Henri Laaksonen and Jozef Kovalik will face off in the qualifications of the Hamburg European Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 6:30 pm on CENTER 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 -> 1.9
Henri Laaksonen -> 1.9
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Prediction and head to head Henri Laaksonen vs. Jozef Kovalik
This will be the 4th time that Henri Laaksonen and Jozef Kovalik face off. The head to head is 3-0 for Laaksonen (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Laaksonen won 6-4 6-2 in the qualifications in Melbourne back in January 2022.
Henri Laaksonen
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 11-23 | 1-2 | 9-16 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 22-35 | 5-12 | 5-11 | 12-9 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 44-25 | 8-5 | 19-10 | 17-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-15 | 1-3 | 9-6 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 96, the Swiss will start his run in Hamburg after he played his last match in Bastad where he lost 6-1 7-5 to Kotov in the qualifications on the 10th of July.
The Swiss has an aggregate 12-22 win-loss record in 2022, 5-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Laaksonen’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Braunschweig Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Henri has an overall 425-349 record. He has a positive 190-158 record on clay.
Previously in Hamburg
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2018. See his history.
Jozef Kovalik
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. 190, the Slovakian will start his run in Hamburg after he played his last match in the Braunschweig Challenger where he lost 7-6(3) 5-7 7-5 to Cecchinato in the 1st round on the 5th of July.
Jozef has a composed 19-16 win-loss record in 2022, 17-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Kovalik’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Oeiras 2 Challenger and the Luedenscheid Challenger.
In terms of his career, Jozef has an overall 428-304 record. He has a positive 320-190 record on clay.
Previously in Hamburg
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2018. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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