Dusan Lajovic and Jozef Kovalik will play each other in the quarter of the Montechiarugolo for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 6:00 pm on CENTER 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 Dusan Lajovic who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dusan Lajovic is the pick to win this match.
Dusan Lajovic -> 1.37
Jozef Kovalik -> 3.1
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Prediction and head to head Dusan Lajovic vs. Jozef Kovalik
There is no head to head record between Dusan Lajovic and Jozef Kovalik since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Dusan Lajovic
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 17-23 | 3-7 | 13-11 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
2023 | 30-28 | 9-9 | 18-13 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
2022 | 30-30 | 4-11 | 24-15 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
2021 | 18-28 | 8-10 | 5-9 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
2020 | 14-16 | 7-6 | 7-7 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 69, Lajovic reached the quarter after defeating Francesco Passaro 7-5 6-4 and Michael Geerts 6-3 7-63.
In the 2nd round, Lajovic had a good straight sets win against Geerts (6-3 7-63). During the match, Lajovic scored 89 points vs Geerts’s 79. The Serbian was very aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Regarding the service games, Lajovic bagged 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Dusan Lajovic was pretty effective on serve to win 74% (40/54) of his 1st serve and 61% (20/33) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Dusan broke Geerts once after converting 13% of his break points (1/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Serbian hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Lajovic has a positive record in the last 10 years having won 52% of his matches (290-268). 10-8 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Lajovic has an overall 171-124 match record in the last years on clay.
Lajovic has an aggregate 13-16 win-loss record in 2022, 10-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Parma Challenger
Lajovic has never competed in this tournament before.
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. 221, the Slovakian reached the quarter after defeating Matteo Donati 6-0 3-1 ret., Elmar Ejupovic 6-1 3-6 6-1, Bernabe Zapata Miralles 7-66 3-6 6-4 and Alessandro Giannessi 6-1 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The Slovakian had a good straight sets win against Giannessi (6-1 6-3). During the match Kovalik scored 60 points vs Giannessi’s 40. Kovalik was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Kovalik fired 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Jozef Kovalik was quite efficient on serve to win 76% (29/38) of his 1st serve and 55% (6/11) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Slovakian broke Giannessi 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Slovakian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
The Slovakian’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Oeiras 2 Challenger.
Jozef has an aggregate 14-12 win-loss record in 2022, 12-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Lajovic | Kovalik |
---|---|---|
Match played | 2 | 4 |
Tot Set | 4 | 11 |
Tot Games | 44 | 81 |
Pts | 171-147 | 277-217 |
Total Points | 318 | 494 |
Winners | 75 | 105 |
%Winners | 44% | 38% |
Lajovic played 2 matches while Kovalik competed in 4 matches. Kovalik started his run from the qualifications while Lajovic had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Jozef Kovalik lost 2 sets while Dusan Lajovic hasn’t conceded a set so far. Lajovic has played 7 set(s) less than Kovalik (4 vs 11). Therefore, Lajovic played 37 games less than Kovalik. Dusan scored 75 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Slovakian struck 105 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Lajovic | Kovalik |
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Aces | 10 | 14 |
Avg per match | 5 | 3.5 |
1st in | 102/166 | 154/251 |
%1st in | 61% | 61% |
1st pts | 75/102 | 105/154 |
%1st pts | 74% | 68% |
2nd pts | 41/64 | 62/97 |
%2nd pts | 64% | 64% |
Lajovic made 10 aces (5 per match). Kovalik scored 14 aces (3.5 per match). Lajovic won 74% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Kovalik won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Lajovic | Kovalik |
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Won | 3 | 16 |
Converted | 3/15 | 16/30 |
% Converted | 20% | 53% |
Conceded | 9 | 18 |
Saved | 9 | 13 |
% Saved | 100% | 72% |
Times Broken | 0 | 5 |
Dusan broke his opponents 3 times with a 20% conversion rate. Lajovic extremely effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 9 break points. Kovalik broke his opponents 16 times with a 53% conversion rate. Jozef conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 72% of the break points that he conceded.
Lajovic | ||||
R1 Passaro |
R2 Geerts |
Total | ||
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Score | 7-5 6-4 | 6-3 7-63 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Tot Games | 22 | 22 | 44 | |
pts | 82-68 | 89-79 | 171-147 | |
Total points | 150 | 168 | 318 | |
Winners | 35 | 40 | 75 | |
%Winners | 43% | 45% | 44% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
Double Faults | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
1st in | 48/79 | 54/87 | 102/166 | |
% 1st in | 61% | 62% | 61% | |
1st pts | 35/48 | 40/54 | 75/102 | |
% 1st pts | 73% | 74% | 74% | |
2nd pts | 21/31 | 20/33 | 41/64 | |
% 2nd pts | 68% | 61% | 64% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Converted | 2/7 | 1/8 | 3/15 | |
Converted % | 29% | 13% | 20% | |
Conceded | 2 | 7 | 9 | |
Saved | 2/2 | 7/7 | 9 | |
Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kovalik | ||||||
Q1 Donati |
Q3 Ejupovic |
R1 Zapata Miralles |
R2 Giannessi |
Total | ||
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Score | 6-0 3-1 ret. | 6-1 3-6 6-1 | 7-66 3-6 6-4 | 6-1 6-3 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
Tot Games | 10 | 23 | 32 | 16 | 81 | |
pts | 39-15 | 75-53 | 103-109 | 60-40 | 277-217 | |
Total points | 54 | 128 | 212 | 100 | 494 | |
Winners | 12 | 30 | 34 | 29 | 105 | |
%Winners | 31% | 40% | 33% | 48% | 38% | |
SERVE | ||||||
Aces | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | |
Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
1st in | 14/27 | 40/68 | 62/107 | 38/49 | 154/251 | |
% 1st in | 52% | 59% | 58% | 78% | 61% | |
1st pts | 12/14 | 30/40 | 34/62 | 29/38 | 105/154 | |
% 1st pts | 86% | 75% | 55% | 76% | 68% | |
2nd pts | 10/13 | 20/28 | 26/45 | 6/11 | 62/97 | |
% 2nd pts | 77% | 71% | 58% | 55% | 64% | |
Breaks | ||||||
Won | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | |
Converted | 4/7 | 4/8 | 4/9 | 4/6 | 16/30 | |
Converted % | 57% | 50% | 44% | 67% | 53% | |
Conceded | 0 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 18 | |
Saved | 0/0 | 4/5 | 8/12 | 1/1 | 13 | |
Saved % | – | 80% | 67% | 100% | 124% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
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