Jozef Kovalik and Andrey Golubev will play each other in the qualifications of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:00 pm on GRANDSTAND 4. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and 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 -> 1.16
Andrey Golubev -> 5.25
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Prediction and head to head Jozef Kovalik vs. Andrey Golubev
This will be the 2nd time that Jozef Kovalik and Andrey Golubev square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Golubev (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Golubev won 6-4 7-5 in the qualifications in at the French Open back in 2016.
Jozef Kovalik
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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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 |
2020 | 17-16 | 2-3 | 15-12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 170, Kovalik will start his run in Doha after he played his last match in Rotterdam where he lost 6-4 6-4 to Kohlschreiber in the qualifications on the 5th of February.
The Slovakian has a composed 0-4 win-loss record in 2022, 0-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, The Slovakian has an overall 409-292 record. He has a positive 83-65 record on hard.
Previously in Doha
Kovalik has never competed in this tournament before.
Andrey Golubev
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2023 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2022 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2021 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2020 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2019 | 12-13 | 5-4 | 7-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 863, Andrey will start his run in Doha after he played his last match in the Zadar Challenger where he lost 6-2 6-3 to Fatic in the qualifications on the 21st of March.
This will be the first match of the season on hard.
In terms of his career, The Kazakhstani has an overall 453-393 record. He has a positive 123-112 record on hard.
Previously in Doha
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2012. See his history.
Head 2 Head
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Andrey GolubevGolubev – Jozef KovalikKovalik (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Illya MarchenkoMarchenko – Maxime JanvierJanvier (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Joao SousaSousa – Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nerman FaticFatic – Pavel KotovKotov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Mubarak Shannan ZayidShannan Zayid (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elias YmerYmer – Daniel MasurMasur (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Aziz DougazDougaz – Christopher EubanksEubanks (0-0) – H2H and prediction