Jozef Kovalik and Lukas Klein will face off in the 2nd round of the Bratislava Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 7:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Lukas Klein who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Lukas Klein is the pick to win this match.
Lukas Klein -> 1.32
Jozef Kovalik -> 3.26
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Prediction and head to head Jozef Kovalik vs. Lukas Klein
There is no head to head record between Jozef Kovalik and Lukas Klein since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Jozef Kovalik
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-14 | 3-4 | 29-9 | 0-0 | 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. 133, the Slovakian got to the 2nd round after defeating Vit Kopriva 7-65 7-63.
In the 1st round, The Slovakian had a good straight sets win against Kopriva (7-65 7-63). During the match, Kovalik scored 93 points vs Kopriva’s 91. The Slovakian was quite aggressive to blast 50 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kovalik wasn’t able to score even 1 ace in the course of the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Jozef Kovalik lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kovalik put 73% of his first serves in, winning 69% (50/72) of the points behind his 1st serve and 37% (10/27) on the 2nd serve. Kovalik broke Kopriva twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Kovalik has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (348-253). 1-2 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Kovalik has a compiled 18-30 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Kovalik’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Tulln Challenger and the Parma Challenger.
Jozef has a compiled 33-22 win-loss record in 2022, 1-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bratislava Challenger
Lukas Klein
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-12 | 13-6 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-29 | 9-8 | 15-12 | 11-6 | 1-2 | 3-1 |
| 2022 | 44-22 | 5-0 | 27-17 | 8-3 | 3-1 | 1-1 |
| 2021 | 28-22 | 0-2 | 23-17 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-15 | 1-1 | 4-5 | 8-8 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 146 (career-high), Lukas reached the 2nd round after beating Hamad Medjedovic 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, Klein had a good straight sets win against Medjedovic (6-3 6-2). During the match Klein scored 59 points vs Medjedovic’s 34. Klein was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Klein fired 16 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Lukas Klein was pretty efficient on serve to win 94% (32/34) of his 1st serve and 67% (4/6) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Slovakian broke Medjedovic 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Klein’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Troisdorf Challenger,the Alicante Challenger and the Ortisei Challenger.
Lukas has a composed 43-21 win-loss record in 2022, 7-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bratislava Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2020. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kovalik | Klein |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 17 |
| Pts | 93-91 | 59-34 |
| Total Points | 184 | 93 |
| Winners | 50 | 32 |
| %Winners | 54% | 54% |
Both Kovalik and Klein played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kovalik and Klein have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kovalik played 9 games more than Klein. The Slovakian scored 50 winners (54% of the total points). On the other side, Klein recorded 32 winners (54%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kovalik | Klein |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 16 |
| 1st in | 72/99 | 34/40 |
| %1st in | 73% | 85% |
| 1st pts | 50/72 | 32/34 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 94% |
| 2nd pts | 10/27 | 4/6 |
| %2nd pts | 37% | 67% |
Kovalik didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Klein struck 16 aces . Kovalik won 69% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 37% of the points. On the other side, Klein won 94% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kovalik | Klein |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 3 |
| Converted | 2/5 | 3/6 |
| % Converted | 40% | 50% |
| Conceded | 5 | 0 |
| Saved | 3 | 0 |
| % Saved | 60% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
The Slovakian broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. Jozef surrendered his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Klein broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Slovakian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Kovalik | |||
| R1 Kopriva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 93-91 | 93-91 | |
| Total points | 184 | 184 | |
| Winners | 50 | 50 | |
| %Winners | 54% | 54% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 72/99 | 72/99 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 50/72 | 50/72 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/27 | 10/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 37% | 37% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/5 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Klein | |||
| R1 Medjedovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 59-34 | 59-34 | |
| Total points | 93 | 93 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 54% | 54% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 16 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 34/40 | 34/40 | |
| % 1st in | 85% | 85% | |
| 1st pts | 32/34 | 32/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 94% | 94% | |
| 2nd pts | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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