Oriol Roca Batalla and Jozef Kovalik will square off in the 1st round of the Valencia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 4:00 pm on PISTA 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jozef Kovalik who should win in 3 sets.
Jozef Kovalik -> 1.6
Oriol Roca Batalla -> 2.23
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Prediction and head to head Oriol Roca Batalla vs. Jozef Kovalik
There is no head to head record between Oriol Roca Batalla and Jozef Kovalik since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Oriol Roca Batalla
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-20 | 5-6 | 15-12 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-38 | 8-4 | 42-34 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-26 | 0-0 | 50-25 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-21 | 0-1 | 25-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-10 | 0-1 | 11-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 189 (career-high), Roca Batalla will start his run in the Valencia Challenger after he played his last match in the Montevideo Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-3 to Dellien in the 1st round on the 13th of November.
Oriol has an aggregate 50-36 win-loss record in 2023, 42-32 on clay (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the season was conquering the title the Braga Challenger where he overcame Duje Ajdukovic in the final 4-6 6-1 6-1.
Talking about his overall career, Oriol has an overall 560-325 record. He has a positive 477-268 record on clay.
Previously in the Valencia Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2022. See his history.
Jozef Kovalik
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-14 | 3-4 | 25-9 | 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. 231, Kovalik will start his run in the Valencia Challenger after he played his last match in the Santa Fe 2 Challenger where he lost 4-6 7-6(5) 7-6(2) to Coria in the 2nd round on the 18th of October.
Kovalik has a compiled 22-32 win-loss record in 2023, 20-26 on clay (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, Kovalik has an overall 464-343 record. He has a positive 352-219 record on clay.
Previously in the Valencia Challenger
Jozef has never competed in this tournament before.
Tennis Scores in Valencia Challenger
- Rudolf MollekerRudolf – Alex MolcanAlex (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
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