Jozef Kovalik and Li Tu will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 12:00 pm on Court 7. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Li Tu who should win in 3 sets.
Li Tu -> 1.71
Jozef Kovalik -> 2.08
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Prediction and head to head Jozef Kovalik vs. Li Tu
There is no head to head record between Jozef Kovalik and Li Tu since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Jozef Kovalik
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14-23 | 2-5 | 11-14 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 137, Kovalik will start his run at the Australian Open after he played his last match in the Canberra Challenger where he lost 6-3 7-6(4) to Gombos in the 2nd round on the 4th of January.
The Slovakian has an aggregate 1-1 win-loss record in 2023, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, The Slovakian has an overall 443-312 record. He has a positive 87-69 record on hard.
Previously at the Australian Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2016 and 2020. See his history.
Li Tu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17-23 | 11-17 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 6-5 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 43-28 | 37-21 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 4-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-32 | 29-19 | 0-3 | 3-6 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-25 | 34-16 | 15-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-7 | 28-4 | 0-0 | 13-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 209, Li will start his run at the Melbourne after he played his last match in the Kobe Challenger where he lost 6-7(3) 6-2 6-3 to Polmans in the 1st round on the 15th of November.
This will be the first match of the year on hard.
In terms of his career, The Australian has an overall 91-33 record. He has a positive 62-20 record on hard.
Previously at the Australian Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2021. See his history.
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