Abedallah Shelbayh and Jozef Kovalik will play each other in the 1st round of the Manama Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 4:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Abedallah Shelbayh who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Abedallah Shelbayh is the pick to win this match.
Abedallah Shelbayh -> 1.35
Jozef Kovalik -> 3.04
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Prediction and head to head Abedallah Shelbayh vs. Jozef Kovalik
There is no head to head record between Abedallah Shelbayh and Jozef Kovalik since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Abedallah Shelbayh
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-31 | 18-13 | 10-11 | 8-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-32 | 27-15 | 7-7 | 5-6 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-7 | 17-5 | 3-1 | 5-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 7-8 | 4-4 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-4 | 3-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 187, the will start his run in the Manama Challenger after he played his last match in the Nottingham Challenger where he lost 7-6(0) 6-3 to Blockx in the quarter on the 9th of February.
Shelbayh has a composed 7-5 win-loss record in 2024, 3-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Abedallah has an overall 87-56 record. He has a positive 54-29 record on hard.
Previously in the Manama Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2023. See his history.
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. 232, the Slovakian will start his run in the Manama Challenger after he played his last match in the Tigre Challenger where he lost 6-3 5-2 ret. to Popko in the 2nd round on the 18th of January.
Kovalik has an aggregate 1-2 win-loss record in 2024, 0-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, Jozef has an overall 466-347 record. He has a positive 87-72 record on hard.
Previously in the Manama Challenger
Kovalik has never competed in this tournament before.
Head 2 Head
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- Laurent LokoliLokoli – David PichlerPichler (7-5 ret.) – See score progression
- Gastao EliasElias – Yanki ErelErel (1-6 7-65 7-5) – See score progression
- Peter BuldoriniBuldorini – Salvatore CarusoCaruso (6-3 1-6 7-62) – See score progression
- Viktor DurasovicDurasovic – Ergi KirkinKirkin (7-62 6-3) – See score progression
- Cem IlkelIlkel – Marat Sharipov (RUS)Sharipov (RUS) (6-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Cem IlkelIlkel – Marat Sharipov (RUS)Sharipov (RUS) (6-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Laurent LokoliLokoli – David PichlerPichler (7-5 ret.) – See score progression
- Peter BuldoriniBuldorini – Salvatore CarusoCaruso (6-3 1-6 7-6(2)) – See score progression
- Gastao EliasElias – Yanki ErelErel (1-6 7-6(5) 7-5) – See score progression
- Viktor DurasovicDurasovic – Ergi KirkinKirkin (7-6(2) 6-3) – See score progression
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