Pedro Cachin and Jozef Kovalik will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Szczecin Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on COURT BOHDAN TOMASZEWSKI. 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 Pedro Cachin who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Pedro Cachin is the pick to win this match.
Pedro Cachin -> 1.29
Jozef Kovalik -> 3.35
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Prediction and head to head Pedro Cachin vs. Jozef Kovalik
This will be the 2nd time that Pedro Cachin and Jozef Kovalik play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Cachin (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Cachin won 6-4 7-5 in the qualifications in Barcelona back in 2016.
Pedro Cachin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8-19 | 0-5 | 8-13 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-32 | 4-8 | 28-19 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 49-22 | 5-4 | 41-13 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 47-25 | 0-0 | 47-24 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 25-11 | 2-1 | 23-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 79, Cachin reached the 2nd round after defeating Daniel Rincon 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round, Cachin had a good straight sets win against Rincon (6-2 6-4). During the match, Cachin scored 62 points vs Rincon’s 46. Cachin was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Cachin scored just 1 ace throughout the encounter and he committed only 2 double faults. Pedro Cachin was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 79% (30/38) of his 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Cachin was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Rincon 3 times.
Cachin has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (386-240). 27-17 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Cachin has an overall 365-202 record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the season was winning the title in Gstaad where he overcame Albert Ramos-Vinolas in the final 3-6 6-0 7-5.
Pedro has a compiled 28-26 win-loss record in 2023, 27-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Szczecin Challenger
Pedro has never competed in this tournament before.
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. 208, Kovalik reached the 2nd round after beating Andrea Pellegrino 7-61 7-67.
In the 1st round, Kovalik had a good straight sets win against Pellegrino (7-61 7-67). During the match Kovalik scored 88 points vs Pellegrino’s 79. The Slovakian was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Kovalik bagged 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Jozef Kovalik was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 71% (29/41) of his 1st serve and 60% (21/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Jozef broke Pellegrino twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Jozef has a compiled 18-28 win-loss record in 2023, 16-22 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cachin | Kovalik |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 26 |
| Pts | 62-46 | 88-79 |
| Total Points | 108 | 167 |
| Winners | 30 | 29 |
| %Winners | 48% | 33% |
Both Cachin and Kovalik played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Cachin and Kovalik have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Cachin played 8 games less than Kovalik. Cachin scored 30 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Jozef recorded 29 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cachin | Kovalik |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 3 |
| 1st in | 38/56 | 41/76 |
| %1st in | 68% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 30/38 | 29/41 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 21/35 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 60% |
Cachin struck 1 ace . Kovalik also fired 3 aces . Cachin won 79% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Kovalik won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cachin | Kovalik |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 2 |
| Converted | 3/3 | 2/4 |
| % Converted | 100% | 50% |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 |
| Saved | 3 | 0 |
| % Saved | 100% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Cachin broke his opponent 3 times with a 100% conversion rate. Cachin very solid his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 3 break points. Kovalik broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. Kovalik conceded his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cachin | |||
| R1 Rincon |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 62-46 | 62-46 | |
| Total points | 108 | 108 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 38/56 | 38/56 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 30/38 | 30/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 10/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 3/3 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Kovalik | |||
| R1 Pellegrino |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-61 7-67 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 88-79 | 88-79 | |
| Total points | 167 | 167 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 41/76 | 41/76 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 29/41 | 29/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/35 | 21/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/4 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWWLWWLW Tennis Scores in Szczecin Challenger
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Lucas GerchGerch – Andrew PaulsonPaulson (7-63 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Lukas NeumayerNeumayer – Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta (5-7 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (7-61 7-67) – See score progression
- Hugo GastonGaston – Zdenek KolarKolar (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Maks KasnikowskiKasnikowski – Jelle SelsSels (6-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Gilles Arnaud BaillyArnaud Bailly – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Federico CoriaCoria – Henri SquireSquire (6-4 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Petr NouzaNouza (6-73 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (7-62 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Jan ChoinskiChoinski (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Vitaliy SachkoSachko (6-2 4-6 7-63) – See score progression
- Pedro CachinCachin – Daniel RinconRincon (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Adrian AndreevAndreev – Daniel MichalskiMichalski (6-1 6-74 6-4) – See score progression
- Lucas GerchGerch – Andrew PaulsonPaulson (7-6(3) 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Pedro CachinCachin (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Federico CoriaCoria – Lucas GerchGerch (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Adrian AndreevAndreev – Hugo GastonGaston (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
