Pedro Martinez Portero and Jozef Kovalik will play each other in the 2nd round of the Braunschweig Challenger for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:00 am on BRAWO CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pedro Martinez Portero who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Pedro Martinez Portero is the pick to win this match.
Pedro Martinez Portero -> 1.55
Jozef Kovalik -> 2.34
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Prediction and head to head Pedro Martinez Portero vs. Jozef Kovalik
This will be the 5th time that Pedro Martinez Portero and Jozef Kovalik square off. The head to head is 2-2 (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Kovalik won 7-5 2-6 7-5 in the 1st round in Barcelona back in April 2023.
Highlights Jozef Kovalik vs Pedro Martinez Portero – Barcelona 17-April-2023
Pedro Martinez Portero
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-13 | 5-3 | 18-9 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 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. 122, Martinez Portero reached the 2nd round after defeating Stefano Travaglia 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, Pedro had a good straight sets win against Travaglia (6-4 6-3). During the match, Martinez Portero scored 78 points vs Travaglia’s 64. Pedro was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Martinez Portero scored just 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Pedro Martinez Portero lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Martinez Portero put 70% of his first serves in, winning 65% (32/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 29% (6/21) on the 2nd serve. Martinez Portero broke Travaglia 6 times after converting 46% of his break points (6/13).
Martinez Portero has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 61% of his matches (381-239). 17-17 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Martinez Portero has an overall311-167 match record in the last 9 years on clay.
Pedro’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Girona Challenger and the Heilbronn Challenger.
Martinez Portero has a composed 20-23 win-loss record in 2023, 17-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Braunschweig Challenger
Jozef Kovalik
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-11 | 3-4 | 20-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 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. 151, Kovalik reached the 2nd round after beating Rudolf Molleker 4-6 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round against Molleker, Kovalik recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Kovalik scored 96 points vs Molleker’s 84. The Slovakian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 43 winners.
About the serving games, Kovalik scored 7 aces and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Jozef Kovalik was quite efficient on serve to win 74% (43/58) of his 1st serve and 51% (18/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Jozef broke Molleker 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Jozef has a compiled 10-21 win-loss record in 2023, 8-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Braunschweig Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2018. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Martinez Portero | Kovalik |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 29 |
| Pts | 78-64 | 96-84 |
| Total Points | 142 | 180 |
| Winners | 32 | 43 |
| %Winners | 41% | 45% |
Both Martinez Portero and Kovalik played 1 match. At the moment, Jozef Kovalik lost 1 set while Pedro Martinez Portero hasn’t lost a set so far. Martinez Portero has played 1 set(s) less than Kovalik (2 vs 3). Therefore, Martinez Portero played 10 games less than Kovalik. Pedro scored 32 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Jozef scored 43 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Martinez Portero | Kovalik |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 7 |
| 1st in | 49/70 | 58/93 |
| %1st in | 70% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 32/49 | 43/58 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 6/21 | 18/35 |
| %2nd pts | 29% | 51% |
Martinez Portero fired 1 ace . Kovalik also scored 7 aces . Martinez Portero won 65% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 29% of the points. On the other side, Kovalik won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Martinez Portero | Kovalik |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 4 |
| Converted | 6/13 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 46% | 50% |
| Conceded | 8 | 7 |
| Saved | 4 | 4 |
| % Saved | 50% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 |
Martinez Portero broke his opponent 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. Pedro dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Slovakian broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Jozef conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Martinez Portero | |||
| R1 Travaglia |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 78-64 | 78-64 | |
| Total points | 142 | 142 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 49/70 | 49/70 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 32/49 | 32/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/21 | 6/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 29% | 29% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 6/13 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 4/8 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Kovalik | |||
| R1 Molleker |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 96-84 | 96-84 | |
| Total points | 180 | 180 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 58/93 | 58/93 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 43/58 | 43/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/35 | 18/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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WLWWLWWWWL Tennis Scores in Braunschweig Challenger
- Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (4-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Ivan GakhovGakhov (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Benjamin HassanHassan – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (7-5 7-61) – See score progression
- Taro DanielDaniel – Karl FribergFriberg (6-4 7-62) – See score progression
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Pavel KotovKotov – Hugo DellienDellien (7-67 6-2) – See score progression
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Adrian AndreevAndreev – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Jelle SelsSels (6-2 7-65) – See score progression
- Timofey SkatovSkatov – Constantin Bittoun KouzmineBittoun Kouzmine (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Carlos TabernerTaberner (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Daniel MasurMasur – Federico CoriaCoria (4-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Jan ChoinskiChoinski – Alex MolcanMolcan (2-6 6-3 7-63) – See score progression
- Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – Maximilian MartererMarterer (3-6 7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- August HolmgrenHolmgren – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (2-6 7-5 7-65) – See score progression
- Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Marko TopoTopo (4-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Jan ChoinskiChoinski (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – Taro DanielDaniel (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Jozef KovalikKovalik (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Francesco PassaroPassaro (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Benjamin HassanHassan – Timofey SkatovSkatov (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Daniel MasurMasur (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pavel KotovKotov – Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Adrian AndreevAndreev – August HolmgrenHolmgren (0-0) – H2H and prediction
