Jozef Kovalik and Dmitry Popko will square off in the 2nd round of the Tigre Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:30 pm on CANCHA 2. 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 -> 1.55
Dmitry Popko -> 2.35
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Prediction and head to head Jozef Kovalik vs. Dmitry Popko
This will be the 2nd time that Jozef Kovalik and Dmitry Popko fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kovalik (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Kovalik won 6-7(3) 6-0 6-1 in the 2nd round in the Bratislava Challenger back in 2022.
Jozef Kovalik
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36-25 | 3-5 | 30-15 | 3-4 | 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 got to the 2nd round after beating Juan Bautista Torres 6-2 3-6 6-2.
In the 1st round, Jozef defeated Bautista Torres (6-2 3-6 6-2). During the match, Kovalik scored 89 points vs Bautista Torres’s 78. Kovalik was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kovalik blasted 3 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Jozef Kovalik lost the serve 4 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Kovalik put 48% of his first serves in, winning 69% (22/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (16/35) on the 2nd serve. Kovalik broke Bautista Torres 7 times after converting 58% of his break points (7/12).
Kovalik has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (274-244). 1-0 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kovalik has a compiled 227-161 record in the last years on clay.
Jozef has an overall 1-1 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tigre Challenger
Kovalik has never competed in this tournament before.
Dmitry Popko
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 64-33 | 7-2 | 57-28 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-20 | 1-1 | 38-18 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-30 | 11-11 | 7-18 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 34-34 | 0-4 | 27-19 | 7-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 28-23 | 13-8 | 15-10 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 358, Popko reached the 2nd round after defeating Carlos Sanchez Jover 6-3 7-67.
In the 1st round, Dmitry had a good straight sets win against Sanchez Jover (6-3 7-67). During the match Popko scored 78 points vs Sanchez Jover’s 60. Popko was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Popko bagged 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Dmitry Popko was very efficient on serve to win 74% (26/35) of his 1st serve and 55% (17/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Popko broke Sanchez Jover 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Popko’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Buenos Aires Challenger.
The Kazakhstani has a composed 7-1 win-loss record in 2024, 7-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kovalik | Popko |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 22 |
| Pts | 89-78 | 78-60 |
| Total Points | 167 | 138 |
| Winners | 22 | 26 |
| %Winners | 25% | 33% |
Both Kovalik and Popko played 1 match. At the moment, Jozef Kovalik lost 1 set while Dmitry Popko hasn’t lost a set so far. Kovalik has played 1 set more than Popko (3 vs 2). Therefore, Kovalik played 3 games more than Popko. Kovalik scored 22 winners (25% of the total points). On the other side, The Kazakhstani bagged 26 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kovalik | Popko |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 5 |
| 1st in | 32/67 | 35/66 |
| %1st in | 48% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 22/32 | 26/35 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 16/35 | 17/31 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 55% |
Kovalik made 3 aces . Popko blasted 5 aces . Kovalik won 69% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Popko won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kovalik | Popko |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 4 |
| Converted | 7/12 | 4/7 |
| % Converted | 58% | 57% |
| Conceded | 5 | 3 |
| Saved | 1 | 0 |
| % Saved | 20% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 |
Kovalik broke his opponent 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. The Slovakian lost his serve 4 times and he saved 20% of the break points that he conceded. The Kazakhstani broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kovalik | |||
| R1 Bautista |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 3-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 89-78 | 89-78 | |
| Total points | 167 | 167 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 25% | 25% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 32/67 | 32/67 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 22/32 | 22/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/35 | 16/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/12 | 7/12 | |
| Converted % | 58% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 1/5 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 20% | 20% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Popko | |||
| R1 Sanchez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-67 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 78-60 | 78-60 | |
| Total points | 138 | 138 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 35/66 | 35/66 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 26/35 | 26/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/31 | 17/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 0/3 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Felix GillGill – Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Damien WengerWenger – Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Boris Arias/Federico ZeballosArias/Federico Zeballos – Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco/Mariano KestelboimAlejandro Dellien Velasco/Mariano Kestelboim (6-73 6-1 10-8) – See score progression
- Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna – Gustavo HeideHeide (6-75 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Edoardo LavagnoLavagno – Joao FonsecaFonseca (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexander WeisWeis – Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – Orlando LuzLuz (6-3 2-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover (6-3 7-67) – See score progression
- Andrea CollariniCollarini – Hernan CasanovaCasanova (6-0 6-4) – See score progression
- Nicolas KickerKicker – Gianluca MagerMager (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco – Lukas NeumayerNeumayer (1-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Liam DraxlDraxl – Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva (6-75 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Tristan BoyerBoyer – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Juan Bautista TorresBautista Torres (6-2 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Renzo OlivoOlivo – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Facundo BagnisBagnis – Timo StodderStodder (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Facundo BagnisBagnis – Renzo OlivoOlivo (6-3) – H2H and prediction
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Dmitry PopkoPopko (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas KickerKicker – Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander WeisWeis – Edoardo LavagnoLavagno (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Santiago Fa Rodriguez TavernaFa Rodriguez Taverna – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – Andrea CollariniCollarini (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Liam DraxlDraxl – Tristan BoyerBoyer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mariano NavoneNavone – Damien WengerWenger (0-1) – H2H and prediction
