen and Jozef Kovalik will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Melbourne Summer Set for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:00 pm on Court 14. 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 Henri Laaksonen who should win in 2 sets.
Henri Laaksonen -> 1.33
Jozef Kovalik -> 3.2
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Prediction and head to head Henri Laaksonen vs. Jozef Kovalik
This will be the 3rd time that Henri Laaksonen and Jozef Kovalik play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Laaksonen (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Laaksonen won 6-3 6-2 in the quarter in the Braunschweig Challenger back in 2021.
Henri Laaksonen
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 11-23 | 1-2 | 9-16 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 22-35 | 5-12 | 5-11 | 12-9 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 44-25 | 8-5 | 19-10 | 17-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-15 | 1-3 | 9-6 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 98, the Swiss will start his run in Melbourne after he played his last match in the Helsinki Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-3 to Sousa in the semifinal on the 20th of November.
This will be the first match of the year on hard.
Talking about his overall career, Laaksonen has an overall 413-327 record. He has a positive 92-79 record on hard.
Previously in Melbourne
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2021. See his history.
Jozef Kovalik
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14-23 | 2-5 | 11-14 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 36-25 | 3-5 | 30-15 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-34 | 1-3 | 21-28 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-23 | 3-6 | 29-13 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 31-27 | 0-1 | 26-20 | 5-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 149, Jozef will start his run in Melbourne after he played his last match in the Helsinki Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-4 to Moraing in the 1st round on the 16th
of November.This will be the first match of the season on hard.
In terms of his career, Kovalik has an overall 409-288 record. He has a positive 83-62 record on hard.
Previously in Melbourne
Jozef has never competed in this tournament before.
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