Fabio Fognini and Jozef Kovalik will square off in the 2nd round of the Valencia Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:30 pm on PISTA CENTRAL. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Fabio Fognini who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Fabio Fognini is the pick to win this match.
Fabio Fognini -> 1.35
Jozef Kovalik -> 3
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Prediction and head to head Fabio Fognini vs. Jozef Kovalik
This will be the 2nd time that Fabio Fognini and Jozef Kovalik face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Fognini (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Fognini won 6-2 3-6 7-5 in the quarter in Munich back in 2016.
Fabio Fognini
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-15 | 4-5 | 12-9 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-23 | 0-8 | 23-12 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-26 | 10-9 | 12-12 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-24 | 12-12 | 7-8 | 0-2 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-10 | 4-5 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 131, Fabio got to the 2nd round after defeating Riccardo Bonadio 2-6 7-5 6-1.
In the 1st round against Bonadio, Fognini recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-5 6-1). During the match, Fognini scored 94 points vs Bonadio’s 82. The Italian was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Fognini fired 4 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Overall, Fabio Fognini was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 75% (30/40) of his 1st serve and 60% (28/47) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Fabio broke Bonadio 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Fognini has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (285-227). 18-12 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Fognini has an aggregate 147-99 record in the last years on clay.
The Italian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Genova Challenger.
Fabio has a composed 23-23 win-loss record in 2023, 18-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Valencia Challenger
The Italian 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. 231, Jozef reached the 2nd round after defeating Oriol Roca Batalla 6-74 6-3 7-64.
In the 1st round against Roca Batalla, Kovalik recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-74 6-3 7-64). During the match Kovalik scored 122 points vs Roca Batalla’s 111. The Slovakian was pretty aggressive to blast 59 winners.
About the serving games, Kovalik scored 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Jozef Kovalik was quite effective on serve to win 75% (59/79) of his 1st serve and 52% (17/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Jozef broke Roca Batalla 3 times after converting 20% of his break points (3/15).
Jozef has a composed 23-32 win-loss record in 2023, 21-26 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Fognini | Kovalik |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 35 |
| Pts | 94-82 | 122-111 |
| Total Points | 176 | 233 |
| Winners | 30 | 59 |
| %Winners | 32% | 48% |
Both Fognini and Kovalik played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Fabio Fognini lost 1 set, while Jozef Kovalik dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Fognini and Kovalik have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Fognini played 8 games less than Kovalik. The Italian scored 30 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, The Slovakian fired 59 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Fognini | Kovalik |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 5 |
| 1st in | 40/87 | 79/112 |
| %1st in | 46% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 30/40 | 59/79 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 28/47 | 17/33 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 52% |
Fognini blasted 4 aces . Kovalik fired 5 aces . Fognini won 75% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Kovalik won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Fognini | Kovalik |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/10 | 3/15 |
| % Converted | 30% | 20% |
| Conceded | 7 | 5 |
| Saved | 5 | 3 |
| % Saved | 71% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
The Italian broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. The Italian surrendered his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Jozef broke his opponent 3 times with a 20% conversion rate. Kovalik conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Fognini | |||
| R1 Bonadio |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 94-82 | 94-82 | |
| Total points | 176 | 176 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 40/87 | 40/87 | |
| % 1st in | 46% | 46% | |
| 1st pts | 30/40 | 30/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 28/47 | 28/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 3/10 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Kovalik | |||
| R1 Roca Batalla |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-74 6-3 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 35 | |
| pts | 122-111 | 122-111 | |
| Total points | 233 | 233 | |
| Winners | 59 | 59 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 79/112 | 79/112 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 59/79 | 59/79 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/33 | 17/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/15 | 3/15 | |
| Converted % | 20% | 20% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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