Jozef Kovalik and Oleksii Krutykh will face off in the 2nd round of the Luedenscheid Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:00 pm on COURT 7. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.61
Oleksii Krutykh -> 2.20
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Prediction and head to head Jozef Kovalik vs. Oleksii Krutykh
There is no head to head record between Jozef Kovalik and Oleksii Krutykh since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Jozef Kovalik
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-9 | 3-4 | 13-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 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. 204, Kovalik reached the 2nd round after defeating Cedrik-Marcel Stebe 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Kovalik had a good straight sets win against Stebe (6-3 6-4). During the match, Kovalik scored 75 points vs Stebe’s 62. Jozef was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kovalik fired 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Jozef Kovalik lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kovalik put 59% of his first serves in, winning 76% (32/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (14/29) on the 2nd serve. The Slovakian broke Stebe 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
Kovalik has a favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (330-245). 13-8 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kovalik has an overall 255-158 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Kovalik’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Oeiras 2 Challenger.
Kovalik has a composed 15-14 win-loss record in 2022, 13-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Luedenscheid Challenger
The Slovakian has never competed in this tournament before.
Oleksii Krutykh
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-15 | 1-3 | 8-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-32 | 13-8 | 15-16 | 4-5 | 1-2 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 49-27 | 2-3 | 44-20 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-25 | 8-3 | 32-20 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 22-12 | 13-7 | 7-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 279, Oleksii reached the 2nd round after defeating Mats Moraing 7-69 6-3.
In the 1st round, Krutykh had a good straight sets win against Moraing (7-69 6-3). During the match Krutykh scored 77 points vs Moraing’s 69. Oleksii was quite aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about serving, Krutykh fired 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Oleksii Krutykh lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Krutykh put 65% of his first serves in, winning 76% (38/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (11/27) on the 2nd serve. Krutykh broke Moraing 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Oleksii’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Antalya.
The Ukrainian has an aggregate 30-11 win-loss record in 2022, 29-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kovalik | Krutykh |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 22 |
| Pts | 75-62 | 77-69 |
| Total Points | 137 | 146 |
| Winners | 32 | 38 |
| %Winners | 43% | 49% |
Both Kovalik and Krutykh played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kovalik and Krutykh have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kovalik played 3 games less than Krutykh. The Slovakian scored 32 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Krutykh managed to score 38 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kovalik | Krutykh |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 7 |
| 1st in | 42/71 | 50/77 |
| %1st in | 59% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 32/42 | 38/50 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 14/29 | 11/27 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 41% |
Kovalik bagged 2 aces . Krutykh scored 7 aces . Kovalik won 76% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Krutykh won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 41% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kovalik | Krutykh |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/11 | 3/4 |
| % Converted | 27% | 75% |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 |
| Saved | 3 | 2 |
| % Saved | 75% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
The Slovakian broke his opponent 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. Kovalik conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Oleksii broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Krutykh conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kovalik | |||
| R1 Stebe |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 75-62 | 75-62 | |
| Total points | 137 | 137 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 42/71 | 42/71 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 32/42 | 32/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/29 | 14/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 3/11 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 27% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Krutykh | |||
| R1 Moraing |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-69 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 77-69 | 77-69 | |
| Total points | 146 | 146 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 50/77 | 50/77 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 38/50 | 38/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/27 | 11/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLWLWLWWL Tennis Scores in Luedenscheid Challenger
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- Marko TopoTopo – Tobias KamkeKamke (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Timo StodderStodder – Georgii KravchenkoKravchenko (6-74 7-64 6-2) – See score progression
- Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – Alexey VatutinVatutin (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Filip HoranskyHoransky – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (7-64 6-2) – See score progression
- Santiago Fa Rodriguez TavernaFa Rodriguez Taverna – Bogdan BobrovBobrov (7-65 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Daniel Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel (6-0 6-0) – See score progression
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Pablo CuevasCuevas – Mohamed SafwatSafwat (3-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Nicolas KickerKicker – Jeremy JahnJahn (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh – Mats MoraingMoraing (7-69 6-3) – See score progression
- Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic – Vitaliy SachkoSachko (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Manuel GuinardGuinard – Julian LenzLenz (2-6 6-3 7-68) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Pablo CuevasCuevas – Nicolas KickerKicker (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Robin HaaseHaase – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Timo StodderStodder (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Manuel GuinardGuinard (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta (1-0) – H2H and prediction
