Jozef Kovalik and Ernests Gulbis will play each other in the qualifications of the Braunschweig Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:00 am on BRAWO CENTER COURT. 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 -> 1.44
Ernests Gulbis -> 2.7
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Prediction and head to head Jozef Kovalik vs. Ernests Gulbis
There is no head to head record between Jozef Kovalik and Ernests Gulbis 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 qualifications after defeating Oscar Moraing 6-1 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Slovakian had a good straight sets win against Moraing (6-1 6-2). During the match, Kovalik scored 66 points vs Moraing’s 42. The Slovakian was quite aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kovalik wasn’t able to score even 1 ace throughout the encounter and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults. Jozef Kovalik lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kovalik put 64% of his first serves in, winning 68% (23/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the 2nd serve. Kovalik broke Moraing 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Kovalik has a favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (333-246). 16-9 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kovalik has an aggregate 258-159 match record in the last years on clay.
Jozef’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Oeiras 2 Challenger and the Luedenscheid Challenger.
Jozef has a composed 18-15 win-loss record in 2022, 16-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Braunschweig Challenger
Ernests Gulbis
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5-3 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-21 | 3-2 | 17-13 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 13-21 | 2-4 | 6-9 | 3-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-13 | 9-4 | 3-6 | 8-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2019 | 8-30 | 3-9 | 1-9 | 4-8 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 349, Gulbis reached the qualifications after beating Evan King 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications, Gulbis had a good straight sets win against King (6-2 6-2). During the match Gulbis scored 58 points vs King’s 36. Gulbis was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
About the serving games, Gulbis scored 10 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Ernests Gulbis was pretty efficient on serve to win 78% (25/32) of his 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Ernests was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break King 4 times.
Gulbis’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Cherbourg Challenger.
Ernests has a composed 16-14 win-loss record in 2022, 8-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Braunschweig Challenger
Ernests has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kovalik | Gulbis |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 16 |
| Pts | 66-42 | 58-36 |
| Total Points | 108 | 94 |
| Winners | 23 | 25 |
| %Winners | 35% | 43% |
Both Kovalik and Gulbis played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kovalik and Gulbis have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kovalik played 1 game less than Gulbis. Kovalik scored 23 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Gulbis blasted 25 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kovalik | Gulbis |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 10 |
| 1st in | 34/53 | 32/50 |
| %1st in | 64% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 23/34 | 25/32 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 11/18 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 61% |
Kovalik didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Gulbis scored 10 aces . Kovalik won 68% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Gulbis won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kovalik | Gulbis |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/12 | 4/4 |
| % Converted | 42% | 100% |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 |
| Saved | 3 | 3 |
| % Saved | 75% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
The Slovakian broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Slovakian surrendered his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Gulbis broke his opponent 4 times with a 100% conversion rate. Gulbis was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.
| Kovalik | |||
| Q1 Moraing |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 66-42 | 66-42 | |
| Total points | 108 | 108 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 34/53 | 34/53 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 23/34 | 23/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 11/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Gulbis | |||
| Q1 King |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 58-36 | 58-36 | |
| Total points | 94 | 94 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 32/50 | 32/50 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 25/32 | 25/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/18 | 11/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 4/4 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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