Jozef Kovalik and Juan Bautista Torres will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Tigre Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 4:30 pm on CANCHA 3. 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 Jozef Kovalik who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jozef Kovalik is the pick to win this match.
Jozef Kovalik -> 1.64
Juan Bautista Torres -> 2.17

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Prediction and head to head Jozef Kovalik vs. Juan Bautista Torres

There is no head to head record

between Jozef Kovalik and Juan Bautista Torres since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Jozef Kovalik

Jozef Kovalik

1 - 1win/loss

Hard
0-1
I Hard
0-0
Clay
1-0
Rank
109
High
80
LLWWWLWWLW
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, Kovalik will start his run in the Tigre Challenger after he played his last match at the Australian Open where he lost 6-1 4-6 7-6(5) to Bellucci in the qualifications on the 9th of January.

Kovalik has an overall 0-1 win-loss record in 2024, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

This will be the first match of the year on clay.

Talking about his overall career, Kovalik has an overall 465-346 record. He has a positive 353-221 record on clay.

Previously in the Tigre Challenger

The Slovakian has never competed in this tournament before.

Tigre Challenger
Kovalik's Record

Juan Bautista Torres

Juan Bautista Torres

0 - 2win/loss

Clay
0-2
Rank
360
High
226
LWWLWLWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 22-17 0-0 22-17 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 34-19 0-0 34-19 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 34-28 1-2 33-26 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 44-23 12-10 32-13 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 8-6 0-1 8-5 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 382, Juan will start his run in the Tigre Challenger after he played his last match in the Buenos Aires Challenger where he lost 3-6 6-2 6-1 to Boyer in the 1st round on the 9th of January.

Bautista has an aggregate 0-1 win-loss record in 2024, 0-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

In terms of his career, The Argentine has an overall 123-82 record. He has a positive 110-69 record on clay.

Tigre Challenger
Bautista's Record

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