Jozef Kovalik and Tomas Barrios Vera will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Rio Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 6:30 pm on QUADRA 4. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tomas Barrios Vera who should win in 3 sets.
Tomas Barrios Vera -> 1.6
Jozef Kovalik -> 2.23
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Prediction and head to head Jozef Kovalik vs. Tomas Barrios Vera
This will be the 3rd time that Jozef Kovalik and Tomas Barrios Vera fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Kovalik and Tomas Barrios Vera (see full H2H stats
),but they are 1-1 on clay.The last time that they played, Tomas Barrios Vera won 4-6 6-4 6-4 in the qualifications in at the French Open back in 2022.
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. 129, the Slovakian will start his run in Rio de Janeiro after he played his last match in Buenos Aires where he lost 6-4 5-7 6-2 to Gaston in the qualifications on the 11th of February.
Kovalik has an overall 2-5 win-loss record in 2023, 0-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Jozef has an overall 444-316 record. He has a positive 332-194 record on clay.
Previously in Rio de Janeiro
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2020. See his history.
Tomas Barrios Vera
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52-28 | 5-5 | 43-20 | 0-1 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 36-28 | 6-5 | 26-19 | 0-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-30 | 4-7 | 42-22 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-17 | 3-1 | 20-14 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-27 | 4-6 | 34-20 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 197, Tomas Barrios Vera will start his run in Rio De Janeiro after he played his last match in Cordoba where he lost 6-1 3-6 6-1 to Baez in the quarter on the 10th of February.
The Chilean has a composed 7-5 win-loss record in 2023, 6-3 on clay (See FULL STATS)
.Tomas Barrios Vera’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Piracicaba Challenger.
In terms of his career, Marcelo has an overall 279-157 record. He has a positive 205-111 record on clay.
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