Stefano Travaglia and Jozef Kovalik will square off in the quarter of the Tenerife 2 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 10:30 am 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 Stefano Travaglia who should win in 2 sets.
Stefano Travaglia -> 1.39
Jozef Kovalik -> 2.79
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Prediction and head to head Stefano Travaglia vs. Jozef Kovalik
This will be the 2nd time that Stefano Travaglia and Jozef Kovalik fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Travaglia (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Travaglia won 1-6 6-3 7-6(1) in the 3rd round in the Heilbronn Challenger back in 2019.
Stefano Travaglia
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-34 | 5-6 | 24-22 | 4-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-37 | 9-7 | 29-24 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 17-27 | 5-8 | 2-11 | 10-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-28 | 7-7 | 20-14 | 4-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-14 | 9-7 | 8-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 214, Stefano reached the quarter after defeating Riccardo Bonadio 6-1 3-6 6-2 and Raul Brancaccio 6-1 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Travaglia had a good straight sets win against Brancaccio (6-1 6-4). During the match, Travaglia scored 68 points vs Brancaccio’s 46. Travaglia was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Travaglia scored 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Stefano Travaglia lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Travaglia put 56% of his first serves in, winning 77% (27/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (11/28) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Brancaccio 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Travaglia has surrendered 1 set in this event to win 57% of the points he played.
Travaglia has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (339-219). 2-3 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Travaglia has a compiled 54-46 record in the last years on hard.
The Italian’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Koblenz Challenger.
The Italian has an overall 5-4 win-loss record in 2024, 2-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tenerife 2 Challenger
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, Jozef got to the quarter after beating Richard Zusman 7-65 6-4 and Dimitar Kuzmanov 4-6 7-64 7-5.
In the 2nd round against Kuzmanov, Kovalik recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-64 7-5). During the match Kovalik scored 123 points vs Kuzmanov’s 120. Kovalik was exceptionally aggressive to blast 60 winners.
Talking about serving, Kovalik fired 5 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Jozef Kovalik lost the serve 5 times and he saved 16 break points. Furthermore, Kovalik put 61% of his first serves in, winning 72% (60/83) of the points behind his 1st serve and 36% (19/53) on the 2nd serve. Jozef broke Kuzmanov 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Slovakian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
The Slovakian has an overall 3-3 win-loss record in 2024, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tenerife 2 Challenger
Kovalik has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Travaglia | Kovalik |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 41 | 58 |
| Pts | 157-120 | 204-193 |
| Total Points | 277 | 397 |
| Winners | 56 | 95 |
| %Winners | 36% | 47% |
Both Travaglia and Kovalik played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Stefano Travaglia dropped 1 set, while Jozef Kovalik dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Travaglia and Kovalik have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Travaglia played 17 games less than Kovalik. The Italian scored 56 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The Slovakian bagged 95 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Travaglia | Kovalik |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 2.5 | 3 |
| 1st in | 75/135 | 134/209 |
| %1st in | 56% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 56/75 | 95/134 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 32/60 | 36/75 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 48% |
Travaglia managed to score 5 aces (2.5 per match). Kovalik managed to score 6 aces (3 per match). Travaglia won 75% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Kovalik won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Travaglia | Kovalik |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 6 |
| Converted | 9/27 | 6/12 |
| % Converted | 33% | 50% |
| Conceded | 9 | 25 |
| Saved | 6 | 20 |
| % Saved | 67% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 |
Stefano broke his opponents 9 times with a 33% conversion rate. Stefano conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Kovalik broke his opponents 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Jozef conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Travaglia | ||||
| R1 Bonadio | R2 Brancaccio | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 3-6 6-2 | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 17 | 41 | |
| pts | 89-74 | 68-46 | 157-120 | |
| Total points | 163 | 114 | 277 | |
| Winners | 29 | 27 | 56 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 40% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 40/72 | 35/63 | 75/135 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 29/40 | 27/35 | 56/75 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 77% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/32 | 11/28 | 32/60 | |
| % 2nd pts | 66% | 39% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/14 | 5/13 | 9/27 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 38% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 4/6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Kovalik | ||||
| R1 Zusman | R2 Kuzmanov | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-4 | 4-6 7-64 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 35 | 58 | |
| pts | 81-73 | 123-120 | 204-193 | |
| Total points | 154 | 243 | 397 | |
| Winners | 35 | 60 | 95 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 49% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 51/73 | 83/136 | 134/209 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 61% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 35/51 | 60/83 | 95/134 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 72% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/22 | 19/53 | 36/75 | |
| % 2nd pts | 77% | 36% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| Converted | 1/4 | 5/8 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 63% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 21 | 25 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 16/21 | 20 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 76% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
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