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

Abedallah Shelbayh

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Rank
278
High
181
LLWWLWWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 27-29 24-13 0-11 3-5 0-0 0-0
2024 39-35 18-13 12-13 8-8 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

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.

Manama Challenger
Shelbayh's Record

Jozef Kovalik

Jozef Kovalik

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
587
High
80
LLWWLWWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 14-23 2-5 11-14 0-3 1-1 0-0
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

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.

Manama Challenger
Kovalik's Record

Tennis Scores in Manama Challenger

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