Pedro Martinez Portero and Jozef Kovalik will play each other in the 1st round of the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 6:30 pm on PISTA RAFA NADAL. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pedro Martinez Portero who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Pedro Martinez Portero is the pick to win this match.
Pedro Martinez Portero -> 1.41
Jozef Kovalik -> 2.91
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Prediction and head to head Pedro Martinez Portero vs. Jozef Kovalik
This will be the 4th time that Pedro Martinez Portero and Jozef Kovalik square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Martinez Portero (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Martinez Portero won 6-2 6-2 in the quarter in Kitzbuhel back in 2021.
Highlights Pedro Martinez Portero vs Jozef Kovalik – Kitzbuhel 29-July-2021
Pedro Martinez Portero
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36-31 | 7-9 | 27-13 | 2-6 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-35 | 6-9 | 33-25 | 5-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-30 | 7-12 | 13-13 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-25 | 4-5 | 21-13 | 5-5 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 35-13 | 6-5 | 29-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 136, the Spaniard will start his run in Barcelona after he played his last match in Monte Carlo where he lost 6-2 6-4 to Otte in the qualifications on the 8th of April.
Martinez Portero has a composed 7-12 win-loss record in 2023, 4-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
The Spaniard’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Girona Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Pedro has an overall 368-228 record. He has a positive 298-157 record on clay.
Previously in Barcelona
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2018 and 2022. See his history.
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. 155, the Slovakian got to the 1st round after beating Marek Gengel 6-3 6-2 and Pol Martin Tiffon 6-3 5-7 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Slovakian defeated Martin Tiffon (6-3 5-7 6-2). During the match Kovalik scored 109 points vs Martin Tiffon’s 88. Kovalik was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Kovalik scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Jozef Kovalik was extremely efficient on serve to win 74% (35/47) of his 1st serve and 65% (20/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Kovalik broke Martin Tiffon 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kovalik started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
The Slovakian has an aggregate 6-11 win-loss record in 2023, 4-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Barcelona
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2018. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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- Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh – Hugo GrenierGrenier (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Timofey SkatovSkatov (7-61 7-5) – See score progression
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Pol Martin TiffonMartin Tiffon (6-3 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Alex Marti PujolrasMarti Pujolras (6-74 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Pavel KotovKotov – Benoit PairePaire (6-2 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (6-3 1-6 7-61) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Emilio GomezGomez (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- David GoffinGoffin – Feliciano LopezLopez (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Nicolas JarryJarry (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Yibing WuWu (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro CachinCachin – Gijs BrouwerBrouwer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander BublikBublik – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Jozef KovalikKovalik (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Ilya IvashkaIvashka – Nuno BorgesBorges (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Attila BalazsBalazs (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Pablo AndujarAndujar (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pavel KotovKotov – Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Fernando VerdascoVerdasco (0-0) – H2H and prediction
