Kovalik downs Hans Rehberg in the 1st round – HAMBURG RESULTS

Jozef Kovalik defeats Max Hans Rehberg 3-6 7-5 6-1 in the 1^st round in Hamburg on Monday. Kovalik will try to keep the momentum against Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the 2^nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 15 minutes. His most significant achievement in this event was reaching the semifinal in 2018. Here you can see his history at this event.

Hamburg

Kovalik's Record

Jozef added to his prize money € 12,100 after conquering this match. He has won already € 25,900 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Slovakian will add € 22,650 to his earnings to get in total € 48,550 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Kovalik

Rehberg

3-6 7-5 6-1
2h:15

97

97

Total points

92

92

49

49

Winners

35

35

51%

51%

Ratio Winners

38%

38%

-- Serve --

3

3

Aces

1

1

1

1

Double Faults

5

5

79%

79%

1st in

58%

58%

63%

63%

1st won

67%

67%

49/78

49/78

1st won

35/52

35/52

33%

33%

2nd won

37%

37%

7/21

7/21

2nd won

14/38

14/38

-- Break Points --

6/11

6/11

Total

4/11

4/11

55%

55%

Won

36%

36%

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At the end of the match, the Slovakian scored 97 points vs. Max’s 92.

Kovalik

Jozef was pretty good at converting 55% of the break points that he procured (6/11).

Hans Rehberg

On the other side, Max had some problems converting his break points (only 36% – 4/11). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this contest, the head to head between Kovalik and Hans Rehberg is 1-0 for Jozef.

Draw and next match H2H: Jozef Kovalik vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina – stats

Kovalik will come up against Davidovich Fokina in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between Jozef Kovalik and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Live score progression and stats

Hans Rehberg won the set after he broke the Slovakian in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 9^th (6-3) game.

The German was spot on in converting all his break points in the 1^st (0-0 30-40), the 4^th (2-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 7^th (4-2 30-40) and the 9^th game (5-3 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Hans Rehberg didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 65 points. The German won 9 points more than the Slovakian (37-28). Hans Rehberg conceded 5 points on serve (16-5). In addition, on the other side, Jozef conceded 21 points on serve (23-21).

Jozef won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 6^th (2-4) game, Jozef broke back in the 7^th (3-4) and in the 11^th (6-5) game to conquer the set 7-5.

The Slovakian converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 7^th (2-4 30-40), the 9^th (4-4 30-40) and the 11^th game (5-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the German was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 6^th game (3-2 0-40).

They played 68 points. Jozef conquered the set after winning 4 more points than Hans Rehberg (36-32). Jozef surrendered 11 points on serve (20-11). On the losing side, Hans Rehberg conceded 16 points on serve (21-16).

Kovalik didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Max Hans Rehberg in the 1^st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nonetheless, there was more to do for Jozef to win the set as the German succeeded in breaking back in the 4^th (1-3) game. The Slovakian maintained his cool to break the German in the 5^th (4-1) and in the 7^th (6-1) game.

The Slovakian converted 66% of his break points (4/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 30-40), the 3^rd (2-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 5^th (3-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 7^th game (5-1 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Max converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 2^nd (0-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 4^th game (0-3 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 56 points. Kovalik conquered the set after winning 10 more points than the German (33-23). Jozef lost 11 points on serve (13-11). On the other side, Hans Rehberg conceded 20 points on serve (12-20).

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