Jozef Kovalik and Andrea Vavassori will square off in the quarter of the Parma Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 7:00 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.68
Andrea Vavassori -> 2.13
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Prediction and head to head Jozef Kovalik vs. Andrea Vavassori
This will be the 2nd time that Jozef Kovalik and Andrea Vavassori clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Vavassori (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Vavassori won 6-3 6-4 in the quarter in the Como Challenger back in 2021.
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. 156, the Slovakian reached the quarter after defeating Andrea Pellegrino 6-1 6-3 and Flavio Cobolli 5-7 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round against Cobolli, The Slovakian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-3 6-2). During the match, Kovalik scored 112 points vs Cobolli’s 95. The Slovakian was quite aggressive to blast 49 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kovalik recorded 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Jozef Kovalik lost the serve 3 times and he saved 14 break points. Furthermore, Kovalik put 60% of his first serves in, winning 68% (49/72) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (24/48) on the 2nd serve. The Slovakian broke Cobolli 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kovalik has conceded 1 set in this tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Kovalik has good match record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (345-250). 27-12 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kovalik has an overall 269-162 record in the last years on clay.
Jozef’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Tulln Challenger.
Jozef has an aggregate 30-19 win-loss record in 2022, 27-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Parma Challenger
The Slovakian has never competed in this tournament before.
Andrea Vavassori
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-15 | 11-6 | 8-8 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-26 | 3-3 | 28-15 | 2-4 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-23 | 2-3 | 20-13 | 8-4 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-14 | 4-3 | 11-5 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2020 | 9-8 | 5-3 | 3-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 202, Andrea got to the quarter after beating Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6-3 2-6 6-4 and Stefano Travaglia 6-2 4-6 6-1.
In the 2nd round, The Italian defeated Travaglia (6-2 4-6 6-1). During the match Vavassori scored 101 points vs Travaglia’s 83. Vavassori was very aggressive to blast 46 winners.
About the serving games, Vavassori scored 5 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Andrea Vavassori lost the serve twice and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Vavassori put 62% of his first serves in, winning 71% (46/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (18/40) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Travaglia 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Andrea has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Andrea’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the San Benedetto Challenger and the Cordenons Challenger.
Vavassori has a compiled 24-18 win-loss record in 2022, 19-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kovalik | Vavassori |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 45 | 52 |
| Pts | 180-137 | 199-171 |
| Total Points | 317 | 370 |
| Winners | 74 | 81 |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% |
Both Kovalik and Vavassori played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Jozef Kovalik conceded 1 set, while Andrea Vavassori surrendered 2 sets. Kovalik has played 1 set(s) less than Vavassori (5 vs 6). Therefore, Kovalik played 7 games less than Vavassori. Jozef scored 74 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian scored 81 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kovalik | Vavassori |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 3.5 |
| 1st in | 101/161 | 117/191 |
| %1st in | 63% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 74/101 | 81/117 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 30/60 | 38/74 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 51% |
Kovalik bagged 6 aces (3 per match). Vavassori scored 7 aces (3.5 per match). Kovalik won 73% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Vavassori won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kovalik | Vavassori |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 8 |
| Converted | 10/22 | 8/20 |
| % Converted | 45% | 40% |
| Conceded | 19 | 20 |
| Saved | 15 | 15 |
| % Saved | 79% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 5 |
Kovalik broke his opponents 10 times with a 45% conversion rate. Kovalik lost his serve 4 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded. Andrea broke his opponents 8 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kovalik | ||||
| R1 Pellegrino |
R2 Cobolli |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 5-7 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 29 | 45 | |
| pts | 68-42 | 112-95 | 180-137 | |
| Total points | 110 | 207 | 317 | |
| Winners | 25 | 49 | 74 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 44% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 29/41 | 72/120 | 101/161 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 60% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 25/29 | 49/72 | 74/101 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 68% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/12 | 24/48 | 30/60 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/9 | 10/22 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 56% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 17 | 19 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 14/17 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 82% | 66% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Vavassori | ||||
| R1 Martin |
R2 Travaglia |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 2-6 6-4 | 6-2 4-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 25 | 52 | |
| pts | 98-88 | 101-83 | 199-171 | |
| Total points | 186 | 184 | 370 | |
| Winners | 35 | 46 | 81 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 46% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 7 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 52/86 | 65/105 | 117/191 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 62% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 35/52 | 46/65 | 81/117 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 71% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/34 | 18/40 | 38/74 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 45% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/12 | 5/8 | 8/20 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 63% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 13 | 20 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 11/13 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 85% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
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