Jozef Kovalik and Robin Haase will square off in the 2nd round of the Roseto Degli Abruzzi 2 Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jozef Kovalik is the pick to win this match.
Jozef Kovalik -> 1.5
Robin Haase -> 2.59
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Prediction and head to head Jozef Kovalik vs. Robin Haase
This will be the 3rd time that Jozef Kovalik and Robin Haase clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Haase (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Haase won 6-1 6-3 6-1 in the 1st round in at the Wimbledon back in 2019.
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. 191, Kovalik got to the 2nd round after beating Nuno Borges 6-1 6-74 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Slovakian defeated Borges (6-1 6-74 6-4). During the match, Kovalik scored 109 points vs Borges’s 95. Jozef was exceptionally aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kovalik recorded 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Jozef Kovalik was exceptionally effective on serve to win 73% (47/64) of his 1st serve and 54% (21/39) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Kovalik broke Borges 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).
Kovalik has a good match record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (319-237). 2-1 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kovalik has an aggregate 244-151 record in the last years on clay.
Jozef has an overall 4-6 win-loss record in 2022, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Roseto Degli Abruzzi 2 Challenger
Robin Haase
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 4-8 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-26 | 4-5 | 13-12 | 8-7 | 0-1 | 1-1 |
| 2021 | 17-19 | 4-4 | 9-11 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 254, Robin reached the 2nd round after beating Federico Salomone 6-1 4-6 6-2 and Louis Wessels 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Dutch had a good straight sets win against Wessels (6-2 6-4). During the match Haase scored 60 points vs Wessels’s 47. The Dutch was pretty aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about serving, Haase scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Robin Haase lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Haase put 56% of his first serves in, winning 65% (20/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (15/24) on the 2nd serve. Robin broke Wessels 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Robin has a compiled 6-5 win-loss record in 2022, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kovalik | Haase |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 43 |
| Pts | 109-95 | 151-119 |
| Total Points | 204 | 270 |
| Winners | 47 | 54 |
| %Winners | 43% | 36% |
Kovalik played 1 match while Haase competed in 2 matches. Haase started his run from the qualifications while Kovalik had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Jozef Kovalik conceded 1 set, while Robin Haase dropped 1 set. Kovalik has played 2 set(s) less than Haase (3 vs 5). Therefore, Kovalik played 13 games less than Haase. Kovalik scored 47 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Dutch recorded 54 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kovalik | Haase |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 3.5 |
| 1st in | 64/103 | 74/125 |
| %1st in | 62% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 47/64 | 54/74 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 21/39 | 30/51 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 59% |
Kovalik made 3 aces . Haase recorded 7 aces (3.5 per match). Kovalik won 73% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Haase won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kovalik | Haase |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 10 |
| Converted | 5/14 | 10/22 |
| % Converted | 36% | 45% |
| Conceded | 10 | 11 |
| Saved | 8 | 8 |
| % Saved | 80% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
Kovalik broke his opponent 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. Kovalik conceded his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. The Dutch broke his opponents 10 times with a 45% conversion rate. Robin conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kovalik | |||
| R1 Borges |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-74 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 109-95 | 109-95 | |
| Total points | 204 | 204 | |
| Winners | 47 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 64/103 | 64/103 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 47/64 | 47/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/39 | 21/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/14 | 5/14 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 8/10 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Haase | |||||
| Q1 Salomone |
Q3 Darderi |
R1 Wessels |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 4-6 6-2 | 3-6 6-4 6-1 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 26 | 18 | 69 | |
| pts | 91-72 | – | 60-47 | 151-119 | |
| Total points | 163 | 0 | 107 | 270 | |
| Winners | 34 | 20 | 54 | ||
| %Winners | 37% | 0% | 33% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 1st in | 43/70 | / | 31/55 | 74/125 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 0% | 56% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 34/43 | / | 20/31 | 54/74 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 0% | 65% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/27 | / | 15/24 | 30/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 0% | 63% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | ||
| Converted | 5/13 | / | 5/9 | 10/22 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 0% | 56% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 7 | 11 | ||
| Saved | 3/4 | 0/ | 5/7 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 75% | – | 71% | 146% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
Head 2 Head
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