Jozef Kovalik and Jelle Sels will face off in the final of the Tulln Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 2:00 pm on CENTRE 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 -> 1.56
Jelle Sels -> 2.36

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Prediction and head to head Jozef Kovalik vs. Jelle Sels

There is no head to head record between Jozef Kovalik and Jelle Sels since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Jozef Kovalik

Ranked no. 201, the Slovakian got to the final after beating Chun Hsin Tseng 5-7 6-3 6-4, Ivan Gakhov 6-3 4-0 ret., Jurij Rodionov 6-1 6-3 and Elias Ymer 7-5 3-6 6-4.

In the semifinal, The Slovakian defeated Ymer (7-5 3-6 6-4).During the match, Kovalik scored less points (1) than Ymer. In fact, the world no. 201 won 89 points vs Ymer’s. That means that Kovalik was more focused during the important points. Jozef was very aggressive to blast 42 winners.

Talking about the service games, Kovalik struck 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Jozef Kovalik lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Kovalik put 64% of his first serves in, winning 68% (42/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (19/35) on the 2nd serve. The Slovakian broke Ymer 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Kovalik has lost 2 set in this event to conquer 53% of the points he played.

Kovalik has positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (342-250). 24-12 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kovalik has a compiled 266-162 record in the last years on clay.

Kovalik’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Oeiras 2 Challenger,the Luedenscheid Challenger and the Tulln Challenger.

Kovalik has a compiled 27-19 win-loss record in 2022, 24-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Tulln Challenger

Jelle Sels

Ranked no. 255, the Dutch reached the final after beating Ergi Kirkin 6-3 4-6 6-0, Giovanni Oradini 6-1 6-3, Maxime Janvier 4-6 6-4 6-3, Federico Coria 4-6 7-6⁵ 6-3, Giulio Zeppieri 6-3 3-1 ret. and Norbert Gombos 6-4 7-6⁴.

In the semifinal, The Dutch had a good straight sets win against Gombos (6-4 7-6⁴). During the match Sels scored 87 points vs Gombos’s 81. Sels was quite aggressive to blast 45 winners.

Talking about serving, Sels scored 7 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Jelle Sels lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Sels put 71% of his first serves in, winning 74% (45/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (11/25) on the 2nd serve. The Dutch broke Gombos twice after converting 18% of his break points (2/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Jelle started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Jelle’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Den Haag.

Sels has an overall 28-26 win-loss record in 2022, 19-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Tulln Challenger

Jelle has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kovalik	Sels
Match played	4	6
Tot Set	11	16
Tot Games	91	138
Pts	299-254	488-429
Total Points	553	917
Winners	115	208
%Winners	38%	43%

Kovalik played 4 matches while Sels competed in 6 matches. Sels started his run from the qualifications while Kovalik had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Jozef Kovalik conceded 2 sets, while Jelle Sels lost 3 sets. Kovalik has played 5 set(s) less than Sels (11 vs 16). Therefore, Kovalik played 47 games less than Sels. Kovalik scored 115 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Jelle managed to score 208 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kovalik	Sels
Aces	13	28
Avg per match	3.3	4.7
1st in	167/271	298/465
%1st in	62%	64%
1st pts	115/167	208/298
%1st pts	69%	70%
2nd pts	70/104	89/167
%2nd pts	67%	53%

Kovalik struck 13 aces (3.3 per match). Sels scored 28 aces (4.7 per match). Kovalik won 69% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Sels won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Kovalik	Sels
Won	15	23
Converted	15/30	23/55
% Converted	50%	42%
Conceded	17	39
Saved	10	30
% Saved	59%	77%
Times Broken	7	9

Kovalik broke his opponents 15 times with a 50% conversion rate. Jozef lost his serve 7 times and he saved 59% of the break points that he conceded. The Dutch broke his opponents 23 times with a 42% conversion rate. Sels conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded.

Kovalik
	R1 Hsin	R2 Gakhov	1/4 Rodionov	1/2 Ymer	Total
Score	5-7 6-3 6-4	6-3 4-0 ret.	6-1 6-3	7-5 3-6 6-4
Tot Set	3	2	2	3	10
Tot Games	31	13	16	31	91
pts	107-96	44-26	59-42	89-90	299-254
Total points	203	70	101	179	553
Winners	34	18	21	42	115
%Winners	32%	41%	36%	47%	38%
SERVE
Aces	1	2	6	4	13
Double Faults	2	1	1	2	6
1st in	56/93	21/34	28/47	62/97	167/271
% 1st in	60%	62%	60%	64%	62%
1st pts	34/56	18/21	21/28	42/62	115/167
% 1st pts	61%	86%	75%	68%	69%
2nd pts	28/37	10/13	13/19	19/35	70/104
% 2nd pts	76%	77%	68%	54%	67%
Breaks
Won	4	3	4	4	15
Converted	4/13	3/5	4/7	4/5	15/30
Converted %	31%	60%	57%	80%	50%
Conceded	8	0	0	9	17
Saved	5/8	0/0	0/0	5/9	10
Saved %	63%	–	–	56%	30%
Times Broken	3	0	0	4	7

Sels
	Q1 Kirkin	Q3 Oradini	R1 Janvier	R2 Coria	1/4 Zeppieri	1/2 Gombos	Total
Score	6-3 4-6 6-0	6-1 6-3	4-6 6-4 6-3	4-6 7-65 6-3	6-3 3-1 ret.	6-4 7-64
Tot Set	3	2	3	3	2	2	15
Tot Games	25	16	29	32	13	23	138
pts	91-79	71-53	91-84	99-100	49-32	87-81	488-429
Total points	170	124	175	199	81	168	917
Winners	35	30	36	44	18	45	208
%Winners	38%	42%	40%	44%	37%	52%	43%
SERVE
Aces	5	3	3	5	5	7	28
Double Faults	3	5	2	4	0	0	14
1st in	58/91	41/74	49/76	69/110	20/28	61/86	298/465
% 1st in	64%	55%	64%	63%	71%	71%	64%
1st pts	35/58	30/41	36/49	44/69	18/20	45/61	208/298
% 1st pts	60%	73%	73%	64%	90%	74%	70%
2nd pts	21/33	16/33	14/27	21/41	6/8	11/25	89/167
% 2nd pts	64%	48%	52%	51%	75%	44%	53%
Breaks
Won	5	4	5	4	3	2	23
Converted	5/10	4/6	5/15	4/4	3/9	2/11	23/55
Converted %	50%	67%	33%	100%	33%	18%	42%
Conceded	6	14	3	10	0	6	39
Saved	5/6	14/14	0/3	6/10	0/0	5/6	30
Saved %	83%	100%	0%	60%	–	83%	82%
Times Broken	1	0	3	4	0	1	9

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