Jozef Kovalik and Pol Martin Tiffon will face off in the qualifications of the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 5:15 pm on PISTA RAFA NADAL. In the following lines 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 -> 1.46
Pol Martin Tiffon -> 2.57
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Prediction and head to head Jozef Kovalik vs. Pol Martin Tiffon
There is no head to head record between Jozef Kovalik and Pol Martin Tiffon since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Jozef Kovalik
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-14 | 3-4 | 24-9 | 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. 155, Kovalik reached the qualifications after defeating Marek Gengel 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications, Kovalik had a good straight sets win against Gengel (6-3 6-2). During the match, Kovalik scored 56 points vs Gengel’s 40. Kovalik was exceptionally aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kovalik was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault. Jozef Kovalik conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 58% of his first serves in, win 69% (20/29) of the points behind his 1st serve and 76% (16/21) on the 2nd serve. Jozef broke Gengel 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Kovalik has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (317-244). 3-7 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kovalik has an overall 243-152 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
The Slovakian has an aggregate 5-11 win-loss record in 2023, 3-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Barcelona
Pol Martin Tiffon
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-15 | 4-2 | 22-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-25 | 5-2 | 30-20 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-20 | 0-1 | 38-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 39-27 | 0-0 | 39-27 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-12 | 0-1 | 15-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 258, Pol got to the qualifications after defeating Raul Brancaccio 6-3 7-5.
In the qualifications, Pol had a good straight sets win against Brancaccio (6-3 7-5). During the match Martin scored 72 points vs Brancaccio’s 60. Pol was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Martin recorded 2 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Pol Martin Tiffon lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Martin put 52% of his first serves in, winning 82% (27/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (15/30) on the 2nd serve. Martin broke Brancaccio 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Martin’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Rio Cuarto.
The Spaniard has an overall 20-10 win-loss record in 2023, 16-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kovalik | Martin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 21 |
| Pts | 56-40 | 72-60 |
| Total Points | 96 | 132 |
| Winners | 20 | 27 |
| %Winners | 36% | 38% |
Both Kovalik and Martin played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kovalik and Martin have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kovalik played 4 games less than Martin. Kovalik scored 20 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Martin made 27 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kovalik | Martin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 2 |
| 1st in | 29/50 | 33/63 |
| %1st in | 58% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 20/29 | 27/33 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 16/21 | 15/30 |
| %2nd pts | 76% | 50% |
Kovalik didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Martin blasted 2 aces . Kovalik won 69% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 76% of the points. On the other side, Martin won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kovalik | Martin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/8 | 4/10 |
| % Converted | 38% | 40% |
| Conceded | 0 | 4 |
| Saved | 0 | 2 |
| % Saved | 0% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Jozef broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Jozef pretty effective on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. Martin broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kovalik | |||
| Q1 Gengel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 56-40 | 56-40 | |
| Total points | 96 | 96 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 29/50 | 29/50 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 20/29 | 20/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/21 | 16/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 76% | 76% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Martin | |||
| Q1 Brancaccio |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 72-60 | 72-60 | |
| Total points | 132 | 132 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 33/63 | 33/63 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 27/33 | 27/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/30 | 15/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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