Jozef Kovalik and Hazem Naow will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Luedenscheid Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 7:00 pm on COURT 3. 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 Jozef Kovalik who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jozef Kovalik is the pick to win this match.
Jozef Kovalik -> 1.194
Hazem Naow -> 4.25
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Prediction and head to head Jozef Kovalik vs. Hazem Naow
There is no head to head record between Jozef Kovalik and Hazem Naow 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. 152, Jozef will start his run in the Luedenscheid Challenger after he played his last match in Hamburg where he lost 3-6 6-2 6-4 to Musetti in the 2nd round on the 27th of July.
Kovalik has a composed 16-25 win-loss record in 2023, 14-20 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Jozef has an overall 458-336 record. He has a positive 346-213 record on clay.
Previously in the Luedenscheid Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2022. See his history.
Hazem Naow
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-13 | 0-0 | 8-7 | 16-5 | 0-0 | 3-1 |
| 2023 | 48-24 | 17-5 | 25-14 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 5-4 |
| 2022 | 23-17 | 14-6 | 8-9 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 42-18 | 32-13 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5-1 |
| 2020 | 3-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 629, Hazem reached the 1st round after defeating Stefanos Sakellaridis 6-3 6-0 and Pedro Sakamoto 6-1 7-68.
In the qualifications, Naow had a good straight sets win against Sakamoto (6-1 7-68). During the match Naow scored 72 points vs Sakamoto’s 55. Hazem was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Naow fired 4 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Overall, Hazem Naow was extremely efficient on serve to win 84% (32/38) of his 1st serve and 56% (14/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Hazem broke Sakamoto 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Syrian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to conquer 59% of the points he played.
The Syrian’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Kish Island.
Naow has a compiled 28-14 win-loss record in 2023, 17-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Luedenscheid Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2022. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen (6-4 3-6 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Henri SquireSquire – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (7-63 1-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Benoit PairePaire – Facundo MenaMena (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Liam GavrielidesGavrielides (7-64 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna – Georgii KravchenkoKravchenko (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Timofey SkatovSkatov – Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh (6-3 6-75 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Rudolf MollekerRudolf – Max Hans RehbergMax (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Marvin MoellerMarvin – Nick HardtNick (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Hazem NaowNaow (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hugo DellienDellien – Daniel MasurMasur (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Tommaso CompagnucciCompagnucci (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jan ChoinskiChoinski – Gauthier OnclinOnclin (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Louis WesselsWessels – Marcelo ZormannZormann (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Maximilian MartererMarterer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Henri SquireSquire – Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Marvin MoellerMoeller – Benoit PairePaire (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Timofey SkatovSkatov – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Mariano NavoneNavone – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (0-1) – H2H and prediction
