Mate Valkusz and Kalin Ivanovski will square off in the qualifications of the Bratislava 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:30 am on CENTRE COURT. 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 Mate Valkusz who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mate Valkusz is the pick to win this match.
Mate Valkusz -> 1.78
Kalin Ivanovski -> 1.952
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Prediction and head to head Mate Valkusz vs. Kalin Ivanovski
There is no head to head record between Mate Valkusz and Kalin Ivanovski since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Mate Valkusz
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-8 | 3-2 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-24 | 5-2 | 23-14 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 33-14 | 5-5 | 27-6 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 31-9 | 4-2 | 27-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 214, Valkusz got to the qualifications after beating Michal Krajci 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Hungarian had a good straight sets win against Krajci (6-3 6-4). During the match, Valkusz scored 72 points vs Krajci’s 57. Mate was very aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Regarding the service games, Valkusz made 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Mate Valkusz lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Valkusz put 75% of his first serves in, winning 73% (41/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (8/19) on the 2nd serve. Valkusz broke Krajci 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Valkusz has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 69% of his matches (197-89). 1-3 on indoor hard courts in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Valkusz has an aggregate3-9 match record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Skopje Challenger where he overcame Francisco Comesana in the final 6-3 6-4.
Mate has an overall 29-19 win-loss record in 2023, 1-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bratislava 2 Challenger
Kalin Ivanovski
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-30 | 19-11 | 19-12 | 12-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-21 | 23-12 | 6-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 1-9 | 0-1 | 1-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-4 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 331, Kalin got to the qualifications after defeating Peter Nad 6-77 6-2 6-0.
In the qualifications against Nad, Ivanovski recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-77 6-2 6-0). During the match Ivanovski scored 101 points vs Nad’s 77. Ivanovski was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.
About the serving games, Ivanovski scored 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Kalin Ivanovski was extremely effective on serve to win 73% (35/48) of his 1st serve and 68% (19/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Ivanovski broke Nad 6 times after converting 40% of his break points (6/15).
Kalin’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Monastir,M25 Kursumlijska Banja,M25 Skopje and M25 Kramsach.
Ivanovski has a composed 42-24 win-loss record in 2023, 7-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Valkusz | Ivanovski |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 27 |
| Pts | 72-57 | 101-77 |
| Total Points | 129 | 178 |
| Winners | 41 | 35 |
| %Winners | 57% | 35% |
Both Valkusz and Ivanovski played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Kalin Ivanovski surrendered 1 set while Mate Valkusz hasn’t conceded a set so far. Valkusz has played 1 set(s) less than Ivanovski (2 vs 3). Therefore, Valkusz played 8 games less than Ivanovski. The Hungarian scored 41 winners (57% of the total points). On the other side, The Malawian managed to score 35 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Valkusz | Ivanovski |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 4 |
| 1st in | 56/75 | 48/76 |
| %1st in | 75% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 41/56 | 35/48 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 8/19 | 19/28 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 68% |
Valkusz struck 2 aces . Ivanovski managed to score 4 aces . Valkusz won 73% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Ivanovski won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Valkusz | Ivanovski |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 6 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 6/15 |
| % Converted | 60% | 40% |
| Conceded | 6 | 4 |
| Saved | 5 | 3 |
| % Saved | 83% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Valkusz broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Valkusz lost his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Kalin broke his opponent 6 times with a 40% conversion rate. Kalin conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Valkusz | |||
| Q1 Krajci |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 72-57 | 72-57 | |
| Total points | 129 | 129 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 57% | 57% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 56/75 | 56/75 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 41/56 | 41/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/19 | 8/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Ivanovski | |||
| Q1 Nad |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-77 6-2 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 101-77 | 101-77 | |
| Total points | 178 | 178 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 48/76 | 48/76 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 35/48 | 35/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/28 | 19/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 68% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/15 | 6/15 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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