Jozef Kovalik and Robin Haase will play each other in the quarter of the Luedenscheid Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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 -> 1.45
Robin Haase -> 2.75
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Prediction and head to head Jozef Kovalik vs. Robin Haase
This will be the 4th time that Jozef Kovalik and Robin Haase square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Haase (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.
The last time that they played, Kovalik won 6-4 6-2 in the 2nd round in the Roseto Degli Abruzzi 2 Challenger back in March 2022.
Jozef Kovalik
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-14 | 3-4 | 27-9 | 0-0 | 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. 204, Kovalik got to the quarter after beating Cedrik-Marcel Stebe 6-3 6-4 and Oleksii Krutykh 4-6 6-1 7-5.
In the 2nd round against Krutykh, Jozef recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-1 7-5). During the match, Kovalik scored 101 points vs Krutykh’s 89. The Slovakian was pretty aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kovalik scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Jozef Kovalik lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kovalik put 64% of his first serves in, winning 69% (43/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (16/35) on the 2nd serve. Jozef broke Krutykh 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Jozef has lost 1 set in this event to win 54% of the points he played.
Kovalik has a winning match record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (331-245). 14-8 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Kovalik has a composed 256-158 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Kovalik’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Oeiras 2 Challenger.
Jozef has a composed 16-14 win-loss record in 2022, 14-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Luedenscheid Challenger
Jozef has never competed in this tournament before.
Robin Haase
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 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 |
| 2020 | 9-11 | 5-3 | 3-4 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 257, Robin got to the quarter after defeating Dominic Stephan Stricker 6-4 6-4 and Marko Topo 7-62 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Robin had a good straight sets win against Topo (7-62 6-4). During the match Haase scored 73 points vs Topo’s 55. Robin was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Haase scored 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Robin Haase was extremely efficient on serve to win 94% (34/36) of his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Dutch broke Topo twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Dutch hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
The Dutch’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Shymkent 2 Challenger.
Haase has an aggregate 17-15 win-loss record in 2022, 12-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Luedenscheid Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kovalik | Haase |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 48 | 43 |
| Pts | 176-151 | 143-114 |
| Total Points | 327 | 257 |
| Winners | 75 | 64 |
| %Winners | 43% | 45% |
Both Kovalik and Haase played 2 matches. At the moment, Jozef Kovalik conceded 1 set while Robin Haase hasn’t dropped a set so far. Kovalik has played 1 set more than Haase (5 vs 4). Therefore, Kovalik played 5 games more than Haase. The Slovakian scored 75 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Robin managed to score 64 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kovalik | Haase |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 1.5 | 6 |
| 1st in | 104/168 | 71/123 |
| %1st in | 62% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 75/104 | 64/71 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 90% |
| 2nd pts | 30/64 | 27/52 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 52% |
Kovalik fired 3 aces (1.5 per match). Haase managed to score 12 aces (6 per match). Kovalik won 72% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Haase won 90% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kovalik | Haase |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 5 |
| Converted | 8/24 | 5/11 |
| % Converted | 33% | 45% |
| Conceded | 11 | 8 |
| Saved | 7 | 6 |
| % Saved | 64% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 |
Jozef broke his opponents 8 times with a 33% conversion rate. Jozef conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. Robin broke his opponents 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Robin conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kovalik | ||||
| R1 Stebe |
R2 Krutykh |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 4-6 6-1 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 29 | 48 | |
| pts | 75-62 | 101-89 | 176-151 | |
| Total points | 137 | 190 | 327 | |
| Winners | 32 | 43 | 75 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 42/71 | 62/97 | 104/168 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 64% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 32/42 | 43/62 | 75/104 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 69% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/29 | 16/35 | 30/64 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 46% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 5/13 | 8/24 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 38% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 7 | 11 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 4/7 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 57% | 66% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Haase | ||||
| R1 Stephan |
R2 Topo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 7-62 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 23 | 43 | |
| pts | 70-59 | 73-55 | 143-114 | |
| Total points | 129 | 128 | 257 | |
| Winners | 30 | 34 | 64 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 47% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 7 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 2 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 35/64 | 36/59 | 71/123 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 61% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 30/35 | 34/36 | 64/71 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 94% | 90% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/29 | 12/23 | 27/52 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 2/6 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 33% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 2/3 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 67% | 74% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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